Server unable to read htaccess file, denying access to be safe

Question

I have created a simple app using AngularJS. When I tried to host that project in my website http://demo.gaurabdahal.com/recipefinder it shows the following error:

Answer 1

"Server unable to read htaccess file" means just that. Make sure that the permissions on your .htaccess file are world-readable.

Answer 2

Just my solution. I had extracted a file, had some minor changes, and got the error above. Deleted everything, uploaded and extracted again, and normal business.