Hi, new to this software and struggling to get it working.
I have Apache 2.2.8 with PHP 5.2.6 and MySQL 5.0 running on a Windows Vista laptop as a site build system.
I get the .htaccess warning
Is the .htaccess file writeable?
Unable to detect whether I can write to files. Please ensure C:\apache\htdocs\silverstripe/.htaccess is writable.
And if I try to continue with the install I get...
# Creating C:\apache\htdocs\silverstripe/.htaccess
....
# ERROR: mod_rewrite not working, redirecting to mod_rewrite test page
# Creating C:\apache\htdocs\silverstripe/.htaccess I will now try and direct you to rewritetest to troubleshoot mod_rewrite
Now I have changed the Apache httpd.conf to the following...
<Directory />
Options All
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
<Directory "C:/apache/htdocs">
Options FollowSymLinks SymLinksifOwnerMatch
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
<Directory "C:/apache/htdocs/silverstripe">
Options FollowSymLinks SymLinksifOwnerMatch
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
One curious factor is; in the warning and then the error (both given above), the slash becomes a backslash just before the .htaccess call (C:\apache\htdocs\silverstripe/.htaccess). Why? Could this be the error?
If not, what could it be?
Beginning to feel that this may not be worth the time unfortunately. :o(