New Install Login Problem

  • Installed WP on an add-on domain and went through the process on hostgator cpanel. I attempted several times to login into the site with no success. I checked and compared all my primary domain, sub-domains and add-on domains through Filezilla. It appears to me that the htaccess file is missing from the add-on domain. All other files seem to match. I may be making an incorrect assumption and while there may be other files that are missing, I am assuming that the missing htaccess file is the culprit. If this is the case, then what do I need to do to correct the problem. If that is not the problem or the entire problem, then what else would I need to do.

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  • Nothing to do with the htaccess as you haven’t even got it running in order to set the permalinks to something other than the default … which is what initially creates the htaccess file.

    – did you buy the domain from HostGator for this add on domain?
    — if not, you will have to change the nameservers of that domain at the place where you bought it to the nameservers of your HostGator account.
    — you probably added the add-on domain and pointed it to the appropriate folder in your hosting account, but the domain itself, if not registered at HG via you account, doesn’t “know” where that is ?? Just adding it to an add-on domain in cPanel does not do it ?? … that’s why the DNS change is required where you bought the domain. Be advised, that if this is the case, once you make the change, it can take up to 48 hours to become effective.

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