“Pretty Permalinks” not working with new install 2.0.2

  • I have installed 2.0.2 and my Permalinks only work when set to default. I would like to use a “pretty permalink” structure:

    /%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/

    If I set them to the default:

    ?p=123

    the page works fine.

    Netfirms is my server. I did not download Word Press from them. I had been running a previous manual install in the root directory and everything worked fine. I did not have this problem until I tried to upgrade to 2.0.2

    Am I correct that .htaccess does not have any control over the permalinks anymore? Even so I tried setting to 666 and 777, rewriting .htaccess etc. Everything I have read in the troubleshooting posts has been attempted and failed. I got so frustrated that I took everything down and started over.

    Currently I have a completely new install. No plugins, nothing and I still can’t get the “pretty permalinks” to work.

    Has anyone else had this problem with a completely new install of 2.0.2 and figured out how to fix it? For now I am not going to attempt anything in hopes that someone on here knows what is going wrong. If I figure it out I will repost as it seems I am not the only one having permalink problems.

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  • If it’s a new install, then there is nothing in your htaccess file, yes?

    If that’s not so, remove everything, and save the file.
    make it readable and writeable [777 for now, set it to something more secure after you’re done]
    visit wp-admin/options/permalinks and update your permalinks as you like them.

    WordPress should update your htaccess automatically.

    Is this the process you undertook?

    Thread Starter martinaholliday

    (@martinaholliday)

    Yep I have done that. From what I have read the .htaccess file doesn’t have anything to do with permalinks anymore, correct?

    I am not a programmer. But I did try that and it does not fix the problem.

    I don’t know, but you’re probably right.
    I just went to my test blog, 2.0.2 and set the permalinks and they’re working fine.

    I wish I could help you.

    Thread Starter martinaholliday

    (@martinaholliday)

    Well you are correct that Word Press writes the .htaccess file because I deleted the contents of it completely, reset the permalinks, and they still don’t work. But Word Press did generate the following automatically so I know it is not a problem with the .htaccess file failing to write.

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

    # END WordPress

    Is there something that should be in the .htaccess file other than that?

    Did a fresh test install a few days ago for a friend. Made the .htaccess writable, went into the Permalinks panel and the “nice” permalinks work like a charm.

    There was another thread in the forum where a fellow netfirm user posted that according their latest newsletter mod_rewrite is enabled only on certain hosting packages.

    Thread Starter martinaholliday

    (@martinaholliday)

    Yes I saw that thread. I do have mod_rewrite enabled and I can completely delete my .htaccess file contents from the Word Press panel and it will rewrite the default contents as stated above.

    I do not think I am having a problem with Netfirms (although I could be wrong) but if it rewrites .htaccess then mod_rewrite is working correct?

    As I said before, when I was running an older version of Word Press on Netfirms installed in the exact same manner, I did not have a permalink problem. It was only with the upgrade to 2.0.2 that this became an issue.

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