mod rewrite and 404 error

Hello,

I was previously on a shared server running a Article Dashboard site with PHP Version 4.4.4
and my .htaccess file looked this

# -FrontPage-
  
IndexIgnore .htaccess */.??* *~ *# */HEADER* */README* */_vti*
  
<Limit GET POST> 
order deny,allow 
deny from all 
allow from all 
</Limit> 
<Limit PUT DELETE> 
order deny,allow 
deny from all 
</Limit> 

#php_flag session.use_trans_sid off

RewriteEngine On 

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} . 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST}  !^www\. [NC] 
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.%{HTTP_HOST}/$1  [R,L]
  
RewriteRule ^profile\/([^\/]+)/([0-9]+)     publicprofile.php?name=$1&id=$2     
RewriteRule ^Category\/[^\/]+/([0-9]+)      index.php?catid=$1&mode=category    
RewriteRule ^Article/[^\/]+/([0-9]+)/?(.*)  article.php?id=$1&act=$2            
RewriteRule ^rss/[^\/]+/([0-9]+)            rssarticle.php?id=$1                
RewriteRule ^myarticles/(.*)$               index.php?mode=myarticles 

RewriteRule ^(.*)topauthorslist/	  topauthors.php?orderby=$1&ordertype=$2&namelike=$3&page=$4
RewriteRule ^(.*)popularlist/	      populararticles.php?page=$2
RewriteRule ^(.*)searchresult/	      indexser.php?page=$2

PHP:

Everything worked fine. I am now in the process of setting up a vps running
PHP Version 5.1.6 and everything that uses mod rewrite gets a 404 not found error. Mod rewrite is enabled on the server, other that that I am clueless what to do at this point. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

When you say "enabled", did you create a phpinfo(); page just to check?

Jay

 

yes I did - mod_rerwite is listed in the Loaded Modules

 

Did you check your .htaccess file is actually being read?

Try adding:

deny from all

Code (markup):

To the top of the .htaccess file and refresh your site. If it loads normally, your .htaccess file isn't being read by the server prior to the request (httpd.conf problem). If you get a "403 Forbidden", that's a good thing (sort of), it just means something is wrong with your .htaccess file.

Don't forget to remove the "deny from all" line. Please post your results here.

Jay

 

You are correct - I did just what you said and the page still loads fine.

 

Right, as you've probably guessed, this means that the httpd.conf file is configured not to AllowOverrides therefore the .htaccess file is being ignored. The only solution is to contact your hosting provider about it.

Hope this helps,

Jay

 

IT WORKED!!!!! It's my vps - so I was able to go in and configure whatever I want - and it worked - thank you so much

 

You're welcome, but a positive reputation wouldn't go unmissed, not that I'm hinting anything

Jay