Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. That last part gave me a redirect loop error, so I changed it to this:
rewrite ^/(.*)$ /index.php?url=$1;
I applied it, loaded the site, restarted nginx, and loaded the site again. It seems to work. Hopefully, my change is not just a fluke but will continue to work. However, if you think my change will cause an issue for the future, please let me know. Again, thanks for your help.
Joshua Parker
http://www.7mediaws.org/