.htaccess issue on new CI build

[eluser]excitedcroc[/eluser]
Good afternoon,

Could anyone help me on this problem I am having? I have been struggling with server configuration for a site I am trying to put live which is hosted on bluehost.com.

They dont allow virtual hosts or httpd access so I'm trying to use htaccess rewrites to get this working.

Code:

<VirtualHost *:443>
     ServerName team-bupa.local
     DocumentRoot "C:\xampp\htdocs\site\www\public"
          <Directory "C:\xampp\htdocs\site\www\public">
           Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes ExecCGI
           AllowOverride All
           Order allow,deny
           Allow from all
      </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Everything works fine localy with the above virtual host set up. I just can't seem to get the rewrite rules to do the same thing..

My build is:

Code:

- Ci Folder
  - www
    - system
    - application
       - config
       - controllers
       - helpers
       - libraries
       - models
       - views
    - public
       - images
       - css
       - js

Any help really would be massively appreciated !

Many thanks

ExcitedCroc