Still can't turn on mod_rewrite

[Tania]

I need to turn on Fancy URLs but can't seem to get mod_rewrite turned on.

I've researched the posts and the wiki, as well as Apache documentation. I've just done a fresh install on my host and the Website Health Check keeps reporting that mod_rewrite is not turned on. Everything else reports as OK.

I've edited this section in the htaccess file within the GSCMS root folder (which is in a subfolder of my own website) and this is what is contains for the mod_rewrite:

Code:

# handle rewrites for fancy urls
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine on

    # Usually RewriteBase is just '/', but
    # replace it with your subdirectory path
    RewriteBase /opt/the_host_name/clients/my_name/home/public_html/gscms_subfolder/

    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteRule /?([A-Za-z0-9_-]+)/?$ index.php?id=$1 [QSA,L]
</IfModule>

I've used the Flush All Caches in the cms as well as flushing caches in Firefox.

There is no mention of mod_rewrite in my phpinfo.php output.

What have I done wrong?

I'm using GSCMS v3.3.4 and haven't yet installed any plugins.

Thanks in advance!