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1. ustation
   Member
   Posted 2 months ago #
   

   Hi there - I've just migrated a site I've been working on from localhost to a live server:

   http://www.alexander-pr.co.uk/wordpress/

   I've retained the permalinks structure, which is a customer structure appending /%postname%/ to the end. This was working fine on localhost, but is throwing a 404 error on live, so the only way I can get it to work is by having index.php before the page / post name:

   http://www.alexander-pr.co.uk/wordpress/index.php/services/

   I've gone through the steps on here, and I still can't fix it:

   http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks#Fixing_Permalink_Problems

   I've done some research with the client's hosting provider (Namesco), and have found out that they seem to use a webserver called Zeus. I've never heard of it, but they have a section on the site which talks about translating rewrite rules into a format recognised by Zeus. I've tried a couple of fixes I've found on Google, but nothing is working - does anyone have a tried and tested answer to getting permalinks working under Zeus?

   Thanks very much.

   Stuart

2. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 2 months ago #
   

   they seem to use a webserver called Zeus

   You have my sympathy. Zeus is a proprietary *nix server and, most of the time, these servers are absolute hell to deal with - especially when it comes down to anything .htaccess related. I've not tried to run WP on a Zeus server (personally, I wouldn't ever want to) but it wouldn't surprise me if you simply had to use index.php/post_name in order to get the damn thing to use custom permalinks.

   In short, I've no answer for you. I think you may be stuck with this permalink structure unless the hosts themselves can come up with something.

3. ustation
   Member
   Posted 2 months ago #
   

   Thanks for the response esmi - I'll keep digging, but yes, it looks like quite a lot of hassle, even if it's possible, so at least I know I can get it working with index.php/.

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