Index.php is the only way?

  • MitchellB

    (@mitchellb)


    17 years ago

    Before you say anything, I DID search and couldn’t find anybody with the same problem. If you know of a topic that’s resolved with the same issue, feel free to point me in that direction. Thanks.

    SO. I have this blog. I’ve been using WordPress for over a year, and I’m pretty good with it’s inner workings. To a certain extent.

    I used to have everything set up simply. It was mywebsite.com/about/ would lead to the about page … that’s how I’ve always coded my designs for WordPress-run websites.

    But now, all of a sudden, it’ll bring up an error. It won’t show me the about page unless I specify mywebsite.com/index.php/about/. Why does the index.php have to be there?

    It was never there before. And I’ve told WordPress to use date-and-name based permalinks, like I always have. I just don’t like that index.php. I tried removing it through the custom permalink structure input, but it doesn’t do anything.

    So what can I do to get rid of the index.php? Or does it absolutely have to be there?

    Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

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  • Thread Starter MitchellB

    (@mitchellb)

    Uhh… 5 hours and no responses? Not that this is a critical issue or anything, but it would be nice to hear other people’s thoughts on what’s going on.

    Or even better, a solution.

    Thanks.

    garfinkel

    (@garfinkel)

    Well their is a option to set another homepage in the options area…

    https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory

    Len

    (@lenk)

    To use “pretty permalinks” (without the index.php) requires the Apache module mod_rewrite to be enabled. Has your host changed something?

    Thread Starter MitchellB

    (@mitchellb)

    LenK, I’ve actually just switched to a new host, I didn’t realize they would have anything to do with it. What can I do to fix it?

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