The Control Panel works, but for the weblogs and the forums all I get is a “Not found” message. From the EE User Guide:

If you are hosted on an Apache server it needs to be configured with AllowOverride=on for the URLs to work with the default settings. Most server are configured this way, but if yours is not then there are three options:
- Manually turn that feature on using a .htaccess file.

Could someone tell me:
- what should I write in the .htaccess file?
- where should I put the .htaccess file: in the root of the site?

Thank you!

Update: Host said AllowOverride is on, but the site still not working… :(

Do you have a link to the site in question?  Is it ALL pages- or does the index page come up?

Generally you can test for this issue by adding the query string and seeing if it solves the problem.  So if your link is mysite.com/index.php/site/index, try mysite.com/index.php?/site/index.

The site is under construction, so it looks like this: http://www.macuser.ro
You’ll see there a link to the forums which is not working: http://www.macuser.ro/index.php/forums
It works if I use a query string:  http://www.macuser.ro/index.php?forums
What can I do to make it work again without using query strings? Are there any other PHP/Apache requirements for the server?

You could try putting:
AcceptPathInfo On
In your htaccess - same level as your index.php file.  Not sure it will work, though.

Robin, you’re a genius! Thanks a lot! It works.

Whee!  Shot in the dark hits!  Glad you’re squared away.

Just FYI, as I was really concerned about this after moving a client’s site to a GoDaddy server, you can get around this by using mod_rewrite to *include* the ? in the rewrite URL: