Hello, We have been trying to install Omeka 1.5 for the past two days.
We are getting the error message "mod_rewrite not enabled" and have exhausted all of the advice on the forum, as well as the knowledge of myself and my sysadmin.
Specifically, we know that mod_rewrite is working on the server. It is listed as an apache module in our phpinfo files. In addition, wordpress, which is installed on the same server, uses mod_rewrite without any trouble. Finally, a testing script that we put in omeka's root folder--which we renamed 'exhibits' is also working correctly:
http://archives.library.illinois.edu/exhibits/rwtest/
In our apache conf file, we turn have the following directory entries
<Directory "/ourrootfolder">
Order Deny,Allow
Allow from all
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride FileInfo
</Directory><Directory "/ourrootfolder/exhibits">
Order Deny,Allow
Allow from all
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
</Directory>
In the .htaccess, we have tried leaving the RewriteBase
commented out and have also tried several different values matching the absolute paths to omeka folder. I have also tried several different values in install/.htaccess.
As far as I can tell, the source of the problem seems to be something with the paths
If you visit the location where we are trying to install omeka, you can see var_dump of several of the variables set in paths.php
http://archives.library.illinois.edu/exhibits/install/
WEB_ROOT = string(53) "http://archives.library.illinois.edu/exhibits/install"
WEB_DIR = string(53) "http://archives.library.illinois.edu/exhibits/install"
ADMIN_BASE_URL = string(23) "/exhibits/install/admin"
PUBLIC_BASE_URL = string(17) "/exhibits/install"
CURRENT_BASE_URL = string(17) "/exhibits/install"
These do not look right to me. Any advice you have provide is appreciated.`