Removing index.php with add-on domain - CP urls break

Question

I have EE Core installed in a subdirectory of my site, but it is set up as an add-on domain.

I followed the official instructions to remove index.php and the urls work if I type them manually (without index.php), but all the links generated from the CP break:

View Site link displays like this: http://domain.me/?URL=http://domain.me/

View Template displays: http://domain.me/?URL=http://domain.me/services and doesn't rewrite.

However, if I type in domain.me/services, the rewrite works. I can see that it's stripping the "services" segment, but I don't know why.

This is the only thing in my .htaccess:

# Removes index.php from ExpressionEngine URLs

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond $1 !\.(gif|jpe?g|png)$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [L]

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Answer 1

Try adding these lines at the end of your .htaccess

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^(ACT=.*)$ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^(URL=.*)$ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^(CSS=.*)$ [NC]   
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php\?&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]