The requested URL XXXX was not found on this server.

  • https://www.clicuniversity.com

    Problem: I use a plug-in that integrates my posts with twitter account. All of a sudden I noticed a huge plummet in traffic, I then noticed that my external links(permalinks) were non functional. Below you find the error and link.

    IE:
    Not Found
    The requested URL /2010/05/03/trojan-and-ludacris-team-up-to-find-magnum-inspired-lyrics/ was not found on this server.

    Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

    How can I get these links working again? I did a little research…saw a few things mentioning the htacess. file…I would be so grateful to whoever to help get back running again…

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  • I see you switched to default permalinks
    what happens if you switch to pretty permalinks now?

    I think I’ve got mine fixed. I went into my ftp program (in my case Dreamweaver), revealed my hidden files and found the .htaccess. I actually had to do a search for it because it doesn’t show up.

    Then I replaced all the contents in this file with the following, which is listed here, under “creating and editing .htaccess.”

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

    In my case, “blog” is the name of my WP file folder.

    Doing this solved another issue as well. See this post. I finally found an elusive folder name that didn’t get changed in a search/replace.

    All in all the Codex directions are a little hard to understand for the basic WP user. The directions tell you what to do, but fail to tell how to do it or where to find the necessary files. I can see where this issue is causing confusion for some.

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