htaccess and permalink woes

  • Going crazy pouring over documentation related to .htaccess and permalinks. I had to put my own .htaccess file onto the server. When I try to work with anything – it either tells me it’s not writable (which I corrected), it messes up the static pages (making a 404 message) or I get this message:

    403 Forbidden

    You don’t have permission to access /wp-admin/options-permalink.php on this server.

    It seems I’ve tried every combination to make this work. Really, the site doesn’t even operate correctly when the .htaccess file is present – it only works in the basic default permalink mode.

    This is the code from the .htaccess file:

    # BEGIN WordPress

    <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    ErrorDocument 404 /index.php?error=404
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteBase /
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
    </IfModule>
    # END WordPress

    Short of jumping out my second story window… any thoughts on this? My client is making me work with a little local ISP business that is of little or no help. I’ve not experienced issues like this before.

    Thank you in advance…

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  • Have you checked that mod_rewrite has been enabled on the server?

    Thread Starter sniedzwiecki

    (@sniedzwiecki)

    Is this something I can do – or does it have to be done at server level through the ISP? Forgive my ignorance…

    It’s usually done at the server level. Try contacting the hosts/ISP.

    Thread Starter sniedzwiecki

    (@sniedzwiecki)

    OK – I did do that. They are being a pain – not even answering my emails or phone calls. Thank you… I have a feeling there’s going to be a variety of issues with them, sadly! At least I feel better knowing that it’s something that couldn’t be resolved by ME, since I’ve been trying for two days!

    You may have to politely point out to your client that they get what they pay for. If they want good quality hosting, then they may need to look at other, slightly more, expensive, hosting companies.

    It’s either that or they accept that they may have to live with ugly, default, permalinks – which, despite what some people think, is not the end of the world SEO-wise.

    Thread Starter sniedzwiecki

    (@sniedzwiecki)

    That is true, things can be heavily keyworded and set up via SEO plug-ins, etc. and the site can work just fine, LOL! Thanks again for the hand-holding ??

    No problem. ?? Hope it all works out.

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