Run Typemill on Apache Servers

Please check if your Apache server meets the system requirements. In 99% of the cases, you will only have to configure your .htaccess file to start with Typemill.

.htaccess

Typemill ships with a .htaccess file and requires mod_rewrite on Apache servers. Ensure your host supports mod_rewrite. If you run Typemill locally, you can enable mod_rewrite in Linux with:

$ sudo a2enmod rewrite 

In some environments (like 1und1), you have to use an empty slash as the rewrite base. If you have any trouble (e.g., getting a 500 error from the server), then please activate this line in your .htaccess and try again:

RewriteBase /

You can configure several details in the .htaccess file, such as HTTPS, slashes, www, and subfolders. Simply uncomment the lines if needed:

# If your homepage is http://yourdomain.com/yoursite
# Set the RewriteBase to:
# RewriteBase /yoursite

# In some environments, an empty RewriteBase is required:
# RewriteBase /

# Use this to redirect HTTP to HTTPS on Apache servers
# RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
# RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]

# Use this to redirect www to non-www on Apache servers
# RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.(.*)$ [NC]
# RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://%1/$1 [R=301,L]

# Use this to redirect slash/ to URL without slash on Apache servers
# RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
# RewriteRule ^(.*)/$ /$1 [R=301,L]

Configure Apache on Linux/Ubuntu

Make sure that you have Apache2 and PHP installed:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install apache2
sudo apt install php libapache2-mod-php

Open your Apache configuration file:

sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf

Ensure the AllowOverride directive is set:

<Directory /var/www/html>
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride All
    Require all granted
</Directory>