

If your URL is not listed, you need to add it.ĭirectly under the URL, on the next line, you need to add the following code Select the ‘’ file, then the ‘Edit’ button from the top menu.Īt the bottom of that file you should find your website URL listed in the following format In the main column find the ‘ data‘ folder and double click on it to display its contents.

Making sure you are still in the right place by clicking on public_html in the left hand column so its contents are displayed in the main column. There is one more change you need to make and that is to the data/ file Once open, copy and past the following code into your file before saving the file. htaccess file and click on it to select it, then click on the ‘ edit‘ button from the top menu and open the file for editing. If it isn’t, click on the ‘ Reload‘ button to reload the page.įind your. htaccess file should now be visible in the central area of you cPanel page. htaccess and then click on the ‘ Create New File‘ button. In the top index click on the ‘ File‘ button to create a new file. Click on public_html in the left-hand column so its contents are open in the main column.Īt the top of the screen you should click on the ‘ Settings‘ button on the right hand side and then click in the ‘ Show hidden files‘ setting, and then ‘ Save‘. If that is not the case and your files are in a sub-domain at public_html/webtrees/ folder you need to read the sub-domain instructions at the bottom of the page before you begin.Īctivating Webtrees Pretty URLs is done from your main cPanel page. The following instructions assume Webtrees is your main site and your files are in your public_html folder. When Webtrees is first installed its URLs (the end part of the URL) will look something like this /index.php?route=%2Ftree%2FsmithĪn URL written in the above way has no effect on how your site will be viewed by search engines but the above URL is not easy for people to remember or type and Google recommends they should be as simple to read by people as possible.Īctivating webtrees pretty URLs will turn the above URL into something more memorable such as /tree/smith. Webtrees pretty URLs turns your URL from something like this /index.php?route=%2Ftree%2Fsmith to something like this /tree/smith
