404 Not Found - sure it's simple but can't figure it out

[eluser]Chad Fulton[/eluser]
Which type of 4040 Not Found screen are you getting? Is it the one you get if you go to http://this-webpage-does-not-exist.com, or is it a CodeIgniter one?

[eluser]wabu[/eluser]
Yeah, what Chad said ^^, and I should have added these to the list of links to try pasting into your browser:

http://localhost/welcome/index/
http://localhost/welcome/cat/5

I think you mentioned the index function is working when clicked in the browser, so that would imply that something's up and running locally.

Keep trying stuff.

[eluser]gypmaster[/eluser]
It's the browser standard 404 page, not the CI one.

Typing this:

http://localhost/ci/

in the browser address bar takes me to the index function in the controller and shows me the view associated with that function.

[eluser]Chad Fulton[/eluser]
Since it's the standard 404 page, it must a problem with your .htaccess configuration. Essentially, the page request isn't even making it to CodeIgniter.

Is that all you have in the .htaccess file?

[eluser]gypmaster[/eluser]
Here's my .htaccess file - it sits in the "ci" folder:

Code:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond $1 !^(index\.php|images|captcha|css|js|robots\.txt)
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [L]

Cheers

[eluser]Chad Fulton[/eluser]
My guess is that this is a problem with your webserver. Since you mentioned localhost, I assume you're running Apache webserver on your computer. If that's the case, then I think this might do the trick:

Go to wherever you installed Apache (C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2 maybe?) and go to the conf folder. Edit httpd.conf.

Where it says

Code:

#
# This should be changed to whatever you set DocumentRoot to.
#
<Directory "path/to/your/document/root/here">
#
    # Possible values for the Options directive are "None", "All",
    # or any combination of:
    #   Indexes Includes FollowSymLinks SymLinksifOwnerMatch ExecCGI MultiViews
    #
    # Note that "MultiViews" must be named *explicitly* --- "Options All"
    # doesn't give it to you.
    #
    # The Options directive is both complicated and important.  Please see
    # http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/core.html#options
    # for more information.
    #
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks

    #
    # AllowOverride controls what directives may be placed in .htaccess files.
    # It can be "All", "None", or any combination of the keywords:
    #   Options FileInfo AuthConfig Limit
    #
    AllowOverride None

    #
    # Controls who can get stuff from this server.
    #
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all

</Directory>

you're going to want to change "AllowOverride None" to "AllowOverride All"

[eluser]gypmaster[/eluser]
Hi Chad,

you're a genius!

I am indeed running a local wamp-type setup.

changing the AllowOverride to All makes the differecne.

It works!

Thanks again.