Mod_rewrite not working properly

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Published on 2010-06-05T21:55:10Z Indexed on 2010/06/05 22:02 UTC
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I have this in my .htaccess file...

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^/invite$ /invite.html

It's meant to let a user access this url:

http://mysite.com/invite

and display the invite.html page. I don't want to redirect the user, but just show them the invite.html page from a better looking URL.

When I browse to http://mysite.com/invite though, I get a 404 not found error.

Is there anything I'm doing wrong? I've tried looking at tutorials for using mod_rewrite but I seem to be doing what they're telling me too...

Thanks!

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