.htaccess - How to get htaccess to work on MAMP

Question

I am trying to get the .htaccess working in MAMP.

The content of the .htaccess is a simple redirect line but it does not work. I am trying to manipulate URLs of a WordPress page, so I added the .htaccess file in my theme folder, but it is not working.

Is there any settings within MAMP i need to change to get the .htaccess file to work?

Answer 1

1. In httpd.conf on /Applications/MAMP/conf/apache, find:

   <Directory />
       Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
       AllowOverride None
   </Directory>
   

2. Replace None with All.

3. Restart MAMP servers.