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1. SNiedzwiecki
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Going crazy pouring over documentation related to .htaccess and permalinks. I had to put my own .htaccess file onto the server. When I try to work with anything - it either tells me it's not writable (which I corrected), it messes up the static pages (making a 404 message) or I get this message:

   403 Forbidden

   You don't have permission to access /wp-admin/options-permalink.php on this server.

   It seems I've tried every combination to make this work. Really, the site doesn't even operate correctly when the .htaccess file is present - it only works in the basic default permalink mode.

   This is the code from the .htaccess file:

   # BEGIN WordPress

   <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
   ErrorDocument 404 /index.php?error=404
   RewriteEngine On
   RewriteBase /
   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
   RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
   </IfModule>
   # END WordPress

   Short of jumping out my second story window... any thoughts on this? My client is making me work with a little local ISP business that is of little or no help. I've not experienced issues like this before.

   Thank you in advance...

2. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Have you checked that mod_rewrite has been enabled on the server?

3. SNiedzwiecki
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Is this something I can do - or does it have to be done at server level through the ISP? Forgive my ignorance...

4. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 1 year ago #

   It's usually done at the server level. Try contacting the hosts/ISP.

5. SNiedzwiecki
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   OK - I did do that. They are being a pain - not even answering my emails or phone calls. Thank you... I have a feeling there's going to be a variety of issues with them, sadly! At least I feel better knowing that it's something that couldn't be resolved by ME, since I've been trying for two days!

6. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 1 year ago #

   You may have to politely point out to your client that they get what they pay for. If they want good quality hosting, then they may need to look at other, slightly more, expensive, hosting companies.

   It's either that or they accept that they may have to live with ugly, default, permalinks - which, despite what some people think, is not the end of the world SEO-wise.

7. SNiedzwiecki
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   That is true, things can be heavily keyworded and set up via SEO plug-ins, etc. and the site can work just fine, LOL! Thanks again for the hand-holding :-)

8. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 1 year ago #

   No problem. :-) Hope it all works out.

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