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I’m running EE2 on my Mediatemple gridserver (MySQL5.0.32). I’m attempting to add the rewrite code below to my .htaccess file and it doesn’t work. Does anyone know what I might be doing wrong? The “AddHandler…” bit was already added by the server when I switched from PHP 4 to 5. I need help from a guru.

AddHandler php5-script .php

RewriteEngine On 
RewriteCond $1 !\.(gif|jpe?g|png)$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f 
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d 
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php/$1 [L]

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I use this on most of my sites and works pretty darn well, no idea about MT setups but works on most all standard installs I’ve tried it on.

# Although highly unlikely, your host may have +FollowSymLinks enabled at the root level, yet disallow its addition in .htaccess; in which case, adding +FollowSymLinks will break your setup (probably a 500 error), so just remove it, and your rules should work fine.
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
# Remove index.php
# Uses the "include method"
# <a href="http://expressionengine.com/wiki/Remove_index.php_From_URLs/#Include_List_Method">http://expressionengine.com/wiki/Remove_index.php_From_URLs/#Include_List_Method</a>
 RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !^(ACT=.*)$ [NC]
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
 RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php/$1 [L]

Thanks for the assist, Cheif.

thefifthlion, unfortunately we can’t provide direct support for removing index.php via .htaccess. However, community members can certainly lend a hand. Moving to the CodeShare Corner for additional community support.

Sue,

One more newbie question. If I were to purchase Matrix could I use it for multiple sites or is it a single site license?

As far as I’m aware, Brandon requires a license for each MSM site. So if you had the MSM from us, you’d need three licenses from Brandon.

That’s not true for every third party dev - it varies.