Posted 11 months ago #
I have installed WordPress on my computer and am using the WAMP testing server.
Everything seems to be working fine as I can see my site and have created a couple of posts for the front page.
I am now learning to create pages however when I created a page it couldn't be found when I tried to view it. It has added the link to the navigation bar OK but when I click on it I get the error 404.
Any ideas what could be wrong.
Kind regards
Margaret
Try regenerating your permalinks.
Posted 11 months ago #
Hi,
Thank you for your reply.
Unfortunately I don't know how to do that. I am working on a tutorial I purchased, trying to learn to use WordPress with Dreamweaver. As we were setting up WordPress I was asked to change the permalinks to the Day and Name setting and then save it - which I have done.
Although I have been using Dreamweaver before I am new to WordPress.
Kind regards
Margaret
Posted 11 months ago #
Im having the same problem and have tried to regenerate the permalinks.
The pages are showing when I use one of the predefined settings for for permalinks but when I use "Custom Structure" and enter /%postname%/ I get a 404 on all pages
Posted 11 months ago #
Hi Ulthi,
By regenerating permalinks - does this just mean pressing the save changes button at the bottom of the Permalinks setting again?
If so then I have done this several times but it has made no difference so I haven't a clue what to do now.
I also read in one post that you can try deleting the .htaccess file in your root folder then when you regenerate permalinks it creates a new one - tried this but although it has created a new .htaccess file the problem still exists.
Run out of things to try next :-(
Regards Margaret
Posted 11 months ago #
Hi Margaret
I regenerate the permalinks by choosing another setting e.g. the "Day and Name" and press "save changes" Then the pages are showing, but when i choose the Custom struckture it fails.
I dont know how to delete the .htaccess file but will try to figure that out
Posted 11 months ago #
Hi Ulthi,
Yes I have changed it to Day and Name as that what it says to do in the tutorial I am using, (it was originally set at default) then I pressed save changes at the bottom but the pages aren't showing.
The Sample Page does show before I change the permalinks however as soon as I change it it stops showing when I click it.
I just went into C://wamp/www/wordpress and deleted it from there - hope that helps you (it didn't help me I'm afraid).
Regards Margaret
Try turning off pretty permalinks - go back to the defaults. If your pages work with the default permalinks but not pretty permalinks, you may have one of these issues:
More about permalinks: http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks
Posted 11 months ago #
Hi Zoonini,
Yes you were right the mod_rewrite was not installed.
As I didn't know how to do this I Googled it (like I do most things) and found the link http://www.easymodrewrite.com/guide-before. I followed the instructions on there and have successfully enabled the mod-rewrite and it is now working fine.
Thank you very much.
Regards Margaret
Excellent! Glad you got the problem sorted.
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