permalink structure causing redirect problems

  • I put in /%postname%/ as a permalink structure on all of my wp blogs and then copied the rewrite rules that were generated into my htaccess file as directed.

    I’ve found that if someone tries to go to a nonexistent page on my server, e.g., https://www.mydomain.com/nopage.htm instead of getting page cannot be displayed, the first wp blog whose rewrite rules are in htaccess is displayed but with no posts.

    I asked my host and they said this is being caused by the wp permalink structure rewrite rules in htaccess … but if I take out the rewrite rules then I won’t have the permalink structure.

    Any advice what to do?

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  • It’s because it sends nopage.htm to WordPress looking for a post with the stub “nopage.htm”. This is why it’s best to have a permalink structure with a static beginning such as /archives/%postname%/. ??

    Thread Starter aimbright

    (@aimbright)

    Perfect!!! Thanks MUCH!

    Thread Starter aimbright

    (@aimbright)

    Ok /archives/%postname%/ solved the first problem, now I see I have other problems that may be related. When I click on an Archive month link it goes to https://mydomain.com/wpname/archives/2005/07/ and I get page cannot be displayed error … I look at my wp installation and there is no archives, etc. folders! I have the same problem with categories … when I click on a category link … it goes to https://mydomain.com/wpname/archives/category/categoryname/ but I don’t have the archives, category folders. I am installing 1.5.1.3 wp blogs using Fantastico. Why doesn’t the install set up the archives, category, year, month, etc. subdirectories?

    I’ve been told that WP using a SQL database so you will not see the individual folders in your site.

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