I have a local installation of WordPress 3.0.1 on "XAMPP Lite (Basis Package) version 1.7.3". The initial installation of WordPress works fine until I try to change my permalink settings to anything, but the default. Example: When I change my settings to "/%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/", my "options-permalink.php" screen looses its formatting. Also, my test WordPress website will not function and gets a "Server error!", "Error 500". I checked my htaccess file and WordPress has written to it:
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /xampp/wordpress2/
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /xampp/wordpress2/index.php [L]
</IfModule>
I don't know if there is a problem with this code. How do I get "Pretty Permalinks" to work on a local install of WordPress?
Check that mod_rewrite is running.
I checked my "httpd.conf" file and it was not commented out.
LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so
So, I am assuming it is running. Is there another way to check?
You could interrogate the server by creating a simple PHP file in your web root folder that just contains <?php phpinfo();?> and then navigating to that file in your web browser. That should give you all of the details on the current server environment.
Also, check in your httpd.conf file that you have AllowOverride None set for your root folder.
I created the phpinfo() file and it seems that I have the "mod_rewrite" module installed.
I also changed the "AllowOverride All" to none and it still gives me the same error.
Thanks for the information.
Have you tried:
- deactivating all plugins to see if this resolves the problem? If this works, re-activate the plugins one by one until you find the problematic plugin(s).
- switching to the default theme to rule out any theme-specific problems?
All the plugins are deactivated and only the default theme "Twenty Ten" is being used, but I still have the problem.
I just solved the problem. XAMPP must have a problem running on Windows 7. I installed WAMP and my problem went away.
Thanks again for your help!
misksh
