Title: archives do not function/exist
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# archives do not function/exist

 *  [albertasky](https://wordpress.org/support/users/albertasky/)
 * (@albertasky)
 * [19 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/archives-do-not-functionexist/)
 * I’m having trouble because my recently-created wordpress blog does not seem to
   be creating archives properly. The posts are created fine and must be stored 
   somewhere, but I can’t find an archives folder anywhere. If I try to click on
   the title of an individual post, I get a “this page does not exist” type screen
   from my web host. Same thing if anyone tries to comment. This problem also seems
   to be affecting things like my calendar widget which is up on the sidebar but
   which does not function properly. When I click on any of the clickable numbers
   that have schedule information associated with them, I get the “does not exist/
   not found” page. Any thoughts? Thanks!

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 *  [drmike](https://wordpress.org/support/users/drmike/)
 * (@drmike)
 * [19 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/archives-do-not-functionexist/#post-501824)
 * Can you check with your host and see if the have mod_rewrite installed? Sounds
   like it might not be.
 *  [vkaryl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vkaryl/)
 * (@vkaryl)
 * [19 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/archives-do-not-functionexist/#post-501834)
 * Well, there isn’t an “archives” folder, any more than there’s a “posts” folder
   or a “pages” folder. It’s all database-driven. “Archives” are created on the 
   fly from the variables when called for.
 * What are your permalinks set as? What are the values in WordPress address and
   Blog address in wp-options?
 *  Thread Starter [albertasky](https://wordpress.org/support/users/albertasky/)
 * (@albertasky)
 * [19 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/archives-do-not-functionexist/#post-502113)
 * The values for the wordpress and blog address in wp-options are the same. My 
   blog address has the same name as the folder containing wordpress.
 * I think there might be a problem with my database, but I’m not sure what. I have
   also noticed that none of the image icons on the “write” page appear (they’re
   broken links).
 * Is there any way to fix or test my database? If I delete and re-create it will
   it delete all of my entries?
 * I’m hosted on laughingsquid and it’s supposed to be wordpress-friendly so I think
   mod_rewrite is probably installed, but I don’t know how to verify this.
 * I haven’t set up any permalinks.
 * I wonder if the problem could have something to do with file modifying permissions.
   I reset the permissions on some of the files so that I could modify my theme 
   manually in the editor, but that didn’t seem to work. It still says it can’t 
   be modified. I’m having so many simultaneous problems going on I’m finding troubleshooting
   to be difficult.
 * Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.
 * Cheers.
 *  [vkaryl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vkaryl/)
 * (@vkaryl)
 * [19 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/archives-do-not-functionexist/#post-502137)
 * Couple things you can do to mitigate the number of simultaneous difficulties:
 * 1. Set all folder permissions to 755, and all files to 644. These are the default
   settings; don’t worry about trying to make theme files writeable until the rest
   of the dreck is siphoned off.
 * 2. I’m pretty sure laughingsquid will have mod_rewrite enabled, but just to set
   your mind at ease (and prevent any more questions re same) contact their techies
   and ask.
 * 3. While you’re chatting up the techies, ask them to run a repair on your database,
   just in case there’s something hinky in there (there’s probably not, but can’t
   hurt in any case).
 * Once those things are handled, post back, and we’ll go into some detail on how
   things actually work, and what you can expect to find.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 4 replies
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 * Last reply from: [vkaryl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vkaryl/)
 * Last activity: [19 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/archives-do-not-functionexist/#post-502137)
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