.htaccess + removing index.php not working + The requested URL /about/ was not found on this server.

[eluser]Unknown[/eluser]
Hello,

my sites url is
http://www.loyalto.com/

I have used following code in my htaccess file,--

RewriteEngine on
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(.+)\.loyalto\.com [NC]
#RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !www\.loyalto\.com [NC]
RewriteCond $1 !^(index\.php|images|video|photos|js|AFLAX|css|robots\.txt)
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php/groupSite/domain/mukesh/$1 [L]

But when I am trying with
http://www.loyalto.com/about/
it is showing error- The requested URL /about/ was not found on this server.

If i put index.php in the url it is working.(http://www.loyalto.com/index.php/about/).

And
I have also tried with simple htaccess file like,

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


But it is still not working...

Can any one helps me..

Nilesh.

[eluser]maesk[/eluser]
I'm really no expert in htaccess. I usually have to experiment a bit with the .htaccess file until it works :-)
Anyways, this works for me, you may want to give it a try:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^(/index\.php|/images|/js|/css|/robots\.txt|/favicon\.ico)
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?/$1 [L]

Also, try adding a question mark after "/index.php" in your RewriteRule.

[eluser]Maulwurf[/eluser]
maesk, this works for me, too. Great one!
Don't forgett to set
$config['index_page'] = "";