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Permalinks not working with Wordpress 2.7

by Eric Reed
9 replies
Fellow Warriors,

II just set up a couple of new wordpress CMS sites but am having trouble getting the permalinks to work.

I put in the normal custom structure code I use for my other sites (wp 2.6) of /%category%/%postname%.html as well as the category base . and get the message

"If your .htaccess file were writable, we could do this automatically, but it isn't so these are the mod_rewrite rules you should have in your .htaccess file"

I tried changing the chmod for the .htaccess file so it will be writeable to know avail and even writing the following code in a .htaccess file and uploading it but again, nothing works

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

I'm using an imac computer and newwebsite.com as my host.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Eric
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  • Profile picture of the author Steve L
    try this:

    /%category%/%postname%/
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  • Profile picture of the author Eric Reed
    no good, still get the error message url can not be found on this server
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  • Profile picture of the author PeteHarrison
    Hi Eric,

    Sounds like a .htaccess problem, is the blog in the root of the site or a subdirectory?

    Pete
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  • Profile picture of the author pjCheviot
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    "If your .htaccess file were writable, we could do this automatically, but it isn't so these are the mod_rewrite rules you should have in your .htaccess file"

    I'm using an imac computer and newwebsite.com as my host.
    Ask newwebsite.com either to make your .htaccess writeable OR let them check the .htaccess code you have been given. Either way they may have a non-standard way of working.
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  • Profile picture of the author Eric Reed
    Hey Pete,

    I set it up as a CMS not a blog so worpress is in my public_html folder

    Eric
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    • Profile picture of the author Michael Chris
      Did you try permission settings of 777 on the htaccess...

      -Michael

      PS Might want to change it back after it updates.
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  • Profile picture of the author Eric Reed
    yes, did that as well a used 666...

    Eric
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  • Profile picture of the author Eric Reed
    Finally figured it out...

    Had to take it out of the cgi bin and place the edited file in my public_html folder

    Thanks Steve, Michael, PJ & Pete!

    Eric
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    • Profile picture of the author Michael Chris
      Well, that was my next guess. (wrong folder)

      At least you figured it out.

      -Michael
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