Hi: I recently took over a website, and the previous webmaster didn't install the mod_rewrite module. Can I install it now? And if so, how? Thanks, Nick
If it was a default install, you might only have to uncomment a few things and bounce apache, which would be the easiest way. 1. Find the httpd.conf file (usually you will find it in a folder called conf, config or something along those lines) 2. Inside the httpd.conf file uncomment the line LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so (remove the pound '#' sign from in front of the line) 3. Also find the line ClearModuleList is uncommented then find and make sure that the line AddModule mod_rewrite.c is not commented out. If that isn't an option you could always recompile Apache. Tips here: http://www.devshed.com/c/a/Apache/Search-Engine-Friendly-URLs-with-mod-rewrite/