Domain without index.php/journal in OPS

Ppantaleo · January 12, 2023, 1:51pm

Hi, I’ve tried various forum options to remove the index.php/journal extension from the domain in OPS 3.3.0-13, but it didn’t work. I have followed prompts for OJS using .htaccess. On the other hand, I don’t see the option to redirect when there is only one server in OPS.
How do I remove index.php/journal in OPS 3.3.0-13?
Thanks.

israel.cefrin · January 17, 2023, 1:39pm

Hi @Ppantaleo

Have you tried OJS approach to remove index.php from the URL path?

github.com

pkp/ojs/blob/7a8905827a96eb072d6015fe8119be6c22cca25b/docs/FAQ#L273-L287


      
          A: OJS uses a REST-style URL syntax for all of its links.  To force OJS to remove the
             "index.php" portion of all URLs, edit config.inc.php and set "restful_urls" to "On".
             
             In addition, your server will have to support URL rewriting in order to recognize
             the new URLs.  Apache servers use the mod_rewrite plugin, which must be enabled
             in your httpd.conf, and the following section added to the correct section of either
             your httpd.conf or an .htaccess file (preferred) in your OJS root directory (the same
             location as config.inc.php):
             
             <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
             RewriteEngine on
             RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
             RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
             RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [QSA,L]
            </IfModule>

Best,
Israel

Ppantaleo · January 23, 2023, 3:31pm

Hi @israel.cefrin, it worked. Now it remains: domain.com/journal how do I remove the /journal? I only have one server and I want to keep demain.com. Thank you.

israel.cefrin · May 31, 2023, 2:27am

Hi @Ppantaleo

My apologies for this belated answer. It was stucked behind a high influx of messages. Did you get to remove the /journal from your URL? It seems that OJS is installed under a folder name “journal”, is that the issue?

Israel

Ppantaleo · May 31, 2023, 10:59am

Hello, thank you for your reply. No. I have managed to delete index.php but it still shows the server extension or journal created. It follows the normal URL format. Now, when entering domain.com instead of redirecting to domain.com/index.php/ops, it redirects to domain.com/ops. I would like it to stay at domain.com (without /ops) since I have only one server in the installation. The installation is in public_html, root directory.