URL Rewrite Enabled and working but does not shorten URL

the module needs to be active.
then you can configure the short URLs at site admin -> URL rewrite.

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Can anybody help me here? I have mod_rewrite enabled. The rewrite plugin is enabled in gallery2 and the htaccess has the appropriate permissions, the short urls are all enabled yet they don't seem to want to work for me. i dont get any errors from the server it seems, it just does not want to work. any suggestions is very much appreciated. thanks so much!!!

Okay,

I see that now. However, it still does not work. The htaccess file is now generated and there are green active icons everywhere.

# BEGIN Url Rewrite section
# (Automatically generated.  Do not edit this section)
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On

    RewriteBase /gallery2/

    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d [OR]
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} gallery\_remote2\.php
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/gallery2/main\.php$
    RewriteRule .   -   [L]

    RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} view=core.DownloadItem
    RewriteCond %{HTTP:Referer} !^[a-zA-Z0-9\+\.\-]+://www.weinraub.net/   [NC]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP:Referer} !^$
    RewriteRule .   /gallery2/main.php   [F,L]
    RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} g2_view=core.DownloadItem
    RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} g2_itemId=([0-9]+)
    RewriteCond %{HTTP:Referer} !^[a-zA-Z0-9\+\.\-]+://www.weinraub.net/   [NC]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP:Referer} !^$
    RewriteRule .   /gallery2/main.php?g2_view=rewrite.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=%1   [L]
    RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} g2_view=core.DownloadItem
    RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} g2_itemId=([0-9]+)
    RewriteCond %{HTTP:Referer} !^[a-zA-Z0-9\+\.\-]+://www.weinraub.net/   [NC]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP:Referer} !^$
    RewriteRule .   /gallery2/main.php?g2_view=watermark.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=%1   [L]
    RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /gallery2/sitemap(\?.|\ .)
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/gallery2/main\.php$
    RewriteRule .   /gallery2/main.php?g2_view=sitemap.Sitemap   [QSA,L]
    RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /gallery2/updates(\?.|\ .)
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/gallery2/main\.php$
    RewriteRule .   /gallery2/main.php?g2_view=dynamicalbum.UpdatesAlbum   [QSA,L]
    RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /gallery2/popular(\?.|\ .)
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/gallery2/main\.php$
    RewriteRule .   /gallery2/main.php?g2_view=dynamicalbum.PopularAlbum   [QSA,L]
    RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /gallery2/admin/(\?.|\ .)
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/gallery2/main\.php$
    RewriteRule .   /gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.SiteAdmin   [QSA,L]
    RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /gallery2/random(\?.|\ .)
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/gallery2/main\.php$
    RewriteRule .   /gallery2/main.php?g2_view=dynamicalbum.RandomAlbum   [QSA,L]
    RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /gallery2/v/([^?]+)/slideshowapplet\.html(\?.|\ .)
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/gallery2/main\.php$
    RewriteRule .   /gallery2/main.php?g2_view=slideshowapplet.SlideshowApplet&g2_path=%1   [QSA,L]
    RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /gallery2/d/([0-9]+)-([0-9]+)/([^/?]+)(\?.|\ .)
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/gallery2/main\.php$
    RewriteRule .   /gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=%1&g2_serialNumber=%2&g2_fileName=%3   [QSA,L]
    RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /gallery2/v/([^?]+)/slideshow\.html(\?.|\ .)
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/gallery2/main\.php$
    RewriteRule .   /gallery2/main.php?g2_view=slideshow.Slideshow&g2_path=%1   [QSA,L]
    RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /gallery2/c/view/([0-9]+)\.html(\?.|\ .)
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/gallery2/main\.php$
    RewriteRule .   /gallery2/main.php?g2_view=comment.ShowAllComments&g2_itemId=%1   [QSA,L]
    RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /gallery2/c/add/([0-9]+)\.html(\?.|\ .)
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/gallery2/main\.php$
    RewriteRule .   /gallery2/main.php?g2_view=comment.AddComment&g2_itemId=%1   [QSA,L]
    RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /gallery2/v/([^?]+)\.davmount(\?.|\ .)
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/gallery2/main\.php$
 RewriteRule .   /gallery2/main.php?g2_view=webdav.DownloadDavMount&g2_path=%1   [QSA,L]
    RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /gallery2/rating/([^?/]+)(\?.|\ .)
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/gallery2/main\.php$
    RewriteRule .   /gallery2/main.php?g2_view=rating.RatingAlbum&g2_limit=%1   [QSA,L]
    RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /gallery2/rss/([^\/\?]+)(\?.|\ .)
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/gallery2/main\.php$
    RewriteRule .   /gallery2/main.php?g2_view=rss.Render&g2_name=%1   [QSA,L]
    RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /gallery2/srss/([0-9]+)(\?.|\ .)
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/gallery2/main\.php$
    RewriteRule .   /gallery2/main.php?g2_view=rss.SimpleRender&g2_itemId=%1   [QSA,L]
    RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /gallery2/key/([^?/]+)(\?.|\ .)
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/gallery2/main\.php$
    RewriteRule .   /gallery2/main.php?g2_view=keyalbum.KeywordAlbum&g2_keyword=%1   [QSA,L]
    RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /gallery2/w(/[^?]*)?(\?.|\ .)
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/gallery2/main\.php$
    RewriteRule .   /gallery2/main.php?g2_controller=webdav.WebDav&g2_path=%1   [QSA,L]
    RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /gallery2/v/([^?]+)(\?.|\ .)
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/gallery2/main\.php$
    RewriteRule .   /gallery2/main.php?g2_path=%1   [QSA,L]
    RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /gallery2/f/([^?]+)(\?.|\ .)
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/gallery2/main\.php$
    RewriteRule .   /gallery2/main.php?g2_controller=permalinks.Redirect&g2_filename=%1   [QSA,L]
</IfModule>

# END Url Rewrite section

Unfortunately, I haven't. I am not too sure where to go from here, if it is an Apache problem, or something else. I have given up for now, but I will get back to this soon as I have more free time.