Pretty Permalinks from default

  • I have tried all of the solutions throughout the forums and Codex I could find but I am not able to alter my permalinks from default to postname (pretty). I get the page not found error with the 404 as the additional.

    My site is hosted on MacOS X server host, and is using Apache/1.3.41 from what I see in the error message footer. It is a sharepoint so I don’t have server access and the host admin setup all items related to my install. I only have permission to edit items in my directory.

    I can easily edit htaccess in my directory but the changes have no effect. I don’t know if Allow Override is on for the server and have no idea how to test it. I have forwarded this issue to my host and have not heard a response to date after leaving it dormant for a week or so.

    Could this be a webhost issue or is this an issue with my WP installation in my directory? It would be great to know if have to wait for webhost to update a file or if I should be able to resolve the issue in my own files.

    Webhost is MacServe.net, website is keystonearchitecture.com.

    Thanks for any advice.

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  • Check with your hosts that mod_rewrite is running on your server.

    Thread Starter keystonearchitecture

    (@keystonearchitecture)

    they aren’t the most adept at response, is there any way I can check it?

    You could try running a phpinfo file and see if mod_rewrite is listed under the Loaded Modules for the apache2handler

    Thread Starter keystonearchitecture

    (@keystonearchitecture)

    It is indeed running.

    Is the .htaccess file being created/amended correctly? Could you post its contents here?

    Thread Starter keystonearchitecture

    (@keystonearchitecture)

    Options +FollowSymlinks
    RewriteEngine on
    # BEGIN WordPress
    <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteBase /
    RewriteRule ^index\.php$ – [L]
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
    </IfModule>

    # END WordPress

    Thread Starter keystonearchitecture

    (@keystonearchitecture)

    if you visit my site at keystonearchitecture.com I have switched the permalinks so anything you go to will give you not found error.

    Well there’s nothing wrong with that .htaccess file, so I can only guess that the server isn’t parsing the file correctly. I’m afraid there’s nothing you can do other than to contact the server admins & ask them to look into it. I’d also suggest referencing this topic so they can see what we’ve already tried.

    Thread Starter keystonearchitecture

    (@keystonearchitecture)

    OK I will do that. I thought this might be the case, I appreciate you confirming that for me.

    Thread Starter keystonearchitecture

    (@keystonearchitecture)

    quick thought could it be due to the location of my htaccess? it is currently with all of my WP files.

    My sharepoint is on a server (Tarawa), and is a folder on that server (Keystone Architecture). Inside the folder I have two other folders – private and website. The website one is where all WP files are and the htaccess file.

    I don’t have the ability to put htaccess any higher than that Keystone Architecture folder.

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