Clean URL with Drupal 7 on 1and1

Need to investigate further next time ;)

Found the following issue on the subject --> http://drupal.org/node/881376

i had stopped creating content b/c of this. your meth worked for me. using hostgator too.

Thanks a lot for this great tip.

After hours of searching, now clean urls working at domainfactory webspace.

I too had problems with Clean URLs installing Drupal 7 on 1and1 - I ran the test and it would not pass. As you mentioned above (Post by iAutom8) the problem was in the overlay - and, as mentioned below that (Post by electronicmonkey), when I did the "disable Overlay module" fix, I too received a error 500. My immediate next step was to uncommented "RewriteBase /" in .htaccess and than I went back to the above fix and it worked. The problem was in the overlay. This worked for me.

So to summarize (with additional step):
1) disable Overlay module
2) go to Clean URLS
3) change URL from: /?q=admin/config/search/clean-urls to: /admin/config/search/clean-urls
4) uncommented "RewriteBase /" in .htaccess
5) Then the Check box should appear (at least in my case)
(from a previous earlier step I also have $base_url in settings.php uncommented and set to my domain name)

I spent A LOT of time on this, and did a lot of tinkering, so I hope I didn't miss mentioning anything.

thanks

This worked for me with Drupal 7 on 1&1.

I'm using Drupal since one of the early 6.x versions. I was always using it on a small 1&1 web package.
To be honest I also did have some issues... But anyway, it was each time like it took me a while, where I was patient and then found a fix.

I read lots of topics where someone is complaining about how poor 1&1's compatibility is for Drupal. Welcome to real life, there's no guide to success for each solution on every server.

My notes for a solution with 1&1:
* Use the .htaccess file below, but read these notes first
* The file below works with my 6.x MultiSite and my 7.x MultiSite instances
* I do use a basic managed web package, in other words the cheapest for my requirements
* The .htaccess file needs to be put into the Drupal's root folder
* Afterwards use your 1&1 console to point a domain to the Drupal folder
* Wait 10-15 mins for the changes (if no changes are necessary, change something and point your domain back to the Drupal folder) to be applied
* Saying it twice, be patient! The changes are necessary, to have some config in background of 1&1 updated (just guessing, but this would explain why some users saying they don't know what exactly they have done to fix it)
* Enjoy CleanUrls with 1&1
* Let's see what changes for Drupal 8.x or 9.x

So hopefully this saves some lazy time for other guys. If so, please add a comment for others to tell them a solution does exist, to stop them from struggling through the w³ searching for a solution.

/edit:
Just a side note: Ensure your upload was successful. I've often seen people uploading their .htaccess failing and they didn't recognize it, as their Ftp program didn't complain about permissions that noisly. Probably best ist to rename / delete old file and then do the upload.
/edit

Here's my .htaccess to success:

#AddType x-mapp-php5 .php
#
# Apache/PHP/Drupal settings:
#

# Protect files and directories from prying eyes.
<FilesMatch "\.(engine|inc|info|install|make|module|profile|test|po|sh|.*sql|theme|tpl(\.php)?|xtmpl|svn-base)$|^(code-style\.pl|Entries.*|Repository|Root|Tag|Template|all-wcprops|entries|format)$">
  Order allow,deny
</FilesMatch>

# Don't show directory listings for URLs which map to a directory.
Options -Indexes

# Follow symbolic links in this directory.
Options +FollowSymLinks

# Make Drupal handle any 404 errors.
ErrorDocument 404 /index.php

# Force simple error message for requests for non-existent favicon.ico.
<Files favicon.ico>
  # There is no end quote below, for compatibility with Apache 1.3.
  ErrorDocument 404 "The requested file favicon.ico was not found.
</Files>

# Set the default handler.
DirectoryIndex index.php

# Override PHP settings. More in sites/default/settings.php
# but the following cannot be changed at runtime.

# PHP 4, Apache 1.
<IfModule mod_php4.c>
  php_value magic_quotes_gpc                0
  php_value register_globals                0
  php_value session.auto_start              0
  php_value mbstring.http_input             pass
  php_value mbstring.http_output            pass
  php_value mbstring.encoding_translation   0
</IfModule>

# PHP 4, Apache 2.
<IfModule sapi_apache2.c>
  php_value magic_quotes_gpc                0
  php_value register_globals                0
  php_value session.auto_start              0
  php_value mbstring.http_input             pass
  php_value mbstring.http_output            pass
  php_value mbstring.encoding_translation   0
</IfModule>

# PHP 5, Apache 1 and 2.
<IfModule mod_php5.c>
  php_value magic_quotes_gpc                0
  php_value register_globals                0
  php_value session.auto_start              0
  php_value mbstring.http_input             pass
  php_value mbstring.http_output            pass
  php_value mbstring.encoding_translation   0
</IfModule>

# Requires mod_expires to be enabled.
<IfModule mod_expires.c>
  # Enable expirations.
  ExpiresActive On

  # Cache all files for 2 weeks after access (A).
  ExpiresDefault A1209600

  <FilesMatch \.php$>
    # Do not allow PHP scripts to be cached unless they explicitly send cache
    # headers themselves. Otherwise all scripts would have to overwrite the
    # headers set by mod_expires if they want another caching behavior. This may
    # fail if an error occurs early in the bootstrap process, and it may cause
    # problems if a non-Drupal PHP file is installed in a subdirectory.
    ExpiresActive Off
  </FilesMatch>
</IfModule>

# Various rewrite rules.
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
  RewriteEngine on

  # If your site can be accessed both with and without the 'www.' prefix, you
  # can use one of the following settings to redirect users to your preferred
  # URL, either WITH or WITHOUT the 'www.' prefix. Choose ONLY one option:
  #
  # To redirect all users to access the site WITH the 'www.' prefix,
  # (http://example.com/... will be redirected to http://www.example.com/...)
  # adapt and uncomment the following:
  # RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example\.com$ [NC]
  # RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.example.com/$1 [L,R=301]
  #
  # To redirect all users to access the site WITHOUT the 'www.' prefix,
  # (http://www.example.com/... will be redirected to http://example.com/...)
  # uncomment and adapt the following:
  # RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.example\.com$ [NC]
  # RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://example.com/$1 [L,R=301]

  # Modify the RewriteBase if you are using Drupal in a subdirectory or in a
  # VirtualDocumentRoot and the rewrite rules are not working properly.
  # For example if your site is at http://example.com/drupal uncomment and
  # modify the following line:
  # RewriteBase /drupal
  #
  # If your site is running in a VirtualDocumentRoot at http://example.com/,
  # uncomment the following line:
  RewriteBase /

  # Rewrite URLs of the form 'x' to the form 'index.php?q=x'.
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !=/favicon.ico
  RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?q=$1 [L,QSA]
</IfModule>

# $Id$