Login to site

I found an article on this very problem http://stackoverflow.com/questions/37526...nd-but-why

My admin folder did not have a .htaccess file so I recreated the one from the article

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DirectoryIndex index.php
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ ./index.php/$1 [L,QSA]
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now when I go to admin login and sign in I get directed back to the log in page but this time is simple text aligned left of the browser page but indicates I am logged in.

The 404 error from previous post is gone but I remain at login page by adding the ,htaccess file. If I remove the htaccess from the admin folder the 404 error returns

I am so close anyone can help me figure this out