I'm trying to change the permalinks to the postname, but when I try to update it says I need to update web.config. All the links on my site are broken. Can someone please tell me what I need to write in the web.config file? (I don't have access to the .htacess file.)
Permalinks - "You should update your web.config now" (20 posts)
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reneekatz
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Posted 4 months ago #Anyone know what I can do to fix the links?
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jclark32
Posted 4 months ago #what is the link to your site? web.config will involve a windows server so you wont have a .htaccess file. What version of wordpress are you running?
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Posted 4 months ago #You really should not be running WordPress on a windows server. You should move it to linux but try this in your web.config file. Your web.config file is not writable on your server so you must add this manually.
<rule name=”wordpress” patternSyntax=”Wildcard”>
<match url=”*” />
<conditions>
<add input=”{REQUEST_FILENAME}” matchType=”IsFile” negate=”true” />
<add input=”{REQUEST_FILENAME}” matchType=”IsDirectory” negate=”true” />
</conditions>
<action type=”Rewrite” url=”index.php” />
</rule>
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Posted 4 months ago #I have 3.3.1 and the site is http://www.reneekatz.com/
I should be on a Linux server, does it matter I use a Windows OS on my computer?
When I wrote that code in, the site says: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '<' in D:\Hosting\8782496\html\wp-config.php on line 85
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Posted 4 months ago #wp-config and web.config are two different files.
Copy and past the error you got when you tried to change the permalink structure and remove any of the code I told you to add to web.config
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Posted 4 months ago #Okay it does say "web.config". This is what shows up at the top of the wordpress admin page when I try to save the new permalink settings: "You should update your web.config now"
I think this web.config is a file I can't access because of GoDaddy permissions, because I can't see it...
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Posted 4 months ago #Are you sure you are on a linux server? web.config is associated with a windows sever. Can you see it if you login to godaddy and use there ftp file manager?
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Posted 4 months ago #No I am NOT on a linux server, I am on a Windows server. And no I can't see it on their FTP file manager either. Im completely lost now.
This sucks cause I need to be able to change the permalinks as a very basic function of WordPress. :(
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Posted 4 months ago #move to a linux server and all your problems will be resolved.
Try creating a web.config file and add the code I gave you earlier and upload it to the server and see if that fixes it. Otherwise I would highly recommend switching to linux.
I had a client recently that wanted to be on a windows server and I told them it was a bad idea. We launched and had plenty of issues so they had me move it to linux like I suggested and have not had an issue sense.
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Posted 4 months ago #I have told GoDaddy to move me to a Linux server! Thanks for the replies, I didn't know this was free.
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Posted 4 months ago #Yes you can move server with no cost with godaddy. Sorry I should have specified. How long did they say it would take? I think typically it can take a few days?
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Posted 4 months ago #Yeah, 72 hours at the most.
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Posted 4 months ago #Cool, If you need anymore help after it is moved I would be happy to help. Just post it her and I will get back to you, but you should be all set. If so please mark this thread as resolved.
thanks and good luck.
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ljanuska
Posted 4 months ago #Hey jclark32, I'm having the same issue and I am on a windows server as well. I will get godaddy to move it, but I need to update this now.
I'm also running wordpress 3.3.1.
Can you tell me what code to add in to which file? Thanks!
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Posted 4 months ago #Try the code above. Add it to your web.config file. Is there anything in your web.config file right now
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Posted 4 months ago #Thanks for your quick response - I set my permalinks back to the default for now (so at least I can update my pages) and I'll have godaddy send me over to a linux server.
Thanks again!
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Posted 4 months ago #Awesome. Ya Linux will solve your issues. Good luck and let me know if you have any other issues
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Posted 4 months ago #I appreciate your offer - thanks!
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Posted 4 months ago #No problem at all
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