Hi All -
I don't know if this will help but I am currently installing it on 1and1 myself and after 2days of headache I've some how managed to get it working.
this is what I did... I don't know if it will be the same for you guys but here:
I was required to put the following in a php.ini file in the root directory:
magic_quotes_gpc = off
asp_tags = off
I then had a day and a half problem with mod_rewrite (I spend this time playing with the .htaccess and other elements) - but I decided to go ahead even with mod_rewrite having the tantrum that it was encountering! Once it was all installed, as predicted my menu was http://domain.co.uk/index.php/about-us. I then decided to change the .htaccess, changing the following worked for me:
changed -
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^(.*)$
to
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^(.*)/$
that worked but it killed my http://domain.co.uk/admin (that returned a 404).
I then changed it back:
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^(.*)/$
to
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^(.*)$
and it worked.
Please see my .htaccess below:
.htaccess
### SILVERSTRIPE Start ###
AddType x-mapp-php5 .php
Options +Indexes +FollowSymLinks
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} sssite$
RewriteRule (.*) $1/ [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^(.*)$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule .* sapphire/main.php?url=%1&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]
</IfModule>
<Files *.ss>
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
Allow from 127.0.0.1
</Files>
<Files web.config>
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
</Files>
ErrorDocument 404 /assets/error-404.html
ErrorDocument 500 /assets/error-500.html
RedirectMatch 403 /silverstripe-cache(/|$)
### SILVERSTRIPE END ###
I hope this can help some people