after removing RewriteRule entry from .htaccess, index.phtml was displayed properly. So I left it as it was and started working on the rest of the files. But I somehow cannot evalute <a href="<?php echo $this->baseUrl ?>/index/test">Test it</a> after putting it into index.phtml. Ofcourse baseUrl variable is set properly and I have added testAction to IndexController class, and ofcourse the test.phtml file in /application/views/scripts/index/ directory. I think this might have something to do with the fact that I don't have the RewriteRule in the .htaccess file. Am I right?