I had a hard time figuring out how to get the pretty url permalinks working for WordPress on WestHost, but I finally found the solution. It was weird at first because WordPress actually was writing to the .htaccess file correctly, but when I tried it out in a browser I was still getting 404′s. After a long extensive search on the WordPress website, I finally found that I had to add the following to my httpd.conf file: <Directory...

By Aaron Gustafson. Updated by Jason Gill While it is true that WestHost now offers Ruby on Rails, it’s only available on some of the packages and not all. If you are a cheapskate like me and want to add Ruby on Rails to the Personal Starter plan where RoR isn’t available, this tutorial is for you! This even works on packages that come with RoR for those of you who are unsatisfied with how limited WestHost’s install is....