rtivel

Hi, Americaninlima,

We have been duplicating our efforts to help you solve your problem. I seem to be offering the same information to you on thread topic 254723. Chris_K has offered some great suggestions, many of the same I offered in the other thread. I suggest we concentrate our efforts in this thread.

When you customize permalinks, your .htaccess file should look like this (like the code quoted earlier in the post and assuming you are not using something like wp-supercache that also modifies the file):

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

# END WordPress

My .htaccess file for this is 205 bytes.

You might try to activate your custom permalinks again and then upload a new .htaccess file with the above code.

Did you install wordpress in its own directory or are the files and folders in the root directory? Since I install my blogs in a default “wordpress” directory, I have to have a copy of the .htaccess and a modified index.php file in the root directory. If you installed the wordpress files and folders in the root directory, then try just uploading a new .htaccess file there.

Hi,

I did a new install of WordPress V7.1 yesterday on a newly installed domain. Everything went smoothly until I changed my permalink option to customize. My new blog then — went crazy.

After reviewing my install and finding nothing wrong, I decided to look at the server’s error log for the new domain. Bingo!

The error log indicated a problem with the symbolic links. From my host’s control panel, I took a look at the “Web options.” I discovered that I had forgot to enable the “Symbolic Links” option. Once I selected this option and enabled it, the blog worked perfectly.

I posted a new “Tip” on this at my blog: “When WordPress Permalinks Don’t Work“.

Might I suggest a tutorial I did on this:

http://www.blog.selectdigitals.com/managing-your-wordpress-database/

If you can access a control panel at your host, this might help.

Royce

Hi, Mrtee,

Does your themes index.php file contain code like this:

<div class="entry">
					<?php /*?><?php the_content('Read the rest of this entry &raquo;'); ?><?php */?>
					<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
				</div>

The first line has been commented out and the second line, <?php the_excerpt(); ?> added.

The index.php file must be modified this way for excerpts to work.

Hi, apopilit,

I started looking into using a WordPress blog some 8 months ago. I have since installed several versions, and the experience has been an education. For the last couple of months, I have been learning more about styling the default Kubrick theme so that it has the look and feel I want. I am very glad I have gone through this learning process, though I still have a lot more to learn.

Take it from me, each WordPress version gets easier to install, use, and manage. In a very short time working within a good hosting service’s control panel, you can create a mySQL database (WordPress will populate the tables), upload wordpress, and, after a few moments more, have a working WordPress blog–and start adding the content you want to provide to your audience. Both the WordPress Docs and Forums can help you do this.

If you plan to be a serious and long term WordPress user and are not “under the gun” to produce a fully developed blog, get an account with a good hosting service and try installing it yourself.

Once you have installed WordPress, you can either start with the default Kubrick theme and style it to you satisfaction as you go along or upload and start with one of the many WordPress themes that might be closer to your ideal.

In any case, don’t be afraid to try it yourself. There is “tons” of information on the Internet describing how to do it. I have found the Docs and Forums at WordPress to be a wonderful source of information and inspiration. Hey, if this senior citizen has learned how to do it, anyone can.

You can learn about styling and theming as you are using the “out of the box” blog. There is no penalty for learning to do the installation yourself, except for some extra time.

Well, I guess I’ve said more than my 2-cents worth (maybe a nickel). In my humble opinion, if you’ve got the time and are interested, try the installation yourself, style and theme as you go, and enjoy WordPress all the more.

Just another thought, and then I’ll step aside for the experts.

Looking at wp_list_pages
I see that the function is normally enclosed in “ul” tags:

<ul>
  <?php wp_list_pages('exclude=17,38' ); ?>
</ul>

I don’t see the tags in your sidebar.php file listing. Perhaps if you did this, the “li” tag would no longer be a problem. Getting rid of any remaining bullet would then be a styling problem (style.css).

Hi,

I also see the dot in Firefox.

The problem seems to be related to the sidebar code. A quick check of your page with the W3C Validator Service shows the problem area.

About line 125 of the code you will see this:

<div id="sidebar">
	    <li class="pagenav"><h2><ul><li class="page_item page-item-3 current_page_item"><a href="http://www.ohiocichlid.com" title="Ohio Cichlid Association">Ohio Cichlid Association</a></li>

If you delete or comment out <li class="pagenav"> you will lose the dot, at least in firefox. The “li” tag is improperly used: it lies within “div” and not within “dir, menu, ol, or ul.”

Also, in XHMTL 1.0 transitional, “ul” is not allowed within “h2.”

So, you might want to take a look, perhaps, at your sidebar.php file for the problem.

I hope this helps.

Royce