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I have a joomla install which uses the built in SEF urls, and the stock .htaccess file to rewrite them.

I presume that it would be much more efficient to set the rules in the apache config rather than .htaccess, [to avoid having this file requested and parsed for every file load] but am having trouble finding a reference for it,

So I moved the rules from .htaccess to the vhosts.conf file.

I am now getting 400 bad requests for the pages with the SEF urls.

Can anyone suggest what the issue or offer any suggestions ?

UPDATE

It seem that the base was the issue, just need to change the rewrite rule from:

RewriteRule .* index.php [L]
to
RewriteRule .* /index.php [L]
BenMorel
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Keith
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  • the .htaccess file is here, it's just the one that come with joomla https://gist.github.com/vool/4770127 – Keith Feb 12 '13 at 14:12

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where in the vhosts.conf file have you placed these rules? they should be in the 

<Directory /path/to/joomla> 
  #your rules here
</Directory>

inside the Vhost definition

Nick Andriopoulos
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  • Yes that's where I places them, I know the rules are being applied as I added one to to remove www. from the url and that is working fine. – Keith Feb 12 '13 at 14:50