.htaccess seems to work but getting an error

[eneubauer]

Did you also do this step from the FAQ instructions:

How to fix "the .htaccess file does not work" message

The second step is to configure your webserver to parse .htaccess files. This can be achieved with the config directive “AllowOverride All” in your vhost configuration (If there is already an “AllowOverride None” configured you need to replace it).

On various distros you need to edit the /etc/apache2/apache2.conf directly and replace the “AllowOverride None” with “AllowOverride All”.

After doing this step please make sure that you restart your Webserver!!!