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I’ve tried quite a few different .htaccess files I’ve found while looking for an answer for this for the past couple of hours.

This works: http://expressionengine.chasin-tails.ca/index.php/pages/reservations

This doesn’t: http://expressionengine.chasin-tails.ca/pages/reservations

This doesn’t: http://expressionengine.chasin-tails.ca/reservations

I’ve verified that I’ve got mod_rewrite loaded via the phpinfo utility.  Fundamentally, I don’t really understand what’s happening the .htaccess file in order to start troubleshooting it.

Here’s my current file.  It’s located in the public html directory alongside the images, system and themes directories.

Options +FollowSymLinks
DirectoryIndex index.php

<IfModule mod_rewrite>
    RewriteEngine On

    # Removes index.php
 RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} !^POST
 RewriteRule ^site/?(.*)$ /$1 [R=301,L]

 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
 RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php?/$1 [L]  

    # If 404s, "No Input File" or every URL returns the same thing
    # make it /index.php?/$1 above (add the question mark)
</IfModule>

I’ve tried it with and without the question mark in the RewriteRule line.

I would be grateful for any assistance and explanation anyone might be able to provide.  I would love to get to the point where I really understand what’s happening when the Rewrite happens.  Thanks!

Here’s what I use, and so far it’s worked well for me:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

# Enable Rewrite Engine
# ------------------------------
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

# Redirect www Requests
# ------------------------------
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.(.*)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://%1/$1 [R=301,L]

# Redirect index.php Requests
# ------------------------------
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^GET.*index\.php [NC]
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} !/NAME_OF_YOUR_SYSTEM_FOLDER_HERE/.*
RewriteRule (.*?)index\.php/*(.*) /$1$2 [R=301,L]

# Standard ExpressionEngine Rewrite
# ------------------------------
RewriteCond $1 !\.(css|js|gif|jpe?g|png) [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php/$1 [L]

</IfModule>

This version removed index.php and also removes www from all incoming requests.  Note that you have to insert your system folder name in the second rewrite condition for the redirect of index.php - this also assumes that your system folder if still below the root - I haven’t yet done this with the system folder above the root.  I didn’t write this - it’s put together based on a couple of different articles on the subject.

Hope this helps.