Title: Broken links Last modified: August 22, 2016 --- # Broken links * [Senior123](https://wordpress.org/support/users/senior123/) * (@senior123) * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/broken-links-45/) * Hello, * I initially used xampp to design the web site locally before uploading it to [http://www.meganetsoft.com](http://www.meganetsoft.com) * The links are broken. Don’t know why? Only the home page appears. * Glad to have any pointers. * Best regards, Viewing 10 replies - 1 through 10 (of 10 total) * [RossMitchell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rossmitchell/) * (@rossmitchell) * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/broken-links-45/#post-5655999) * You need to either upload or create the .htaccess file. * Most likely the .htaccess file will not be hosting specific, so you can just upload it by FTP On the other hand, just login to your administration, then Dashboard > Appearance > Permalinks, choose your permalink style and SAVE, this will create the .htaccess file. * Thread Starter [Senior123](https://wordpress.org/support/users/senior123/) * (@senior123) * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/broken-links-45/#post-5656224) * Hello, * Thank you for RossMitchell for your response. * First I uploaded the .htaccess file. No dice. Then I created a new one and uploaded it, still no dice. Wonder what I have done wrong. the home page works perfect, but all other pages wouldn’t display. It says ‘page not found’ pointing to the localhost ([http://localhost/meganetdb/clients](http://localhost/meganetdb/clients)). * Best regards, * [RossMitchell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rossmitchell/) * (@rossmitchell) * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/broken-links-45/#post-5656250) * Did you follow the “moving WordPress” article ? [http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress](http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress) * Changing the site address and WordPress address has some complications, there is a plugin called DUPLICATOR which is highly recommended. * [Brian](https://wordpress.org/support/users/briansteeleca/) * (@briansteeleca) * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/broken-links-45/#post-5656253) * Hi Senior123, * This is how I move a locally developed WordPress site to a webhost – maybe it will be of some help to you: * The first step is to [**back up your database**](http://codex.wordpress.org/Backing_Up_Your_Database). You may as well backup all your files while you’re at it – just make a copy of the web site folder. * The next step (which I believe you’ve already done) is to [install WordPress](http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress) on your web host. * Once you’ve created the database on your web host, you can use phpMyAdmin to import the SQL file that you exported from your local database. * I then upload a tool called [Database Search And Replace Script In Php](https://interconnectit.com/products/search-and-replace-for-wordpress-databases/) so I can update the domain in the remote database. For example, if my local domain is example.local, I’ll replace **example.local** with **example.com**. I won’t go into details on how to use it because they’ve done an excellent job of that on their page. I’ve used it hundreds of times and never had a problem. * **Important:** After updating your database with the new domain name, always go into your WordPress admin panel, then go to Settings > Permalinks and click the Save button to clear the cache, otherwise you’ll rip your hair out trying to figure out why your links aren’t working properly! * As long as you back things up first and know things can be restored to the initial state, you won’t have to worry about doing something wrong. * Thread Starter [Senior123](https://wordpress.org/support/users/senior123/) * (@senior123) * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/broken-links-45/#post-5656305) * Hello Guys, * Sorry for the late response. My network has been acting up lately. * Hi RossMitchell, * >>Did you follow the “moving WordPress” article ? [http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress](http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress) * Yes, I have. Gone through it before I uploaded the website. I have installed the DUPLICATOR. I would use it to see how it goes. * Hi Brian, * I did pretty much the same thing, except backup my site before uploading. * Thank you and best regards, * Thread Starter [Senior123](https://wordpress.org/support/users/senior123/) * (@senior123) * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/broken-links-45/#post-5656306) * Hello, * I used DUPLICATOR like I said I would. In the process I created an empty folder called EMPTY. Now the links are all working but I would have go this way. [http://meganetsoft.com/Empty/](http://meganetsoft.com/Empty/) * I need to remove the EMPTY Folder so I could go to the site using: * [http://meganetsoft.com/](http://meganetsoft.com/) * Would copying the files in the EMPTY to my /public_html/ do the trick? * Best regards, * [RossMitchell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rossmitchell/) * (@rossmitchell) * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/broken-links-45/#post-5656307) * Instead of moving the files you could use the technique “Giving WordPress its own directory”, this way you can hide the “Empty” from public view. [http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory](http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory) * OR you could do the “Moving WordPress” procedure again. * Thread Starter [Senior123](https://wordpress.org/support/users/senior123/) * (@senior123) * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/broken-links-45/#post-5656312) * Hello, * Thank you RossMitchell for your assistance. * Would take a look at that link. * Best regards, * Thread Starter [Senior123](https://wordpress.org/support/users/senior123/) * (@senior123) * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/broken-links-45/#post-5656318) * Hello, * Hi RossMitchell, * I used “Giving WordPress its own directory”. * I got the error. * Warning: require_once(/home/meganets/public_html/Wordpress/wp-content/plugins/ contact-form-7/includes/functions.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/meganets/public_html/Wordpress/wp-content/plugins/contact- form-7/settings.php on line 3 * Fatal error: require_once(): Failed opening required ‘/home/meganets/public_html/ Wordpress/wp-content/plugins/contact-form-7/includes/functions.php’ (include_path =’.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php’) in /home/meganets/public_html/Wordpress/ wp-content/plugins/contact-form-7/settings.php on line 3 * How do I fix this? * Best regards, * Thread Starter [Senior123](https://wordpress.org/support/users/senior123/) * (@senior123) * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/broken-links-45/#post-5656319) * I get the same error going to the: * [http://meganetsoft.com/wordpress/wp-admin/](http://meganetsoft.com/wordpress/wp-admin/) Viewing 10 replies - 1 through 10 (of 10 total) The topic ‘Broken links’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/) * 10 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [Senior123](https://wordpress.org/support/users/senior123/) * Last activity: [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/broken-links-45/#post-5656319) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics