Getting 404 after installing Ultimate SEO

[valsurfer101]

trying to install ultimate seo: I have a quick question
for step 3

3. A sample .htaccess file is included. Simply rename to .htaccess and edit the word /shop/ to match your site

is the /shop/ supposed to be changed to "www.mysite.com"
i tried it and the links are all broken so i turned it off in the module section for now till i get this resolved. i have a feeling thats what i did wrong. thanks team!!!

[SPH]

If your store is at top level, try just a single / with nothing after it.

the /shop/ is for a zencart in a domain's subfolder, like www.mysite.com/shop/

[balihr]

trying to install ultimate seo: I have a quick question

Or... You might wanna read this thread...

[valsurfer101]

i just tried the /
and its still a no go
Not Found

The requested URL /ford-racing-c-363.html was not found on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

[balihr]

is your site in your root directory or a subdirectory? did you rename the sample file to read .htaccess ? Does your server have mod_rewrite installed (may seem like a stupid question, but I've seen servers w/o it)? Can you give a link to your site and paste your .htaccess file here?

[valsurfer101]

Heres the file I used that came with the module.
No my server doesn't rewrite. Yes i did the rename.
the site is w w w . m u s c l e m o t o r s . c o m
i currently have ultimat sep turned off from the admin menu.
should i turn it on?

##### NOTE: Replace /shop/ with the relative web path of your catalog in the "Rewrite Base" line below:

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

# From Ultimate SEO URLs
RewriteRule ^(.*)-p-(.*).html$ index\.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=$2&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)-c-(.*).html$ index\.php?main_page=index&cPath=$2&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)-m-([0-9]+).html$ index\.php?main_page=index&manufacturers_id=$2&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)-pi-([0-9]+).html$ index\.php?main_page=popup_image&pID=$2&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)-pr-([0-9]+).html$ index\.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=$2&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)-pri-([0-9]+).html$ index\.php?main_page=product_reviews_info&products_id=$2&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)-ezp-([0-9]+).html$ index\.php?main_page=page&id=$2&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]

# All other pages
# Don't rewrite real files or directories
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*).html$ index\.php?main_page=$1&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]

[balihr]

Hm... It seems OK. You might wanna take another look at your installation files, maybe you missed something...