Changing permalinks fails

  • I have a blog using Atahualpa on a host using IIS7 (https://www.serpentsanddoves.com/blog). It has been working fine for some time. I originally just used the default permalink (?p=xxx) but I decided it should be changed. I tried changing the permalink structure to several different forms such as month/year/postname and the like. All gave me the same result. The site loads fine, but if I try to go to another post I simply get a msg that the “system can’t find the page.” I have tried for several days to figure out how to do a redirect of some kind, but without success.

    Since my host uses IIS7 I do not have access to an .htaccess file, except for _very_ limited purposes, that is, only a few things are enabled.

    Either my host is not properly configured, or I am missing something very fundamental here. I hate the idea of just assuming I’m not very bright. I have seen forum posts implying that when permalink structure was changed WordPress automagicallly fixed everything. That is not happening to me.

    Help, please, please.

    Dan

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  • IIS7 does not use a .htaccess file, it uses a web.config file…the web.config file includes the rewrite rules (and requires the host to support them).
    https://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/466/enabling-pretty-permalinks-in-wordpress/

    Thread Starter danbull

    (@danbull)

    Thanks. IIS7 uses IISPassword to simulate a few htaccess directives, but it’s not useful to me in any event.

    There is no web.config file anywhere on any of my 19 sites that I can find, and the host does not give any clues as to whether it can be available. I will have to open a help ticket with the host support. I did create a web.config file in the blog root directory but that didn’t work. Perhaps my host simply doesn’t support this feature.

    Assuming I can create a web.config file one way or another, your instructions are clear,and should solve my problem. I’ll keep my fingers crossed. I looked at a few IIS support posts regarding this issue, but they assumed I was intimately acquainted with IIS Server.

    Thanks again, and wish me luck, unless you have more pearls to cast at this you-know-what.

    Dan

    Get a better host is my recommendation

    Thread Starter danbull

    (@danbull)

    I think you are probably right. My ticket was answered in the negative, web.config is not supported. I’m looking into moving to a Linux host. Any suggestions?

    Thanks,
    Dan

    www.remarpro.com has a page dedicated to recommended hosts.

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