Mod_rewrite help

[c_pattle]

I'm trying to use mod_rewrite to rewrite my urls.  At the moment the url I want to rewrite is

 

http://localhost/web/index.php?colour=red

 

and I want to change it to

 

http://localhost/web/colour/red

 

I've uploaded a .htaccess file to the "web" directory but I keep getting a 404 error page.  I've included the contents of my .htaccess file below. 

 

RewriteEngine on

RewriteRule ^/colour/([A-Za-z0-9]+)$ /?colour=$1

 

 

Thanks for any help

[wildteen88]

If the .htaccess file is in web/

Your rewrite rule should be

RewriteRule colour/([A-Za-z0-9]+)$ index.php?colour=$1

[c_pattle]

Thanks for your help

 

Once I have started using mod_rewrite will I then need to change all of my URL to things like style sheets and links to other pages because at the moment my pages have no styles?