Why can't I use in browser editing with synchronized text?

Question

I have created a muse site that has a desktop version as well as a phone version.  I have synchronized the text on the site and I want to enable in-browser editing, but it tells me that I cannot because my server does not appear to support page redirects. Upon further investigation, I have found that PHP 5.1 or greater is needed. My server is running 5.3. I spent an hour on the phone  with adobe tech support last week, and that was a joke. Any suggestions?

Answer 1

.htaccess is a file. I would expect there to be one in each folder that represents a website.
Every export from Muse 2014.2.0 (or later) will attempt update this file or will attempt to create the file, if there is none. If you're not using synchronized text, the file will contain an empty section that's maintained by Muse that will look like the following:
# Begin Muse Generated redirects
# End Muse Generated redirects
If you're using synchronized text, there will be a series of commands that associate the new *.php file names with the former *.html file names for any pages that use synchronized text.
I frankly don't know what would cause GoDaddy to be refusing to let Muse create or update this file. If the file doesn't exist, you might try using File > Export as HTML from Muse and then manually put the .htaccess file in place (with Filezilla, etc.). Once it's there, perhaps subsequent FTP uploads from Muse will be able to update it.