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1. spidersilk
   Member
   Posted 6 years ago #

   I recently updated a WordPress blog which I hadn't actually been using much to 2.0, since I'd just done a big redesign on the site it's on and wanted to start using the blog more as part of that.

   Everything appeared to go fine, but then I found that many of the links were broken. Clicking on the "More" link after a post excerpt, or on the comment link, resulted in a 404. After searching the forums, I found a reference to this possibly being related to using "pretty permalinks", so I checked and I did indeed have date-based permalinks set up. I changed it back to the default permalink structure and that seemed to fix it.

   However, it also gave me a big warning saying "You should update your .htaccess now." - with no indication of *how* I was supposed to update it. I mean, I know how to edit an .htaccess file, but what does it want me to do to it?

   And is there any way of getting the pretty permalinks to work in 2.0, or do they just not work in this version at all?

   Also - there does not appear to be any link anywhere for new users to register, although I do have it set to allow them to. Maybe this is a quirk of my theme (a slightly modified version of Connections)? Do I need to add that link to the theme manually?

   The blog in question is http://www.wildideas.net/news/ in case that's relevant.

2. FruitFly
   Member
   Posted 6 years ago #

   It's a stab in the dark, but try setting the permalink structure again. I'd guess that there was no .htaccess file at all (maybe got deleted when you did the upgrade?), and it just needs to be recreated - WP 2.0 updates the .htaccess automatically for me...

   As for the registration link - take a look at your sidebar.php (most likely) - it's in there in the Meta section, but you've got the Meta section commented out. If you don't want to use Meta, just copy that link out and put it wherever you're wanting it to appear.

   HTH.

3. spidersilk
   Member
   Posted 6 years ago #

   I just checked, and indeed, there seems to be no .htaccess file. I think I had set up the permalink structure before upgrading, so maybe it did get chewed up in the upgrade somehow. I'll try resetting it.

   On the registration thing, I just checked sidebar.php, and there's no meta section in there, commented out or otherwise. I even checked a vanilla copy of Connections just to make sure I hadn't somehow deleted it myself, but it wasn't there. I guess maybe I have to check the sidebar file from another theme and pull it out of there.

   Thanks!

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