I have mode_rewrite enabled, but when I go to turn on clean url's, the page still simply refreshes to the 'test' screen. Is there a better way to test to be sure my mod-rewrite is enabled such taht drupal can use it?
I'm managing the server now on a cloud, so i'm new to this.
Go to your .htaccess file, comment out line 62 <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> and line 137 </IfModule>. This removes the conditional check for mod_rewrite. If you get a 500 server error when you visit your site after doing this then mod_rewrite is not enabled on the server.
That's a 'Drupal' way to do it I guess, but the best thing you can do is install the devel module and navigate to yoursite.com/?q=devel/phpinfo. Once there search the page for the text mod_rewrite. If it's missing, it's not installed.
