News front-end done - SEO, real SEF URLs (category list, item view), default item view changed to 'extend', default category list changed to 'list', comments are rendered now by news code, new and improved news shortcodes

e107.htaccess

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	Options +FollowSymLinks 
 	RewriteEngine On
 
-### Set this to your e107 site root
+### Set this to your e107 site root, path relative to web root
 	RewriteBase /
 
 ### send 404 on missing files in these folders 
@@ -15,15 +15,18 @@
 	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-l 
 	
 ### NEWS SEF URLs - set 'news' to the 'URL identifier' value (news Administration area) ###
+	RewriteRule ^news/?$ news.php [L]
 	RewriteRule ^news/(.*)$ news.php?rewrite=$1 [L]
+	
+	## Use this on your own risk.
+	## Quick & dirty solution for news rewrite without (empty) 'URL identifier', 
+	## extremely useful for blog site owners
+	## Keep in mind it should be your last RewriteRule!
+	## You also might want to change your Front page (administration) to your site root, e.g. '/'
+	#DirectoryIndex news.php index.php index.html
+	#RewriteRule ^(.*)$ news.php?rewrite=$1 [L]
+
 
-### REMOVE ###
-RewriteRule ^news/?$ news.php
-#item, default, cat actions
-#RewriteRule ^news/([a-z]+)-([0-9]+)-([0-9]+)(\.html)?$ news.php?$1.$2.$3 [L]
-#extend, cat, list actions
-#RewriteRule ^news/([a-z]+)-([0-9]+)(\.html)?$ news.php?$1.$2 [L]
-### REMOVE END ###
 </IfModule>
 
 #ErrorDocument 400 /error.php?400