Permalink issue after site migration to different host

I do that and ‘boom’, no pages can be accessed

What actually happens? “Boom” is interesting sounding but difficult to diagnose.

Boom=

Access forbidden!

You don’t have permission to access the requested directory. There is either no index document or the directory is read-protected.

If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster.
Error 403
design-studio.com
Tue Jul 15 15:24:41 2008
Apache/2.0.54 (Debian GNU/Linux) FrontPage/5.0.2.2635 mod_ssl/2.0.54 OpenSSL/0.9.7e
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that is the error I get when I access a page. I do not have any posts in my site.

htaccess file reads:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

Strange that it is only when you import your old pages.

Maybe it is to do with the permalinks on the imported pages?

I cannot see a reason why it should happen otherwise.

When you bring across the old site, are you leaving the fresh install .htaccess or overwriting it?

when I brought over the site I left out the .htaccess as it would have been incorrect with having

ReweriteBase / new-dev-site
and
RewriteRule . new-dev-site/index.php [L]

Is permalinks help in the DB at all?

Yes the permalink structure is maintained in the database. (wp_options)

I checked the DB and it says I have /%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/ which is the one I wanted, but still nothing. Grrrrrrrrrrrr

Is there something wrong with my php.ini file?

cgi.fix_pathinfo=1
extension=curl.so
extension=domxml.so
extension=imap.so
extension=mcal.so
extension=mcrypt.so
extension=mhash.so
extension=mysql.so
extension=xslt.so
extension=gd.so

#register_globals = off
#allow_url_fopen = off

#expose_php = Off
max_execution_time = 150
max_input_time = 60
#variables_order = “EGPCS”
#extension_dir = ./
upload_tmp_dir = /tmp
#precision = 12
#SMTP = relay-hosting.secureserver.net
url_rewriter.tags = “a=href,area=href,frame=src,input=src,form=,fieldset=”

memory_limit = 20M
post_max_size = 8M
file_uploads = On
upload_max_filesize = 8M

zend_optimizer.optimization_level=15
zend_extension=”/usr/lib/ZendOptimizer-4-3-x.so”

#[Zend]
#zend_extension=/usr/local/zo/ZendExtensionManager.so
#zend_extension=/usr/local/zo/4_3/ZendOptimizer.so

Logically there cannot be anything wrong with your PHP install or your apache settings, because you say that the pretty permalinks work fine if you just do a fresh install.

So it points to a problem that is being introduced when you copy across your existing content. Perhaps a theme issue or something?

possible but not likely as a fresh install with the same theme works fine.

Besides it has happened on two sites i have built somewhere else and moved over. Won’t be doing that anymore.

I’d really hate to have to rebuild everything.

Besides, what could it possibly be in a theme that would do that?

This is interesting

In the WordPress address (URL)and Blog address (URL)boxes I had the addresses minus the ‘www’

On the other site that it works I used the www

I went back and added the www to the address so it read. https://www.design-studio.com

Then changed permalinks, but still no luck.

I thought I was onto something as the other site I have permalinks issues with had the www missing as well.

Could this still be something?

You don’t have permission to access the requested directory. There is either no index document or the directory is read-protected.

Does Apache have the mod_rewrite extension enabled?

My guess is no.

Yup it’s on.

That is what is confusing me so much.

Are you copying across directories when you copy your old install?

If so, are the ownership and access permissions set correctly for your new host after the copy? (For example on some hosts if you unzipped a direct copy from another system it would unzip it with unknown owners)

I did copy directories over yes.

Just went through the directories and the only difference from this site and the one that works is that the one that works has SGID checked when chmodding. Not sure what SGID is but I made the changes on the other site but still no go. ??

I think you may be on to something though.

even deans permalink migration plugin doesn’t fix the issue