Permalinks issue – Pages not showing up

  • ExordiumToys

    (@exordiumtoys)


    13 years, 5 months ago

    Hello everyone,
    I am currently experiencing a problem in where only my homepage and my forums page (which is not part of wordpress obviously) are the only pages displaying. I keep trying to find a solution to this problem, but I am new to wordpress and don’t yet grasp all of the terminology. I have seen several links to where other users from this board will suggest looking to find a solution, but I am having some difficulty understanding things in a step by step fashion. I am trying very hard to have this website issue solved, but I am at a loss. Any help would be immensely appreciated.

    My website link: http://www.exordiumtoys.com

    Thank you,
    Richh

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  • Steve

    (@stevejohnson)

    13 years, 5 months ago

    In your Dashboard, go to Settings > Permalinks. In the ‘Custom Structure’ box, put this: /%postname%/

    Click the Save Changes button.

    Thread Starter ExordiumToys

    (@exordiumtoys)

    13 years, 5 months ago

    I already had it that way. However, if I changed it back to default, all of the pages worked again (except for the link that sent you to the forums). I then retyped “/%postname%/” just as you said and had the same problem again.

    Steve

    (@stevejohnson)

    13 years, 5 months ago

    Make sure that your .htaccess file is being updated. When you click the Save Changes button on the Permalinks page, are you seeing any error messages or notifications in a yellow area at the bottom of the page?

    Thread Starter ExordiumToys

    (@exordiumtoys)

    13 years, 5 months ago

    There are no error messages. The only yellow area is at the top of the page that says “Permalink structure updated.”

    Thread Starter ExordiumToys

    (@exordiumtoys)

    13 years, 5 months ago

    And in case it would have any relevance to my problem, I am using Host Gator for hosting my website.

    Steve

    (@stevejohnson)

    13 years, 5 months ago

    HostGator isn’t the problem; I use them for a number of WP sites.

    Will you post the contents of your .htaccess file here?

    Thread Starter ExordiumToys

    (@exordiumtoys)

    13 years, 5 months ago

    Uh…where do I find my .htaccess? Just curoius, is there a reason you asked if I would post them? Don’t want to post anything that should remain private lol.

    Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist

    13 years, 5 months ago

    Should be in the same folder as your WP-config.php file. You may need to set your FTP app to show invisible files.

    Steve

    (@stevejohnson)

    13 years, 5 months ago

    The .htaccess file contains rewrite rules that allow you to use ‘pretty’ permalinks. If it also contains references to 404 documents, it could be interfering with the WP rewrite rules.

    There is no private information in the .htaccess file.

    Thread Starter ExordiumToys

    (@exordiumtoys)

    13 years, 5 months ago

    Even though this issue is not resolved, I want to say thank you both for taking the time to assist me.

    Anyhow, I am currently in my file manager. I am a bit confused as to where I should look for the .htaccess file because there are three places where WordPress files are located. Under public_ftp, public_html and “www”.

    Steve

    (@stevejohnson)

    13 years, 5 months ago

    you’re welcome…

    the folder ‘www’ is a “symlink” that points to the public_html folder – an alias, if you will.

    public_ftp folder is an ftp-only folder.

    You’ll want to look in either public_html or www – doesn’t matter which, they’re the same folder.

    Steve

    (@stevejohnson)

    13 years, 5 months ago

    OH, p.s. – When you invoke the File Manager from within cPanel, be sure to check the “Show hidden files” checkbox.

    Thread Starter ExordiumToys

    (@exordiumtoys)

    13 years, 5 months ago

    Okay, I have now found it. Did you want me to copy and paste it here?

    Steve

    (@stevejohnson)

    13 years, 5 months ago

    yes, please.

    Thread Starter ExordiumToys

    (@exordiumtoys)

    13 years, 5 months ago

    *Edit*

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