Do you have a .htaccess file ?
I notice that the same applies to archives. It’s not the categories. Mod-rewrite is assumed by WordPress but the rules are not defined in .htaccess. Look at your “Permalinks” options and follow the instructions.
Also see: http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks
Yes, I have a .htaccess file, and I have changed the permissions
to 666, but it still doesn’t let WordPress post. I also
copied/pasted the Permalink code into the .htaccess, but that
didn’t seem to work either.
Am I supposed to replace what is in the .htaccess with the
Permalink code? What was in there (.htaccess) to start was
the following:
# -FrontPage-
IndexIgnore .htaccess */.??* *~ *# */HEADER* */README* */_vti*
<Limit GET POST>
order deny,allow
deny from all
allow from all
</Limit>
<Limit PUT DELETE>
order deny,allow
deny from all
</Limit>
AuthName http://www.reawakener.com
AuthUserFile /home/reawaken/public_html/_vti_pvt/service.pwd
AuthGroupFile /home/reawaken/public_html/_vti_pvt/service.grp
Try merging them. It doesn’t seem like there should be any conflict.
I am trying to access your site, but am denied access. I assume something is broken at present. Are you sure that permalinks cause archives to break? I was trying to see what addresses the archives links led to…
I merged them last night, that’s what took the site down.
I guess the FrontPage software uses the .htaccess file also,
I can try merging them again with the Permalink file at the
beginning (I put it at the end last night,
I won’t do that yet, so you can tak a look while it’s
up.
Are you aware of any issues with FrontPage and WordPress? I think
the problem is that the Front Page code at the beginning is not
allowing the Permalink changes in (even manually).
(sorry I’m so slow, I have to work during the day and didn’t
have this site available at work)
Evelyn
Thanks for checking into it.
I am not aware of any issues with FrontPage or an interference with WordPress. Maybe someone else can shed some light on this…?
I am not too familiar with the statements that are generated by FrontPage, but it doesn’t appear to do much apart from defining the default paths, in case you use FrontPage to generate static pages for your site. Did you enable FrontPage extensions? If so, was this necessary and intentional?
Yes, I enabled FrontPage (FP) extensions. I thought you had to if you wanted
to use FP for programming (which I do).? I’ll try putting
the Permalink code ahead of the FP code tonight and see what
happens.
Evelyn
P.S. what software does everyone else use for programming sites?
We never use FP to edit WP files. You shouldn’t do that either.
Just use a plain text editor.
How can I do that if I use FP as the Web Software on my site?
Actually, I’m editing the .htaccess directly from the server, not
from FP, so maybe I’m OK there, but FP is still getting in the way
of updating the .htaccess
sigh. . ..
I just copied the permalinks in fromt of the FP code in
the .htaccess file , and it didn’t take the site down
this time, but it’s also still not working (the links on my
blog still get the “Page Not found error”.
Is the best bet to stop using FP and just publish the files to
my site individually as I develop them, or is there a better software
that you can recommend to keep everything in order (I kinda like
FP, but I know a lot of people do not.
Evelyn
You can edit/design/whatever your files with FP – if they are not part of WP.
Opening WP code files with FrontPage will get you in troubles.
You can find a list of text editors recommended here:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Glossary#T
Evelyng, I wonder if your problem with .htaccess could be related to:
http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2169
I still think my problem is this FP code:
# -FrontPage-
IndexIgnore .htaccess */.??* *~ *# */HEADER* */README* */_vti*
It says to ignore .htaccess, so I’m sure that’s why it’s not being
updated. Is there any other way to get permalinks to work, other
than .htaccess?
Putting index.php at the beginning of the permalink structure, e.g.
/index.php/%the%/%suggested%/%tags%/
doesn’t need .htaccess file.
see http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks > section 3.1.
Thanks for your help everyone! I did remember seeing the
alternet Index.php the last time I read it, but I was obsessed
with that darn .htaccess file. I changed it to the index.php,
and then left the category section blank (because it wasn’t
working with the codes in it), and it’s all working correctly
now!
So I’m good to go! Thanks again!
Evelyn
