RewriteRule in .htaccess not working

Question

I am currently running Apache2 on my local machine, installed with the latest version of Ubuntu.

I am trying to get basic URL rewriting working by using the .htacces

Answer 1

If I place a .htaccess into /Library/WebServer/Documents and open "localhost/"; to test it, this works as expected. It just doesn't work in "~/Sites". I have tried this on Mac OS X Mavericks.