Permalinks again!

  • larkrise

    (@larkrise)


    17 years, 9 months ago

    I have permalink woes, have scoured the forums and everywhere else but just can’t seem to put my finger on the issue. I have gathered some hopefully useful information and still feel this is a simple issue. Please help if you can!

    If I change the permalink structure through Settings and choose say “/%year%/%monthnum%/%postname%/” then what I get is the correct structure showing in the address bar but where ever I click I just get my main blog page. So when I click “About” this shows “http://www.larkrise.net/about/” in the address bar but the content shows “http://www.larkrise.net/”.

    I have installed AskApache RewriteRules Viewer 3.0 and it shows me:
    > Permalink: /%year%/%monthnum%/%postname%/
    > Writable .htaccess file found
    > mod_rewrite found
    > Not using pathinfo style index permalinks
    > Using mod_rewrite permalinks

    The WordPress Generated .htaccess Rules are:
    <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteBase /
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
    </IfModule>

    …and I have a further list of tons of WordPress RewriteRules.

    So, can anyone help me to sort this out?!

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  • Thread Starter larkrise

    (@larkrise)

    17 years, 9 months ago

    Ok, removed all the widgits, but no change! Thanks a lot for your support…don’t know how I am going to resolve this…guess just put up with the default permalinks.. but it keeps niggling me!

    iridiax

    (@iridiax)

    17 years, 9 months ago

    Does your theme have a page.php? Are you using a seo or title tags plugin? Your titles in the browser bar are all the same and have a strange-looking | separator in front of them.

    hotkee

    (@hotkee)

    17 years, 9 months ago

    Its very weird I have never seen such behaviour in wordpress.

    Once the widgets are removed, it should be running the above code and it does as the sidebar has changed but your permalinks stilll not working.

    Can you try permalink structure set to

    /%category%/%postname%/

    And final thing I can suggest is checking your .htaccess file (have you made any changes to it?)

    Thread Starter larkrise

    (@larkrise)

    17 years, 9 months ago

    Changed structure as you suggest but no change.

    Thread Starter larkrise

    (@larkrise)

    17 years, 9 months ago

    the .htaccess file is reading:

    # BEGIN WordPress
    <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteBase /
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
    </IfModule>

    # END WordPress

    hotkee

    (@hotkee)

    17 years, 9 months ago

    I am lost I am afraid, it just seems to be a problem with permalinks not workig when you have the numeric year/month etc in them.

    The only other permalink to try might be this one

    /archives/%post_id%

    which would look slightly better than the default one (if it works).

    I cant explain why your site is broken like that, hopefully someone else might have better ideas! 😐

    What about iridiax’s thoughts above?

    Thread Starter larkrise

    (@larkrise)

    17 years, 9 months ago

    @iridiax: yes my theme has page.php; not using those plugins; I picked up the little bar thing when I installed the favicon.

    Thread Starter larkrise

    (@larkrise)

    17 years, 9 months ago

    @hotkee: tried /archives/%post_id% but no change. I wonder how far I need to deconstruct the blog to get back to something that works. Changing the theme did not do the trick. I will have to keep with the default permalinks but it is such a puzzle. I am really grateful for your engagement with this…maybe someone else will have another idea.

    hotkee

    (@hotkee)

    17 years, 9 months ago

    Final thought I can offer is – whether you are using Windows as a server.

    There is some useful information on this page

    http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks

    regarding Windows and Frontpage and permalinks not working.

    Till someone comes up with a solution, put your widgets back and reset to the default permalink – only option at the moment.

    Thread Starter larkrise

    (@larkrise)

    17 years, 9 months ago

    I have tried every solution offered in the Using_Permalinks guide. I have just double checked and loaded the WordPress default theme & still have the issue even with numeric permalinks.
    The documentation talks about conflicts with Front Page server extensions. I did use these years ago but have deactivated everything that I did with Front Page (can’t find a way to actually remove the folders that are still in my root directory, but I don’t see how this can be significant).
    There seems to be no issue with the htaccess file (see the top of this thread). I wonder if anyone has any clues?

    iridiax

    (@iridiax)

    17 years, 9 months ago

    …and I have a further list of tons of WordPress RewriteRules.

    I’m guessing that your problem may be with these. Try using a fresh, default .htaccess file.

    Thread Starter larkrise

    (@larkrise)

    17 years, 9 months ago

    @iridiax: Thanks..the thing is that the .htaccess file reflects the chosen permalinks and when I have the default setting the file looks like this:

    “# BEGIN WordPress

    # END WordPress”

    so surely the .htaccess file can’t be the isssue??

    Thread Starter larkrise

    (@larkrise)

    17 years, 9 months ago

    One other thing (if anyone is following this protracted thread!):

    When the default permalinks are working the address bar and the page title (as shown on the Firefox/IE tab) reflect the page address correctly; when any other permalink permutation is enabled the address bar shows the new structure but the tab only shows the root posts page.

    Does this give a lead to the problem?

    hotkee

    (@hotkee)

    17 years, 9 months ago

    I thought the tab was correct with you changed the structure, it just wasnt working.

    Your earlier post showing .htaccess looked ok. Question was have you any other rewrites of urls going on somewhere?

    One other thing to attempt is to disable all plugins and try new structure (with your current and default themes).

    Thread Starter larkrise

    (@larkrise)

    17 years, 9 months ago

    No, the tab just shows “Lark Rise” when I try a non default permalink structure.
    I have no other rewrites going on. AskApache RewriteRules Viewer reports

    > Not using permalinks
    > Writable .htaccess file found
    > mod_rewrite found
    > Not using pathinfo style index permalinks
    > Not using mod_rewrite permalinks

    All WordPress RewriteRules is empty.

    Have disabled plugins, gone to default WordPress theme and the issue with changing permalinks still exists.

    Weird or what?!

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