studley

OK, this was the reply that I got from my webhost:

While we do support .htaccess files, much of the mod_rewrite functionality is not available.

However, you can use Zeus rewrite rules which work in a very similar way. For example, a mod_rewrite rule of:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^[^/]*\.html$ index.php

Would convert to:

match URL into $ with ^[^\/]*\.html$
if matched then
set URL = index.php
endif

This should be placed in a file named rewrite.script in your web directory.

Bearing in mind that this is the htaccess code that WP generated for me:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

…what do I need to put in the Zeus file? I tried copying their example exactly, but that didn’t work.

I made my .htaccess unwritable and it gave me the code that I need to put in the file. I inserted that code, but the redirects still don’t work. Does this suggest that mod_rewrite is disabled?

I’ll check with my host, but what’s the best way around this if I don’t have mod_rewrite access?