Permalinks & .htaccess

  • rmayo

    (@rmayo)


    16 years, 11 months ago

    My permalinks are not working. I host using Fat Cow and I recently started my own wordpress blog to help learn the ropes (www.remayo.com). Yesterday I spent probably 5 hours trying to get the permalinks to work. I created an .htaccess file and put it in the root directory of my webserver (I did not see an .htaccess file that came with the installation… but I also didn’t have view hidden files set on my ftp before I created my own htaccess file. Could I have overwrited the original htaccess file when I inserted my own blank one?). Then I went to wordpress settings, permalinks, and changed the permalinks to custom /%postname%/

    I saved that information and it told me to update the .htaccess file. It gave me code to put in the file at the bottom of the page so I copied it and pasted it into my .htaccess file. Yet after trying this multiple times with multiple approaches, I’m still getting 404 errors.

    Do you have any idea what I could be doing wrong or what I should try next?

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  • Thread Starter rmayo

    (@rmayo)

    16 years, 11 months ago

    anyone?

    sutterbomb

    (@sutterbomb)

    16 years, 10 months ago

    I’m also on FatCow and having the same trouble. Were you able to figure it out?

    I haven’t created a new .htaccess for fear of overwriting the original, but I can’t find an .htaccess file anywhere (other hidden files are visible).

    jevets

    (@jevets)

    16 years, 7 months ago

    I was able to simply create (or upload) an .htaccess file to the server, and it seems to be working just fine. In other words, I didn’t have to use fatcow’s .htaccess editor.

    spindledesco

    (@spindledesco)

    16 years, 7 months ago

    Yes! jevets and sutterbomb, thank you so much for the tips!

    I ported a friend’s WordPress blog from Network Solutions to FatCow and suddenly started having the same trouble. Once I finally tracked the issue to the .htaccess file, I couldn’t believe how frustrating it was trying to wrangle access or get answers on FatCow’s site.

    In any case, I just created a brand new .htaccess file, copied the snippet from the permalink page into it, and then stuck it in the root folder. Problem solved, apparently.

    Thanks again!

    Shane G.

    (@shane-g-1)

    16 years, 7 months ago

    Hi,

    Set your desired permalink structure and add this code in htaccess:

    # BEGIN WordPress

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
ErrorDocument 404 /index.php?error=404
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress

    After that have a check with old posts and new posts.

    Thanks,

    Shane G.

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