Admin > System Preferences > General Configuration

and remove the line were it say Index.php and click update

that removed it for me if you havent done that already

If you like I can take a look for you, get in touch and I’ll see if I can help.

There are a couple of major issues using the “File and Directory Check” method of URL rewriting. One of the biggest is no 404 errors for missing images and other files.

The other issue is a performance issue. If you are missing an image your site will render an entire EE page rather than a simple 404 error. Think of a page with 4 missing images; you would infact be rendering 5 EE pages which will slow down your site a whole bunch.

I always used the “Include Method” but it also had a couple of issue, namely manually generating the template groups and that pages were not included in the example.

I have solved this issue with LG .htaccess Generator which automatically generates your .htaccess file for you when an entry or template group is created or modified.

Check it out here: http://leevigraham.com/cms-customisation/expressionengine/lg-htaccess-generator/

Cheers Leevi

First off, check that your server is Apache, you could do this by checking with your host, or creating a new php file and adding phpinfo(); to it then uploading and running it: somwhere in there it will have your web server detais.

Then make sure you’ve got mod rewrite enabled, and there’s a guide to do that here at Wallpaperama.

Last thing to check is that your .htaccess definitely has no other extensions that are being hidden by your OS and that it’s just called .htaccess and that it’s on the root of your web directory.