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1. zaphod22
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   I can go through the process fairly effortlessly, and it will create the correct linking structure, but after the .htaccess is created, I get a 403 forbidden error for everything in that directory. I know that it has something to do with the .htaccess file because I can remove it and the problem goes away.

   How does WP handle such URL rewrites, and is there any way to modify that? This is what it gives me:

   # BEGIN WordPress

   <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
   RewriteEngine On
   RewriteBase /wordpress/
   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
   RewriteRule . /wordpress/index.php [L]
   </IfModule>

   # END WordPress

2. Samuel B
   moderator
   Posted 5 years ago #

   The above is absolutely correct. What "directory" does it keep you out of?

3. zaphod22
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   I have this on a personal server at the moment, so it is at: localhost/wordpress/

   It won't even let me into the admin panel or any other subdirectory.

4. Samuel B
   moderator
   Posted 5 years ago #

   Ahhh. have a look at this:
   http://wordpress.org/support/topic/80746?replies=2
   http://wordpress.org/support/topic/45523?replies=19

5. paulsjv
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   I had this problem and I added the following line to my .htaccess file on the first line.

   Options +FollowSymLinks

   poof it's all working now :)

6. mediter
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   anybody care enough to explain why this line soled the problem?

   mine is working now by adding this line. Thank you very much, paulsjv!

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