mod_rewrite error installing to bluehost

Hi,

I checked the forums and many of the bluehost-related topics are over a year old and I wasn't sure any fit my problem.

I am trying to install Omeka (tech support just verified that they are running PHP version 5.2.13) and I'm getting this error:

1. mod_rewrite is not enabled

Apache's mod_rewrite extension must be enabled for Omeka to work properly. Please enable mod_rewrite and try again.

The server has mod_rewrite enabled.

I have adjusted the three .htaccess files according to the commented instructions for when a mod_rewrite error is returned. They now read:

.htaccess
RewriteEngine ON

# If know that mod_rewrite is enabled, but you are still getting mod_rewrite errors,
# uncomment the line below and replace "/" with your base directory.
RewriteBase /home1/williar5/public_html/web2

admin/.htaccess

RewriteEngine ON

# If know that mod_rewrite is enabled, but you are still getting mod_rewrite errors,
# uncomment the line below and replace "/admin/" with your install directory.
RewriteBase /home1/williar5/public_html/web2/admin

install/.htaccess
RewriteEngine On

# If know that mod_rewrite is enabled, but you are still getting mod_rewrite errors,
# uncomment the line below and replace "/install/" with your install directory.
RewriteBase /home1/williar5/public_html/web2/install

I have installed Omeka in a subdirectory and the site URL is http://web2.0reader.org.

Any help you provide is greatly appreciated.

I vaguely remember having a similar problem once, and randomly trying things until something worked. Alas, don't think I remember what it was. It might have been something funny in the php.ini file that BH gives you? Might also be worth checking the PHP Config in cPanel to make sure that it really is using PHP5. It says that changes will overwrite .htaccess, so I'd make sure you have a safe copy. Then again, if mod_rewrite isn't working now, I'm not sure how much would be lost.

Thanks, Patrick.

It is running PHP.

I just noticed an odd thing: even though I am getting the error, there is no error being returned in the Error Console. As with most of this stuff, I'm not sure if that means anything or why that would be.

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