Answers.Body: <p>I solved the problem and am writing it down for future people encountering the same problem.</p>
  
  <p>Add the following configuration to the your <code>craft/config/general.php</code> config file:</p>
  
  <pre><code>'omitScriptNameInUrls' =&gt; true
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>URLs will start to work fine.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: this does not affect actionUrl method it seems...
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Answers.Body: <p><strong>Edit:</strong> Quick answer (as per <a href="https://craftcms.stackexchange.com/users/1016/ritterknight">RitterKnight's</a> comment)... just add <code>RewriteBase /</code> to the top of your <strong>.htaccess</strong> file in the root of your public/public_html directory.  </p>
  
  <hr>
  
  <p>I am on the same type of shared GoDaddy server, and continued to experience the same issue regardless of wether 'omitScriptNameInUrls' was set to true. I would get an "Internal Server Error" on all pages, apart from the homepage.</p>
  
  <p>I have since <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17101600/htaccess-not-working-on-godaddy/23519720#23519720">found a solution</a> which is specifically tailored to GoDaddy sufferers. My .htaccess file now looks like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>DirectoryIndex index.php
  AddDefaultCharset utf-8
  
  RewriteEngine on
  Options +FollowSymlinks -MultiViews -Indexes   
  
  RewriteBase /
  
  &lt;IfModule mod_rewrite.c&gt;
     RewriteEngine On
     # Send would-be 404 requests to Craft
     RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
     RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
     RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/(favicon\.ico|apple-touch-icon.*\.png)$ [NC]
     RewriteRule (.+) index.php?p=$1 [QSA,L]
  &lt;/IfModule&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Success! I now have a Craft installation on a GoDaddy shared server, with clean-urls working!</p>
  
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Answers.Text: I'm guessing the addition of the line ``RewriteBase /`` is what's making this work. IIRC the last time I used GoDaddy, it ignored ``DirectoryIndex`` and used index.php as the default anyway but YMMV.
  
  You don't need the ``RewriteEngine On`` directive in there twice—you have it once in the ``IfModule`` block—where it usually is—and again above it, outside the block. By convention, ``RewriteBase /`` usually sits below inside the ``ifModule`` block on the off chance mod_rewrite is turned off or not installed.
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Answers.Body: <p>I have lord knows how many sites on GoDaddy (too many). The key to it is <code>RewriteBase</code>. Just add it to the default <code>.htaccess</code> and you're all set.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Nice, thank you. So those first 4 lines in my comment are unnecessary.
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Body: <p>For some reason the CraftCMS URL rewrite is not working on GoDaddy shared hosting server. </p>
  
  <p>Currently by .htaccess file looks like this</p>
  
  <pre><code>Options +FollowSymLinks -Multiviews
  &lt;IfModule mod_rewrite.c&gt;
     RewriteEngine On
     # Send would-be 404 requests to Craft
     RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
     RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
     RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/(favicon\.ico|apple-touch-icon.*\.png)$ [NC]
     RewriteRule (.+) index.php?p=$1 [QSA,L]
  &lt;/IfModule&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Has anyone encountered this problem? Can someone help me solve this?</p>
  
  <p><strong>Update</strong></p>
  
  <p>I am not sure any more if this a url rewrite problem. As when I access an entry such as <a href="http://aspaceboydream.com/comic/so-this-is-me">http://aspaceboydream.com/comic/so-this-is-me</a>, it loads correctly. But when I use the function:</p>
  
  <pre><code>url('comic')
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>to construct the urls of the different channels, the URLs are being constructed as <a href="http://aspaceboydream.com/index.php?p=comic">http://aspaceboydream.com/index.php?p=comic</a></p>
  
Tags: <url><config><siteurl><setup>
Title: URL rewrite not working
ThreadText: # URL rewrite not working
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2014-09-27)
  
  For some reason the CraftCMS URL rewrite is not working on GoDaddy shared hosting server.
  
  Currently by .htaccess file looks like this
  
  ```
  Options +FollowSymLinks -Multiviews
  <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
     RewriteEngine On
     # Send would-be 404 requests to Craft
     RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
     RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
     RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/(favicon\.ico|apple-touch-icon.*\.png)$ [NC]
     RewriteRule (.+) index.php?p=$1 [QSA,L]
  </IfModule>
  
  ```
  
  Has anyone encountered this problem? Can someone help me solve this?
  
  **Update**
  
  I am not sure any more if this a url rewrite problem. As when I access an entry such as <http://aspaceboydream.com/comic/so-this-is-me>, it loads correctly. But when I use the function:
  
  ```
  url('comic')
  
  ```
  
  to construct the urls of the different channels, the URLs are being constructed as <http://aspaceboydream.com/index.php?p=comic>
  
  **Tags:** url, config, siteurl, setup
  
  
  ---
  
  ## 3 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_0 on 2014-09-27. Score: 9
  
  I solved the problem and am writing it down for future people encountering the same problem.
  
  Add the following configuration to the your `craft/config/general.php` config file:
  
  ```
  'omitScriptNameInUrls' => true
  
  ```
  
  URLs will start to work fine.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: this does not affect actionUrl method it seems...  
  
  ---
  
  ### Answer by username_2 on 2015-07-12. Score: 5
  
  **Edit:** Quick answer (as per [username_3's](https://craftcms.stackexchange.com/users/1016/username_3) comment)... just add `RewriteBase /` to the top of your **.htaccess** file in the root of your public/public\_html directory.
  
  ---
  
  I am on the same type of shared GoDaddy server, and continued to experience the same issue regardless of wether 'omitScriptNameInUrls' was set to true. I would get an "Internal Server Error" on all pages, apart from the homepage.
  
  I have since [found a solution](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17101600/htaccess-not-working-on-godaddy/23519720#23519720) which is specifically tailored to GoDaddy sufferers. My .htaccess file now looks like this:
  
  ```
  DirectoryIndex index.php
  AddDefaultCharset utf-8
  
  RewriteEngine on
  Options +FollowSymlinks -MultiViews -Indexes   
  
  RewriteBase /
  
  <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
     RewriteEngine On
     # Send would-be 404 requests to Craft
     RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
     RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
     RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/(favicon\.ico|apple-touch-icon.*\.png)$ [NC]
     RewriteRule (.+) index.php?p=$1 [QSA,L]
  </IfModule>
  
  ```
  
  Success! I now have a Craft installation on a GoDaddy shared server, with clean-urls working!
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_3**: I'm guessing the addition of the line ``RewriteBase /`` is what's making this work. IIRC the last time I used GoDaddy, it ignored ``DirectoryIndex`` and used index.php as the default anyway but YMMV.  You don't need the ``RewriteEngine On`` directive in there twice—you have it once in the ``IfModule`` block—where it usually is—and again above it, outside the block. By convention, ``RewriteBase /`` usually sits below inside the ``ifModule`` block on the off chance mod_rewrite is turned off or not installed.  
  
  ---
  
  ### Answer by username_4 on 2015-07-12. Score: 3
  
  I have lord knows how many sites on GoDaddy (too many). The key to it is `RewriteBase`. Just add it to the default `.htaccess` and you're all set.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_2**: Nice, thank you. So those first 4 lines in my comment are unnecessary.  
  
  ---
  
  