Pretty Permalinks

  • Resolved alyand418

    (@alyand418)


    11 years, 1 month ago

    I’ve been through the forums for a while now, but no success yet.

    Problem: Every time I change the permalink structure in the dashboard, I receive a 404 Not Found error on the live site.

    I’m hosting through GoDaddy. I needed to create and upload my own .htaccess file. I copied this code into the .htaccess file:

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

    No success. I keep reading about changing the permissions, but am unsure of where to do that within the .htaccess file.

    Any help would be much appreciated (5210nwfl.com)

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  • Moderator t-p

    (@t-p)

    try reviewing this: How to fix 404 error when using Pretty Permalinks?

    Where did you put the .htaccess file on the server? Make sure it resides in the same directory as files such as wp-content.php.

    As for permissions, you can use a FTP Client Software to change the permissions of .htaccess (to ideally 644).

    Thread Starter alyand418

    (@alyand418)

    I don’t see an apache\conf\httpd.conf file in my FTP manager.

    Call GoDaddy to activate mod_rewrite?

    Thread Starter alyand418

    (@alyand418)

    It is in the URL-named folder (contains the other index.php, wp-config.php…folders for wp-admin, wp-content, and wp-includes).

    Are you suggesting that I use a different FTP software, rather than stick with GoDaddy? Gah, so lost!

    Call GoDaddy to activate mod_rewrite?

    Yes.

    The file is in the right place.

    You won’t see apache/conf/httpd.conf in your FTP manager because you need higher permissions to see the apache folder.

    Also, double check the value of the permalink setting in the database.

    Also, do call your hosting provider to discuss the mod_rewrite.

    Thread Starter alyand418

    (@alyand418)

    Thanks for everything. I’m just going to have to call GoDaddy and see if they can straighten it out.

    Thread Starter alyand418

    (@alyand418)

    Called GoDaddy. After they told me that they don’t troubleshoot WP issues, I pleaded my case.

    All resolved ?? Permalinks are pretty!

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