direct links to posts not working

  • r88ster

    (@r88ster)


    17 years, 10 months ago

    i have over 1200 posts on my site…but now the links directly to those older posts are being redirected to the homepage…this just started…any ideas? it is like those posts do not even exist any more…but when i go into the admin side, i can see the posts there (however, even in the preview section there, it shows the homepage)..???

    here is a sample link that takes you to the homepage:
    http://www.firstprizefranchise.com/disclaimer/

    the post exist in my admin, but does not show here…

    wondering if it is an upgrade thing as well, i am using an older version 2.1 of WP…

    any advice would be appreciated.

    thanks,

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  • iridiax

    (@iridiax)

    17 years, 10 months ago

    Your post is generating 404 error, which shows your index page instead of a 404 page (does your theme have a 404.php?) You need to reset your permalinks.

    Thread Starter r88ster

    (@r88ster)

    17 years, 10 months ago

    my permalink structure is as follows:

    /%postname%/ – custom

    which has worked up until yesterday for years…

    am i on the right track…??

    thanks,

    iridiax

    (@iridiax)

    17 years, 10 months ago

    You need to go to Dashboard -> Settings -> Permalinks and click Save Changes even if you have not changed anything.

    Thread Starter r88ster

    (@r88ster)

    17 years, 10 months ago

    okay – i did a full upgrade to WP 2.5.1, and when i was doing the DB upgrade it gave me these two errors:
    WordPress database error: [Unknown column ‘user_nickname’ in ‘field list’]
    SELECT ID, user_nickname, user_nicename FROM wp_users

    WordPress database error: [Table ‘fpfran.wp_linkcategories’ doesn’t exist]
    SELECT cat_id, cat_name FROM wp_linkcategories

    is there a way to just add those into the DB that is simple and clean…i believe that may help as i see the wp_categories error there, which me be the main cause to my issues over all.

    any advice with that?

    thanks in advance…

    Thread Starter r88ster

    (@r88ster)

    17 years, 10 months ago

    i also did what you had suggested with the ‘save changes’…

    some links work good, some do not…but i am thinking it has to do something with the above errors…

    flammobammo

    (@flammobammo)

    17 years, 10 months ago

    Not sure what could have gone wrong during the upgrade, but it sounds like something was deleted somewhere along the line.

    I was thinking you should check that your .htaccess file is being updated correctly after the permalink update?

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