Dev App on live server

[eluser]karstyn[/eluser]
Ben - I enabled mod_rewrite and that did seem to fix some issues. Now I think the problem is a missing .htaccess file. When I copy the full site to my local computer I don't have an .htaccess file, but I do notice that on the live site the /index.php is not a part of the URL's. If I understand correctly that change happens in the .htaccess file? I have seen a what goes in that file somewhere, but now can't find where I saw it! Any pointers as to what goes in the .htaccess file?

rogierb - I had enabled short_tags earlier, which did get me closer!

Thanks guys!