title: CodeIgniter multiple pages
body: <p>I just recently started diving into CI, and am having trouble accessing different views. I have a home and about view, most of my code is standard. My setup is a LAMP stack through a vm, access by modding my hosts file to point to the VM IP address with a VirtualHost name.</p>
  
  <p>Controller code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;?php if ( ! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');
  
  class Site extends CI_Controller {
  
      public function index()
      {
          $this-&gt;about();
      }
      public function home()
      {
          $this-&gt;load-&gt;view('engage_header');
          $this-&gt;load-&gt;view('engage_nav');
          $this-&gt;load-&gt;view('content_home');
          $this-&gt;load-&gt;view('engage_footer');
      }
      public function about()
      {
          $this-&gt;load-&gt;view('engage_header');
          $this-&gt;load-&gt;view('engage_nav');
          $this-&gt;load-&gt;view('content_about');
          $this-&gt;load-&gt;view('engage_footer');
      }
  }
  ?&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>config.php code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;?php  if ( ! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');
  
  /*
  |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  | Base Site URL
  |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  |
  | URL to your CodeIgniter root. Typically this will be your base URL,
  | WITH a trailing slash:
  |
  |   http://example.com/
  |
  | If this is not set then CodeIgniter will guess the protocol, domain and
  | path to your installation.
  |
  */
  $config['base_url'] = 'dev.code.os/Code/';
  
  /*
  |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  | Index File
  |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  |
  | Typically this will be your index.php file, unless you've renamed it to
  | something else. If you are using mod_rewrite to remove the page set this
  | variable so that it is blank.
  |
  */
  $config['index_page'] = '';
  
  /*
  |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  | URI PROTOCOL
  |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  |
  | This item determines which server global should be used to retrieve the
  | URI string.  The default setting of 'AUTO' works for most servers.
  | If your links do not seem to work, try one of the other delicious flavors:
  |
  | 'AUTO'            Default - auto detects
  | 'PATH_INFO'       Uses the PATH_INFO
  | 'QUERY_STRING'    Uses the QUERY_STRING
  | 'REQUEST_URI'     Uses the REQUEST_URI
  | 'ORIG_PATH_INFO'  Uses the ORIG_PATH_INFO
  |
  */
  $config['uri_protocol'] = 'AUTO';
  
  /*
  |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  | URL suffix
  |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  |
  | This option allows you to add a suffix to all URLs generated by CodeIgniter.
  | For more information please see the user guide:
  |
  | http://codeigniter.com/user_guide/general/urls.html
  */
  
  $config['url_suffix'] = '';
  
  /*
  |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  | Default Language
  |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  |
  | This determines which set of language files should be used. Make sure
  | there is an available translation if you intend to use something other
  | than english.
  |
  */
  $config['language'] = 'english';
  
  /*
  |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  | Default Character Set
  |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  |
  | This determines which character set is used by default in various methods
  | that require a character set to be provided.
  |
  */
  $config['charset'] = 'UTF-8';
  
  /*
  |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  | Enable/Disable System Hooks
  |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  |
  | If you would like to use the 'hooks' feature you must enable it by
  | setting this variable to TRUE (boolean).  See the user guide for details.
  |
  */
  $config['enable_hooks'] = FALSE;
  
  
  /*
  |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  | Class Extension Prefix
  |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  |
  | This item allows you to set the filename/classname prefix when extending
  | native libraries.  For more information please see the user guide:
  |
  | http://codeigniter.com/user_guide/general/core_classes.html
  | http://codeigniter.com/user_guide/general/creating_libraries.html
  |
  */
  $config['subclass_prefix'] = 'MY_';
  
  
  /*
  |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  | Allowed URL Characters
  |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  |
  | This lets you specify with a regular expression which characters are permitted
  | within your URLs.  When someone tries to submit a URL with disallowed
  | characters they will get a warning message.
  |
  | As a security measure you are STRONGLY encouraged to restrict URLs to
  | as few characters as possible.  By default only these are allowed: a-z 0-9~%.:_-
  |
  | Leave blank to allow all characters -- but only if you are insane.
  |
  | DO NOT CHANGE THIS UNLESS YOU FULLY UNDERSTAND THE REPERCUSSIONS!!
  |
  */
  $config['permitted_uri_chars'] = 'a-z 0-9~%.:_\-';
  
  
  /*
  |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  | Enable Query Strings
  |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  |
  | By default CodeIgniter uses search-engine friendly segment based URLs:
  | example.com/who/what/where/
  |
  | By default CodeIgniter enables access to the $_GET array.  If for some
  | reason you would like to disable it, set 'allow_get_array' to FALSE.
  |
  | You can optionally enable standard query string based URLs:
  | example.com?who=me&amp;what=something&amp;where=here
  |
  | Options are: TRUE or FALSE (boolean)
  |
  | The other items let you set the query string 'words' that will
  | invoke your controllers and its functions:
  | example.com/index.php?c=controller&amp;m=function
  |
  | Please note that some of the helpers won't work as expected when
  | this feature is enabled, since CodeIgniter is designed primarily to
  | use segment based URLs.
  |
  */
  $config['allow_get_array']      = TRUE;
  $config['enable_query_strings'] = FALSE;
  $config['controller_trigger']   = 'c';
  $config['function_trigger']     = 'm';
  $config['directory_trigger']    = 'd'; // experimental not currently in use
  
  /*
  |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  | Error Logging Threshold
  |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  |
  | If you have enabled error logging, you can set an error threshold to
  | determine what gets logged. Threshold options are:
  | You can enable error logging by setting a threshold over zero. The
  | threshold determines what gets logged. Threshold options are:
  |
  |   0 = Disables logging, Error logging TURNED OFF
  |   1 = Error Messages (including PHP errors)
  |   2 = Debug Messages
  |   3 = Informational Messages
  |   4 = All Messages
  |
  | For a live site you'll usually only enable Errors (1) to be logged otherwise
  | your log files will fill up very fast.
  |
  */
  $config['log_threshold'] = 0;
  
  /*
  |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  | Error Logging Directory Path
  |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  |
  | Leave this BLANK unless you would like to set something other than the default
  | application/logs/ folder. Use a full server path with trailing slash.
  |
  */
  $config['log_path'] = '';
  
  /*
  |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  | Date Format for Logs
  |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  |
  | Each item that is logged has an associated date. You can use PHP date
  | codes to set your own date formatting
  |
  */
  $config['log_date_format'] = 'Y-m-d H:i:s';
  
  /*
  |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  | Cache Directory Path
  |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  |
  | Leave this BLANK unless you would like to set something other than the default
  | system/cache/ folder.  Use a full server path with trailing slash.
  |
  */
  $config['cache_path'] = '';
  
  /*
  |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  | Encryption Key
  |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  |
  | If you use the Encryption class or the Session class you
  | MUST set an encryption key.  See the user guide for info.
  |
  */
  $config['encryption_key'] = '';
  
  /*
  |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  | Session Variables
  |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  |
  | 'sess_cookie_name'        = the name you want for the cookie
  | 'sess_expiration'         = the number of SECONDS you want the session to last.
  |   by default sessions last 7200 seconds (two hours).  Set to zero for no expiration.
  | 'sess_expire_on_close'    = Whether to cause the session to expire automatically
  |   when the browser window is closed
  | 'sess_encrypt_cookie'     = Whether to encrypt the cookie
  | 'sess_use_database'       = Whether to save the session data to a database
  | 'sess_table_name'         = The name of the session database table
  | 'sess_match_ip'           = Whether to match the user's IP address when reading the session data
  | 'sess_match_useragent'    = Whether to match the User Agent when reading the session data
  | 'sess_time_to_update'     = how many seconds between CI refreshing Session Information
  |
  */
  $config['sess_cookie_name']     = 'ci_session';
  $config['sess_expiration']      = 7200;
  $config['sess_expire_on_close'] = FALSE;
  $config['sess_encrypt_cookie']  = FALSE;
  $config['sess_use_database']    = FALSE;
  $config['sess_table_name']      = 'ci_sessions';
  $config['sess_match_ip']        = FALSE;
  $config['sess_match_useragent'] = TRUE;
  $config['sess_time_to_update']  = 300;
  
  /*
  |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  | Cookie Related Variables
  |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  |
  | 'cookie_prefix' = Set a prefix if you need to avoid collisions
  | 'cookie_domain' = Set to .your-domain.com for site-wide cookies
  | 'cookie_path'   =  Typically will be a forward slash
  | 'cookie_secure' =  Cookies will only be set if a secure HTTPS connection exists.
  |
  */
  $config['cookie_prefix']    = "";
  $config['cookie_domain']    = "";
  $config['cookie_path']      = "/";
  $config['cookie_secure']    = FALSE;
  
  /*
  |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  | Global XSS Filtering
  |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  |
  | Determines whether the XSS filter is always active when GET, POST or
  | COOKIE data is encountered
  |
  */
  $config['global_xss_filtering'] = FALSE;
  
  /*
  |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  | Cross Site Request Forgery
  |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  | Enables a CSRF cookie token to be set. When set to TRUE, token will be
  | checked on a submitted form. If you are accepting user data, it is strongly
  | recommended CSRF protection be enabled.
  |
  | 'csrf_token_name' = The token name
  | 'csrf_cookie_name' = The cookie name
  | 'csrf_expire' = The number in seconds the token should expire.
  */
  $config['csrf_protection'] = FALSE;
  $config['csrf_token_name'] = 'csrf_test_name';
  $config['csrf_cookie_name'] = 'csrf_cookie_name';
  $config['csrf_expire'] = 7200;
  
  /*
  |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  | Output Compression
  |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  |
  | Enables Gzip output compression for faster page loads.  When enabled,
  | the output class will test whether your server supports Gzip.
  | Even if it does, however, not all browsers support compression
  | so enable only if you are reasonably sure your visitors can handle it.
  |
  | VERY IMPORTANT:  If you are getting a blank page when compression is enabled it
  | means you are prematurely outputting something to your browser. It could
  | even be a line of whitespace at the end of one of your scripts.  For
  | compression to work, nothing can be sent before the output buffer is called
  | by the output class.  Do not 'echo' any values with compression enabled.
  |
  */
  $config['compress_output'] = FALSE;
  
  /*
  |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  | Master Time Reference
  |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  |
  | Options are 'local' or 'gmt'.  This pref tells the system whether to use
  | your server's local time as the master 'now' reference, or convert it to
  | GMT.  See the 'date helper' page of the user guide for information
  | regarding date handling.
  |
  */
  $config['time_reference'] = 'local';
  
  
  /*
  |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  | Rewrite PHP Short Tags
  |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  |
  | If your PHP installation does not have short tag support enabled CI
  | can rewrite the tags on-the-fly, enabling you to utilize that syntax
  | in your view files.  Options are TRUE or FALSE (boolean)
  |
  */
  $config['rewrite_short_tags'] = FALSE;
  
  
  /*
  |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  | Reverse Proxy IPs
  |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  |
  | If your server is behind a reverse proxy, you must whitelist the proxy IP
  | addresses from which CodeIgniter should trust the HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR
  | header in order to properly identify the visitor's IP address.
  | Comma-delimited, e.g. '10.0.1.200,10.0.1.201'
  |
  */
  $config['proxy_ips'] = '';
  
  
  /* End of file config.php */
  /* Location: ./application/config/config.php */
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>My config.php has the baseurl dev.code.os "Servername" in my virtualhost configuration. I have attempted to access the about page, through dev.code.os/index.php/about and I keep getting an 500 internal error. I removed my .htaccess file and I still keep getting this error, I am mind boggled on how to get this working. I can't seem to access the view unless I load my index with the page I want to view. Any help would be much appreciated.</p>
  
  <p>Here was my old .htaccess code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;IfModule mod_rewrite.c&gt;
  RewriteEngine On
  RewriteBase /Code/
  
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^system.*
  RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php?/$1 [L]
  
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^application.*
  RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php?/$1 [L]
  
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
  RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?/$1 [L]
  &lt;/IfModule&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>All I want is to be able to access other views from dev.code.os/index.php/about I can take the index.php out later. I just need to know what I am doing wrong to not be able to access other views and why they show 404 &amp; 500 errors. Thanks</p>