mod_rewrite problem (my host is oneandone.co.uk)

  • Hi there

    I installed WP 1.5 last week for the first time and was impressed with how easily it all installed itstelf. I didn’t run into any real problems until I started to play around with the permalinks

    My blog address is:
    https://www.jimhobbs.com/blog/

    I emailled my host – https://www.oneandone.co.uk – and asked them :

    > Can you tell me if my server supports the
    > Apache mod_rewrite module

    They replied : “Yes, the package does support mod rewrite”

    I ran the phpinfo file over at:
    https://www.jimhobbs.com/blog/info.php

    but can’t find mod_rewrite on there?
    Any ideas how I enable it or turn it on?

    The permalinks I would like is just the standard:
    /%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/

    What am I doing wrong – I just get 404 errors when I click on the blog entry title. If I remove the option for fancy permalinks the blog works fine, but I would like to have the same structure as above. What further info would you need from myself to help me fix this ?

    Many thanks
    Jim
    https://www.jimhobbs.com/blog/

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  • Thread Starter jimhobbs

    (@jimhobbs)

    thanks for the help & your time ColdForged

    I’ve now deleted the .htaccess file using the WS_FTP Pro and it now lets me back into the admin and lets me view the blog

    I’m just wondering if this might have something to do with the .htaccess file that I have when I log into the absolute root of my oneandone.co.uk account

    The .htaccess file there is just a single line long as follows:

    ErrorDocument 404 https://www.thewonderwall.com/404.php

    When the blog can’t find the permalink entry, it re-directs to the 404 page on thewonderwall.com (which is another site I run, and ultimately where I hope to install another version of WP once I have the install sussed for jimhobbs.com)

    I notice in the blog directory on WS_FTP there are no content files in the directory following blog/

    ie.
    https://www.jimhobbs.com/blog/2005/03/28/test3/

    Should I be able to see these folders when I log into the FTP program? Because it hasn’t created any? (or is all the content stored away somewhere else?)

    No, that’s the point of the mod_rewrite. When Apache sees that URL and uses the rewrite rules correctly it will “rewrite” the URL into a format like I posted above with the query string. That’s what WordPress eventually sees, so the whole hierarchy is virtual, it doesn’t exist on the file system.

    Thread Starter jimhobbs

    (@jimhobbs)

    ah… fair dos…

    does anyone else have an idea why my permalinks still won’t work ?

    hi jimhobbs.

    I can’t help but just wanted to say that you’re not alone. I’m on 34sp.com and seem to have similar problems.

    Incidentally, which version of WP are you using. I have been using WP1.5 but found that another (unrelated) problem I had was solved by using elements of a more recent nightly. Have you tried using the latest nightly? I know from reading these forums and my own experience that 1.5 is not without problems and that there is talk of a revision to deal with some issues.

    Thread Starter jimhobbs

    (@jimhobbs)

    thanks for the reply graybo.
    I am using WP1.5
    It seems I am not alone in having difficulties configuring the permalinks / mod_rewrite / .htaccess

    I will take a look at the nightly updates….

    Thread Starter jimhobbs

    (@jimhobbs)

    I’ve managed to break my blog … now I can’t even access the admin panel?

    I changed the URI on the two options from:
    https://www.jimhobbs.com/blog/

    to something like:
    /homepages/34/d76786660/htdocs/jim_hobbs/blog

    just to see if this would work… and now I can’t access the admin section to change it back ??

    help !

    maybe it would be better if I deleted everything and started again…. ?

    Exact same problem here. I verified that my .htaccess file is writeable. Whenever WordPress writes to the file, my site crashes. I also checked out similar posts like https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic.php?id=29799 and have not found an answer.
    For me, this is more than a “looking pretty” issue. Pages with a permanent URL (ie: no querystring) are able to be spidered by many more search engines.
    BTW, other than this issue, I love WordPress. It’s the easiest blog plugin I’ve ever seen.

    jimhobbes, the instructions at https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic.php?id=30336 may help you reset your siteurl.

    But I’m stuck in the same boat as you and still haven’t yet found a way to get my permalinks OR my default functions to include index.php? in the argument (which works if I add it manually to the default links). My contact at my server host (network solutions) says they have no blogging software in use by their users and are checking the WP requirements to make certain mod_rewrite is active.

    Thread Starter jimhobbs

    (@jimhobbs)

    grendelquinn — thank you for the link. It enabled me to get into the database and change address so I can now access the admin panel. Much appreciated !

    Have u tried starting again from scratch? Or, at least deleting your current .htaccess and choosing an alternative permalink strucutre from the admin page.

    Thread Starter jimhobbs

    (@jimhobbs)

    Haven’t tried starting from scratch. maybe that is my next option.

    I have tried deleting my current .htaccess file and also I’ve tried choosing an alternative permalink structure

    I built three environment. All the same problem. Does this product really works?

    Banzona, no need for you to go into multiple threads and ask if WP really works. Yes it does work. Problems that may cause it not to work depend on your server settings, and not wordpress itself.

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Using_Permalinks#Fixing_.28.htaccess.29_Generation_Issues

    Jim, et. al,

    I’ve got the same problem. And thanks, macmanx, for all your help–you are a real asset to the support forums–but I’ve done everything in that article you cited and it’s not working. My mod_rewrite is on, the .htaccess is regenerating, I followed the instructions in that article…

    I am just doomed to walk the web with standard permalinks.

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