Hello,

When URL rewriting is activated, the forum first page works ok, registering and login works ok. But when I click one of the forums/categories, i get 404. Without URL rewriting it works ok.

My forum root is http://forum.webhotellivertailu2.fi/webhotelli-vertailu-keskustelu. The .htaccess is located in the phpbb3 folder, and is looking like this:

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    # Lines That should already be in your .htacess
    <Files "config.php">
    Order Allow,Deny
    Deny from All
    </Files>
    <Files "common.php">
    Order Allow,Deny
    Deny from All
    </Files>

    # You may need to un-comment the following lines
    # Options +FollowSymlinks
    # To make sure that rewritten dir or file (/|.html) will not load dir.php in case it exist
    # Options -MultiViews
    # REMEBER YOU ONLY NEED TO STARD MOD REWRITE ONCE
    RewriteEngine On
    # Uncomment the statement below if you want to make use of
    # HTTP authentication and it does not already work.
    # This could be required if you are for example using PHP via Apache CGI.
    # RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization},L]
    # REWRITE BASE
    RewriteBase /webhotelli-vertailu-keskustelu/
    # HERE IS A GOOD PLACE TO FORCE CANONICAL DOMAIN
    # RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^forum\.webhotellivertailu2\.fi$ [NC]
    # RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://forum.webhotellivertailu2.fi/webhotelli-vertailu-keskustelu/$1 [QSA,L,R=301]

    # DO NOT GO FURTHER IF THE REQUESTED FILE / DIR DOES EXISTS
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
    RewriteRule . - [L]
    #####################################################
    # PHPBB SEO REWRITE RULES ALL MODES
    #####################################################
    # AUTHOR : dcz www.phpbb-seo.com
    # STARTED : 01/2006
    #################################
    # FORUMS PAGES
    ###############
    # FORUM INDEX REWRITERULE WOULD STAND HERE IF USED. "forum" REQUIRES TO BE SET AS FORUM INDEX
    # RewriteRule ^forum\.html$ index.php [QSA,L,NC]
    # FORUM ALL MODES
    RewriteRule ^(forum|[a-z0-9_-]*-f)([0-9]+)/?(page([0-9]+)\.html)?$ viewforum.php?f=$2&start=$4 [QSA,L,NC]
    # TOPIC WITH VIRTUAL FOLDER ALL MODES
    RewriteRule ^(forum|[a-z0-9_-]*-f)([0-9]+)/(topic|[a-z0-9_-]*-t)([0-9]+)(-([0-9]+))?\.html$ viewtopic.php?f=$2&t=$4&start=$6 [QSA,L,NC]
    # GLOBAL ANNOUNCES WITH VIRTUAL FOLDER ALL MODES
    RewriteRule ^announces/(topic|[a-z0-9_-]*-t)([0-9]+)(-([0-9]+))?\.html$ viewtopic.php?t=$2&start=$4 [QSA,L,NC]
    # TOPIC WITHOUT FORUM ID & DELIM ALL MODES
    RewriteRule ^([a-z0-9_-]*)/?(topic|[a-z0-9_-]*-t)([0-9]+)(-([0-9]+))?\.html$ viewtopic.php?forum_uri=$1&t=$3&start=$5 [QSA,L,NC]
    # PHPBB FILES ALL MODES
    RewriteRule ^resources/[a-z0-9_-]+/(thumb/)?([0-9]+)$ download/file.php?id=$2&t=$1 [QSA,L,NC]
    # PROFILES THROUGH USERNAME
    RewriteRule ^member/([^/]+)/?$ memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&un=$1 [QSA,L,NC]
    # USER MESSAGES THROUGH USERNAME
    RewriteRule ^member/([^/]+)/(topics|posts)/?(page([0-9]+)\.html)?$ search.php?author=$1&sr=$2&start=$4 [QSA,L,NC]
    # GROUPS ALL MODES
    RewriteRule ^(group|[a-z0-9_-]*-g)([0-9]+)(-([0-9]+))?\.html$ memberlist.php?mode=group&g=$2&start=$4 [QSA,L,NC]
    # POST
    RewriteRule ^post([0-9]+)\.html$ viewtopic.php?p=$1 [QSA,L,NC]
    # ACTIVE TOPICS
    RewriteRule ^active-topics(-([0-9]+))?\.html$ search.php?search_id=active_topics&start=$2&sr=topics [QSA,L,NC]
    # UNANSWERED TOPICS
    RewriteRule ^unanswered(-([0-9]+))?\.html$ search.php?search_id=unanswered&start=$2&sr=topics [QSA,L,NC]
    # NEW POSTS
    RewriteRule ^newposts(-([0-9]+))?\.html$ search.php?search_id=newposts&start=$2&sr=topics [QSA,L,NC]
    # UNREAD POSTS
    RewriteRule ^unreadposts(-([0-9]+))?\.html$ search.php?search_id=unreadposts&start=$2 [QSA,L,NC]
    # THE TEAM
    RewriteRule ^the-team\.html$ memberlist.php?mode=leaders [QSA,L,NC]
    # HERE IS A GOOD PLACE TO ADD OTHER PHPBB RELATED REWRITERULES

    # FORUM WITHOUT ID & DELIM ALL MODES (SAME DELIM)
    # THESE THREE LINES MUST BE LOCATED AT THE END OF YOUR HTACCESS TO WORK PROPERLY
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteRule ^([a-z0-9_-]+)/?(page([0-9]+)\.html)?$ viewforum.php?forum_uri=$1&start=$3 [QSA,L,NC]
    # FIX RELATIVE PATHS : FILES
    RewriteRule ^.+/(style\.php|ucp\.php|mcp\.php|faq\.php|download/file.php)$ $1 [QSA,L,NC,R=301]
    # FIX RELATIVE PATHS : IMAGES
    RewriteRule ^.+/(styles/.*|images/.*)/$ $1 [QSA,L,NC,R=301]
    # END PHPBB PAGES
    #####################################################



I had the .htaccess in the root of the www-server also. I also tried .htaccess with RegEx right and left slashes.

Version is 3.0.7-PL1. I have also tried all the different modes (advanced, mixed, simple) with rm * the cache folder in between and creating new .htaccess. I dont know what am I doing wrong, but would surely appriciate any kind of help or ideas. Also let me know if there is some other settings I should let you know about.

Ok got it working. The rewrite wasnt fully functioning in Apache. Command 'a2enmod rewrite' enables a module in Apache, but it said it was already enabled. What did the trick was the changing of 'AllowOverRide None' to 'AllowOverRide All' in /etc/apache/sites-available/default and then restarting the Apache with '/etc/init.d/apache2 restart'. It seems that Apache doesnt read the rewrite rules or the .htaccess files if AllowOverRide is set to None.