Simple SEO URL - .htaccess HTTP 500 error

[tomtailford]

I tried to install ultimate SEO url with no joy & found that if .htaccess was enabled in the root directory it would go to an HTTP 500 error.

So, I thought I would try simple SEO url and receive the same HTTP 500 error when enabling the .htaccess.

I have followed the install procedure.

I did notice that the module manager has a little "Error on page" in the status bar when accessing the admin page.

On an SSU check receive the following:

Checking includes/configure.php
Suggested .htaccess content
#### BOF SSU
Options +FollowSymLinks -MultiViews
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

# Deny access from .htaccess
RewriteRule ^\.htaccess$ - [F]

RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*) index.php?/$1 [E=VAR1:$1,QSA]

#### EOF SSU
Checking cache write permission