Can only access blog with /index.php & /wp-admin/login.php…

There is a probably rewrite in your .htaccess which automatically adds index.php to the end of the URL. Do you happen to have another installation running such as Drupal or something? Oftentimes these will set up the index.php rewrites on their own. To test this try renaming your(or all of your) .htaccess file(s) to something else temporarily, then visit your site and refresh the page.

Hi,
I do not have another installation running.
and there was no htaccess. file in my root directory
so I thought I’d create one using this code
and uploaded it, still getting the 403 Forbidden page though
with this message
Also tried to rename thing with no success..

when I access the site through /index.php everything within the site works fine except when I try to click HOME it goes to the 403 page

Is there something I’m missing? or anything else I can try?

so I thought I’d create one using this code

that’s wrong
try this
delete the .htaccess you have
upload a blank .htaccess to wordpress root
go to admin – settings – permalinks
pick a structure – hit save

now does it work correctly?

thanks
but no I’m still getting the 403 page
After saving the permalink structure I went back to see if the
.htaccess file changed via ftp and its still blank…wordpress didn’t update it or something..

I’ve read every post on ‘forbidden 403’ and have also tried experimenting with the .htaccess file with info from the many .htaccess posts..
and none of those solutions worked for me still
there was one solution I couldn’t try and that was changing the permissions.. but for some reason it doesnt let me change them via ftp.
Its probably going to be something really stupid

This sounds like it could be related to your hosting and permissions. Where is the site hosted? Also are there any other index files other than index.php in the directories?

I’m with ixwebhosting
and yes there are other index.php files in the wp-content folder
& wp-admin folder

I’ve just asked ixwebhosting about why I can’t change the permissions,
waiting for a response
but at the moment everything is on 777

Hi vektro,
Did you figure this out yet? I’m having the exact same problem on a new host. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Some hosts do not allow 777 permissions as they are too lenient. 403 problems are almost always related to server configuration, usually through the .htaccess file, or with file/directory permissions.

It’s actually because Ixwebhosting uses windows 2000 server. It does not support .htaccess. You can fix the problem by going to web options and then directory indexes and adding index.php to the list.

Don’t bother with permalinks though, in order to get “pretty links” you need to buy isapi rewrite which is $99 and then install it. It sucks big time