Restful URLs on OJS3

ctgraham · February 19, 2019, 1:29pm

The suggested method in the FAQ is:

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>

I personally use a set of directives which is cross-compatible with Apache earlier than 2.4 and after 2.4:

(note that the example here is journal-specific)