after change Permalink website not working proper

  • hi

    i m using wordpress 2.9.2 and i try to change Permalink /%postname%/ instead of defaults Permalink, but after did it website stop working properly and start showing 404 page cannot be found error

    any one have any suggestion or help ??

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  • Moderator Jan Dembowski

    (@jdembowski)

    Forum Moderator and Brute Squad

    You really want to consider upgrading from 2.9.2 as that’s really old. But that’s shouldn’t cause your permalink problem.

    It’s probably that mod_rewrite is not enabled in your Apache configuration or .htaccess is not getting saved.

    For pretty permalinks (the codex calls them pretty) to work that has to be enabled.

    https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Using_Permalinks#mod_rewrite:_.22Pretty_Permalinks.22

    For your directory you should have like

    <Directory />
   Options FollowSymLinks -Indexes
   AllowOverride All
</Directory>

    That and enabling mod_rewrite should let your WordPress generated .htaccess file work.

    There are some servers that will permit that to be updated via the .htaccess file (don’t copy this there) but I don’t think that will work. Show this post to your host provider and maybe they can sort it out for you.

    Couple of things to point out.

    • Please upgrade the wordpress for gods sake! ??
    • Check that if webserver can write .htaccess files there. If it can you should see a .htaccess file on your root of wordpress installation.
    • Go and visit the permalink page again. That will flush the rewrites (if that is the problem this will solve immediately)
    • Last, before upgrading wordpress make sure you take backup and keep track of your widgets. Upgrading anything from blow 3.0 can cause loose of widgets
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