Pretty Permalinks Problem

  • Hi all,

    Website: https://scoutingtrojans.com/

    I am having trouble setting up pretty permalinks on my site. I have spend time reading about this online and have not found a resolution as yet.

    When I turn the permalinks to /%postname%/ I get the message that my .htaccess file isn’t writeable, and I need to manually add the code into it.

    1. I checked my FTP, there was no .htaccess file, so I created one and inserted the code provided. This crashed the site and I received a “500 Error” page.

    2. I checked with my host that mod_rewrite was set up, and it is.

    3. I’m at a loss. Any help is very much appreciated.

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  • I checked my FTP, there was no .htaccess file, so I created one and inserted the code provided. This crashed the site and I received a “500 Error” page.

    A .htaccess file may need a little more than that. Did only put the code in it that WordPress suggested, or is there a little more to it? This is what it should contain basically (before you add code):

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

# END WordPress
    Thread Starter greenandrewmichael

    (@greenandrewmichael)

    Thanks.

    I just added that code in and I got the same “500” error.

    I left it in there so you can see here: https://scoutingtrojans.com/

    Site works for me! I guess you took it out again.

    Normally, having a basic .htaccess like that (it’s the default WordPress .htaccess contents) shouldn’t crash the site, so I wonder if there’s something else going on.

    Thread Starter greenandrewmichael

    (@greenandrewmichael)

    I did. Didn’t want it to be down for too long.

    A potentially unanswerable question, but would you have any suggestions about where I could start to troubleshoot this?

    It would help tremendously if you would take a look at the server logs; that should give you an idea what the actual problem is, and that could help you in the direction of the cause.

    Other than that, the standard way of troubleshooting WordPress, is to start with a default theme and no plugins. Then make your change and see if it breaks your site. If it doesn’t, enable plugins one by one to figure out if any of those could be the issue.

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