.htaccess file not working

I recently installed WordPress on my domain and had to create the htaccess file manually. I entered the usual snippet WP suggests, set the permissions to 644, but it's not working. Everytime I try to access http://ift.tt/1xlaU4U I get the following error:



Not Found

The requested URL /projects/ was not found on this server.



I have my htacess file located in the root WP folder, as well as the public_html folder, neither seems to be working. The snippet I'm using is below:



<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

RewriteEngine On

RewriteBase /

RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

RewriteRule . /index.php [L]

</IfModule>

.htaccess file not working