What is needed to place your rewrite rules inside the httpd.conf file? I cannot get this thing to work and I am frustrated beyond all get out. I have tried a number things I found on google, and none of it appears to work. Here is what I have in my httpd.conf now: (note, this is for a virtual site on our network)
The mod_rewrite module is in the modules directory, the LoadModule line is not commented in httpd.conf. What I am after is to push all URLS in the form mydomain.com/page_name to mydomain.com?p=page_name.
I have restarted apache after every change made to the conf file, but it doesn't appear to be taking effect.
Are you positive the rules work? What happens when you put them in an .htaccess file in the web root?
What about the like: Option +FollowSymlinks? I've got .htaccess files with & without that line & they both seem to work. Looking online though I see lots of places that state you need that in your .htaccess file for it to work.
Real programmers don't comment their code. If it was hard to write, it should be hard to understand.