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1. borongas
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   I have followed the extremely poor documentation on permalinks and still cannot get this working, if someone could please help that would be great.

   I created a blank file, called .htaccess, and placed it in my document root folder. (/var/www/html)

   I am assuming that is the right place for it since there is no documentation that tells me where this file belongs or what to put inside of it.

   I gave the file read/write permissions and then I enabled permalinks in WP. I got the message "Permalink Structure Updated" but when I navigate through my pages they are not coming up. All blank except the main home page.

   Can someone please help me get past this? Thank you in advance.

   -B

2. kmessinger
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   WordPress's index.php and .htaccess files should be together in the directory indicated by the Site address (URL) setting on your General Options page.

   from http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks

3. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Check with your hosts that mod_rewrite is running on your server.

4. borongas
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Kmessinger- There is a file called index.php in html folder where I placed .htaccess (var/www/html).That is wordpress folder for my site, everything is in html.

   Esmi- I am the host, lol, mod_rewrite is not commented out in /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf so I am assuming it's running. Is there a way to test this?

   Thank you!

   -B

5. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 4 months ago #

   If your wp-config.php file is in that folder, then that's where your .htaccess file should also be.

6. borongas
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Ok, the file is in the right place.. Can anybody tell me why it's not working??

   This is the contents of my .htaccess file..

   #BEGIN WordPress

   #END WordPress

   Thanks!
   B

7. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 4 months ago #

   The rewrite rules aren't being added. when you switch from one custom permalink structure to another and update the permalinks, do you see a message about the .htaccess file not being writeable?

8. borongas
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Nope, I can switch between the permalink structures and it says "permalink structure updated" every time.

9. borongas
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Fixed.

   Changed allowoverride to all in /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

   Thanks for the help!

   Cheers
   B

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