Eanable mode-rewrite on Apache
Enable mod-rewrite: sudo a2enmod rewrite Edit file /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default and change AllowOverride None to AllowOverride All sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default Before: Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews AllowOverride None Order allow, deny allow from all After: Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews AllowOverride All Order allow, deny allow from all Now restart apache: sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart Resources: http://www.ubuntu-for-humans.blogspot.com/2009/11/enable-mode-rewrite-on-apache-ubuntu.html