XF 1.3 Xenforo .htaccess | mod_rewrite? wut

[Riaz]

Basically Ive used my forum for a looong time now. And always had " Use Full Friendly URLs" disabled.

Ive tried enabling it but it causes links on the forums not to work. (Send me to a 404 page).
I am aware of the desc. Provided under the Use Full Friendly URLs option. But I am not a expert at this, and Im not sure how to get this right:
"However, to enable this, mod_rewrite must be available and an appropriate .htaccess .file must be in place."
I have the .htaccess.txt file inside my /forum directory.
And it looks like this:

#    Mod_security can interfere with uploading of content such as attachments. If you
#    cannot attach files, remove the "#" from the lines below.
#<IfModule mod_security.c>
#    SecFilterEngine Off
#    SecFilterScanPOST Off
#</IfModule>

ErrorDocument 401 default
ErrorDocument 403 default
ErrorDocument 404 default
ErrorDocument 500 default

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On

    #    If you are having problems with the rewrite rules, remove the "#" from the
    #    line that begins "RewriteBase" below. You will also have to change the path
    #    of the rewrite to reflect the path to your XenForo installation.
    RewriteBase /forum

    #    This line may be needed to enable WebDAV editing with PHP as a CGI.
    #RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]

    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR]
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
    RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L]
    RewriteRule ^(data/|js/|styles/|install/|favicon\.ico|crossdomain\.xml|robots\.txt) - [NC,L]
    RewriteRule ^.*$ index.php [NC,L]
</IfModule>

Im not sure what mod_rewrite is either.. All I really want to do is get this small issue fixed so I can finally remove index.php from my urls!

Thanks for any advice.

 

[Paul B]

If you aren't sure, contact your host to confirm that they have mod_rewrite installed and allow overrides via an .htaccess file.

 

[Riaz]

If you aren't sure, contact your host to confirm that they have mod_rewrite installed and allow overrides via an .htaccess file.

I have a dedicated Server so yea. My Hosting doesnt really provide that type of Support. But I looked around and tried this guide:
http://www.ewhathow.com/2013/09/how-to-enable-mod_rewrite-on-apache/
But I still get the error after changing AllowOverride None to All on all of them in the file and enabling mod_rewrite..

 

[Luke F]

I have the .htaccess.txt file inside my /forum directory.

It should be named .htaccess not .htaccess.txt

 

[Riaz]

It should be named .htaccess not .htaccess.txt

Yea I had one .htaccess and one .htaccess.txt but yea i renamed it and made it a file instead but it didnt change anything :S

 

[TPerry]

There is also an apache config setting you usually have to change... I don't remember what it was (I use nginx) but it was anAllowOverride setting somewhere in the directory setting (I think).