Enabling Pretty URL's on main domain

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I have my sites hosted by Hostmonster and use Concrete5. I have enabled Pretty URLs on my add-on domains with no problem. When I try to do it for the main domain, it pulls the front page content onto every other page of the site.
Here is the process that I have tried:
From the file manager, I open the public_html folder and add an htdocs folder. Inside that, I add a new document and title it .htaccess. I open it in the editor and paste the code copied from the dashboard and save. When I return to the site and navigate the different pages of the site, all the content from the front page appears.
What am I doing wrong?

 
cannonf700 replied on at Permalink Reply
cannonf700
why don't you put that.htaccess file in the folder of your website.
So if you site is in your public_html folder then put the .htaccess file in there.