elihorne

I can confirm, that means you are running PHP4. Check with your host to see if you can switch versions. Sometimes you can do it yourself with a line in .htaccess.

Agreed. Very interested in this plugin. Anybody know if it is getting updated?

I believe the error (assuming you are using php path/to/wp-mail) is that since it accesses locally, wp-mail doesn’t understand the route back to the DB, and dies.

I’ve heard of better success with wget, where it still errors out, but runs the mail check on its own.

If you are able, trigger “send email upon completion of cron job” via your hosting admin panel. This should send back a more detailed description of whats going wrong, which you can then post here.

Hi – Having the same problem. Wondering if there is a resolution.

I’ve got an older WP installation, user tried to upgrade to 2.3, and now its stuck in that same loop. I tried installing 2.2, and tried 2.3, both result in:
Unknown column ‘user_nickname’ in ‘field list’

Tips/tricks?

at this point, I have replaced all WP files, and migrated to a new DB. I used Import/Export to bring the posts and comments over.

Still having the same problems.

for the record, I accidentally submitted twice. the issue is still unresolved. i’ll post here if i figure it out.

Sorry, I only made this thread because I have *MY* solution and wanted to make it searchable for people. It seems like a lot of people have been having my problem. although few mention altering the wp-includes/rewrite.php file, all the symptoms and desired permalink structure are the same.

MY SOLUTION
**** CAVEAT: I consider this a “hack.” I altered core wordpress files to make my blog jump through my hoops. Following these instructions is done at your own risk, and may result in your blog, well, not blogging.*****

After searching all over these forums, I stumbled upon a link to a german blog (can’t find the link now) that described a secondary change to rewrite.php. After removing “category/” from category_base, run a search for “// Put them together.” (without the quotes).

There you will see a hierarchical breakdown of the rewrite rules. What is important to notice here is that $category_rewrite appears before author_rewrite, and subsequently, date_rewrite and post_rewrite. Simply moving $category_rewrite to the head of the link (i.e. search>author>date>post>category instead of search>category>author>date>post) made all my problems dissapear.

Hope this helps people. remember: this is a hack, and unless you know what you are doing, may result in your blog breaking.

Having a similar issue here. Tried switching permalink settings (default, none, custom), switched back and forth from themes including default. Everything ends in 404.

Anyone have any idea how to fix this?

the desired permalink structure would be /%category%/%postname%/ .

I’m having a similar problem, although your solution didn’t work for me.

I went so far as to export my XML file, reinstall wordpress on a fresh database, and then repopulate. My custom permalinks worked for a couple hours, but are now back to generating 404’s like nobody’s business.

Anyone know whats up with this? I’ve tried switching my permalinks back to less non-standard format (/%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/) with no avail.

Check out Dean’s Permalink Migration plugin and the enforce www preference plugin if you are trying to get consistent there too.