I've recently decided to try out sim suin's simplified url hack, but i've hit a dead end.. I've uploaded startpages.php and simplified_url.php and .htaccess, modified the mainfile.php but it still doesn't work.. What am i doing wrong ?
Here's the website : http://steaua.trei.ro/index1.php

I think you may of forgot this step:

"How to Install
1) Modify your loadpages.php.
Set your start module's dir name at line 33.
If you don't set a start module, please set it blank like: $start_module = "";

Set the position of "loadpages.php" at line 38."

Just a guess.

Yep, i forgot to do this step.
Now i have $start_module = "news";
and $script_path = "http://wwww.steaua.trei.ro/loadpage.php";
And it still doesn't work.
I've read the tutorial again and everywhere it says loadpages.php... and i have loadpage.php.. Could this be the problem ?

I know it took me a few tries before I got it right.
The file is loadpage.php so I wouldn't be concerned about that.

This is from thread down at core hacks:(I'll post the link when I find it)LINK
You may want to go thru that entire thread. You may find your answer in there somewhere. Good Luck
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How to Install
1) Modify your loadpages.php.
Set your start module's dir name at line 33.
If you don't set a start module, please set it blank like: $start_module = "";
Set the position of "loadpages.php" at line 38.

2) Upload this two files to your XOOPS root dir:
- loadpages.php
- simplified_url.php

3) Modify your .htaccess file, the one you have in your XOOPS root dir (if any)
and add the contents of the included .htaccess file. If you don't have one, just upload the one I provided.

4) In the XOOPS root dir, there is a file named mainfile.php
Open it and add the following line just after the disclaimer (line 41 for
Xoops 2.09):

include "simplified_url.php";


It must be put under "XOOPS_URL"
ex :

39:define('XOOPS_URL', 'http://localhost/');
40:
41:include "simplified_url.php";
42:
43:define('XOOPS_CHECK_PATH', 0);


5) Save mainfile.php and upload it to your server.
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