yes, you need to use mod_rewrite

Try to add this inside a .htaccess

RewriteEngine On

# Removed index.php in URLs
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^  index.php

Doesn't work as such, because with the blog URL set to "Default blog in index.php" I still have index.php in the URL generated by the blog. With absolute URL set to "http://domain.com/", I get 404 errors. However, the contact-form address works in both cases. So essentially rewrite it leaving the index.php out, as it shoud, but somehow the blog engine doesn't handle the requests correctly.

my htaccess ( for that bit ) is slightly different, it looks like this :

# send all others to the core
RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule .*      /index.php [L]

All my various blogs are set to "absolute url" ( which removes the index.php ) and it works flawlessly

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Weird. Doesn't work with that either.

I think it might have something to do with how the server handles directories, as http://domain.com/index.php?title=post-title&more=1 formatted URL's work just fine with the index.php removed.

Could you provide a checklist for checking the settings of Apache? It seems there is something wrong with the config of the virtual host I'm using, and I can't find it. mod_rewrite works just fine on other vhosts on the same server.

See if this post helps ( [url=http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1473118][Apache2] Mod_rewrite not working but loaded?[/url] )

If not then all I can suggest is that you hit google

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