How to enable %postname% permalinks on Mac?

Question

I'm using Mac OS X's built in Apache + PHP with MySQL. Everything works perfectly, except for my pretty %postname% permalinks — they just won't work. I have obviously enabled mod_rewrite and set the AllowOverride setting to All on my httpd.conf file. In case there's anything I can do (I really don't want to run MAMP), is there any programmatic way to use default permalinks on localhost using the very same template files?

Answer 1

Your /etc/users/{username}.conf should look like this:

<Directory "/Users/username/Sites/">
    Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride All AuthConfig
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
</Directory>

You also have to change the name Apache runs under to be able to save the .htaccess rules and use the media uploader etc...

<IfModule !mpm_netware_module>
<IfModule !mpm_winnt_module>

User chris
Group admin #or you can use staff

</IfModule>
</IfModule>

The AllowOverride is listed a couple of times in httpd.conf make sure you changed the right one or both. One is the default setting and the other is for Library/WebServer/Documents which you should change to whatever server document root your using.

Apache has to be restarted for any changes to take affect. sudo apachectl restart

Also see How to Install Apache and PHP on Mac OSX for more details.

Answer 2

there are two conf files for the built in apache, one for your username, which may be setting allowoverride to none.