having problem changing permalinks

You first should check with your host and make sure they fully support mod_rewrite and .htaccess on their servers.

yes, host fully supports both.

I have the same problem. This is what i’ve figured out so far:

1. WP has write access to the .htaccess file (I can edit it via the webinterface and it actualy changes on the disk)
2. If i select a new permalink structure via the web-panel the old .htaccess file is overwritten by a new one but the content is always the same regardles of what i select:
   <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
   RewriteEngine On
   RewriteBase /r-hold/duett/
   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
   RewriteRule . /r-hold/duett/index.php [L]
   </IfModule>

   # END WordPress

   I am no rewrite expert but this looks a little slim to me…

3. My rewrite-log always says ... pass through ... there is no rewriting done at all (no big surprise…)

It should be slim. WP2.x handles most of the rewriting internally.

If you’re dying to see all of what WP is doing, check out this handy-dandy little plugin: https://www.dagondesign.com/articles/wordpress-internal-rewrite-viewer-plugin/

[edit]
Forgot this useful codex link!
https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Permalinks#Fixing_Permalink_Problems

r-hold, are you having this problem still? if you figure it out, let me know! i can’t start adding posts to my blog until i get this permalink problem straightened out. right now i’m stuck with the default structure.

O.k. Problem solved for me:
It was a misconfiguration in the apache server.
The AllowOverride All directive was not set for the right Directory.

i don’t think my .htaccess file is getting updated correctly, and i’m struggling to figure out why?

is there someplace to grab the code within the wordpress admin so i can manually update the .htaccess file?

Yes webtodd. Right there on the Permalinks page (Options -> Permalinks). Scroll down a bit.

Check out the link I posted here, in this thread, earlier today about trouble-shooting permalinks.

thanks handysolo, i’ll check both of those options

i did these two steps as listed at codex, and still having problems
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1. Change File Permissions: You must chmod the .htaccess file to 666 to edit it with the WordPress template editor, but this is not recommended, since if you do that, any user of your blog, who can edit templates will be able to edit it. You can change the permissions to 660 to make it server-writable, which again will have the same limitation.

2. Server Blockage: Your host might have blocked the SERVER_SOFTWARE variable and this will cause WordPress’ .htaccess generation to fail. If you are sure that your server is running Apache, you can force WordPress to believe that your server is running Apache by changing your wp-includes/vars.php file. Follow the steps below to implement these changes.
1. Open the wp-includes/vars.php file using the built in file editor in your WordPress Admin panel. To navigate to this panel, login to WordPress, click on “Manage”, then on “Files”, scroll to the bottom and type in wp-includes/vars.php into the text box under the “Other Files” title.
2. Look for $is_apache = strstr($_SERVER[‘SERVER_SOFTWARE’], ‘Apache’) ? 1 : 0;, once you find it replace it with // $is_apache = strstr($_SERVER[‘SERVER_SOFTWARE’], ‘Apache’) ? 1 : 0;
3. Add a new line under // $is_apache = strstr($_SERVER[‘SERVER_SOFTWARE’], ‘Apache’) ? 1 : 0; and type in $is_apache = 1;

what is currently in your .htaccess?

currently:

—

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

# END WordPress

And you’ve confirmed that mod_rewrite is “on” for your host. Did you also confirm, from the trouble shooting link I gave you, that they’ve actually turned on AllowOverride?

let me double-check on those…thanks HandySolo!