Web pages that were visible are no longer visible

  • Resolved phystusadmin

    (@phystusadmin)


    9 years, 2 months ago

    Sirs,

    I am sure I have done something daft, but I can see my website with many of the pages I have created. In the “editor”, I can see all the pages I have created, and with content.

    However, many of the pages that were visible, no longer show up from the menus. If I look at the link when my mouse hovers over the link, it is the same link as the page I see in the editor.

    When I search for the pages, they will show in the search, and when I click on the link, it reports an error.

    What have I done wrong? I feel such a numpty!

    Many thanks,

    Yours faithfully,

    Ian Smith

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  • Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    Did you set your FTP client to show hidden/invisible files?

    Thread Starter phystusadmin

    (@phystusadmin)

    James,

    The .htaccess file was visible naturally before, but I have forced the show hidden files, and there is no difference. No .htaccess ??

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    When you re-saved your permalinks, did WordPress show instructions for you to create a .htaccess file and add content to it?

    Thread Starter phystusadmin

    (@phystusadmin)

    No. I have recreated the process several times, changing something to ensure it does save the permalinks, and each time, there is confirmation it has been saved; no reference to creating a file manually, and then no .htaccess file.
    Is it worth my copying the old .htaccess file here?

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    Ok, create a new empty file called .htaccess, then re-save your permalinks again.

    Also, yes please, what’s the content of your old .htaccess file?

    Hi,

    You can create an .htaccess file and enter this into it;

    # 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

    It’s very basic but should work. Let us know.

    Thread Starter phystusadmin

    (@phystusadmin)

    Many thanks for your help.

    I copied the data you proposed and on each page the only thing I get is “Internal Server Error

    The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

    Please contact the server administrator, and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.

    More information about this error may be available in the server error log.

    Additionally, a 500 Internal Server Error error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.”

    Thread Starter phystusadmin

    (@phystusadmin)

    I have just tried something – which I need to test further, but may be a solution.
    If I go into the page that wasn’t displaying, and update that page, it now seems to be displaying as it should.

    Any ideas what went wrong, so I can try to avoid this problem in future?!

    Many thanks to both of you for your help!

    I will test further, and if confirmed, then I’ll mark this as resolved!

    Thread Starter phystusadmin

    (@phystusadmin)

    Having checked all the pages, it all seems to work again.

    Many thanks for all your help.

    I am now marking this as resolved.

    Best Wishes for the New Year,

    Ian

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    Awesome, glad it’s working now. ??

    Thanks, @CureWP !

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