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1. chor
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Dear all, I've tried to re-structure my permalinks but with a typo my whole wp-admin and even the host server was crashed down. Should I re-install something "original" to have it fixed? Which file should I remove and re-install? the ".htaccess" or "feed-functions.php" or what?

   Thank u very much!

2. podz
   Support Maven
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Delete .htaccess

   First copy it to your machine though.

3. chor
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Thanks! :)
   I've copied it to my local server but then should i change anything of it before re-installation?

4. chor
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   or should i creat a new .htaccess? i'm currently using v1.5.2

   thanks again (in desperation)

5. podz
   Support Maven
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Yep - new one, chmod it to 666 and let WP fill it with the rules you need.

6. chor
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   i've followed ur instruction and my blog comes up again! just that the permalinks and comments are in the wrong format (because of that single tiny typo) so i've tried to fix the permalink structure at the 'Option' section, but everytime i try to click 'update' the same old crash happens and i have to re-install a new .htaccess again.... what's wrong? how can i save things from the shadow of that typo??

   thanks a lot!

7. chor
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Following Skippy's suggestions to timothy15 on "Permalinks mess":

   If you can now access your permalinks page, delete any permalink structure defined there, and click Save. That should blank your .htaccess. (my result --> CRASH for the 100th times)

   Or, create a blank .htaccess and remove write permission to it. In this way, WordPress will be unable to automatically add rewrite rules. (my result --> a 404 Not Found error)

   And even if I delete the .htaccess file it automatically generates itself according to the wrong permanent structure, every attempts to update cause CRASHES. so i delete .htaccess again and the loop keeps going endlessly.

   how can i eliminate the WRONG permanent structure and stop wp from generating the WRONG .htaccess? pls kindly help.

8. chor
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   i was advised to try a trick and it worked out:

   make a copy of the entire wp stuff and put it in a new folder so that wp will automatically generate a new .htaccess (for both root and this new dir) without falling into the loop…

   hope it helps!

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