EdNerd

Resolved by deleting and reinstalling WP.
Thanks for all the help. (*koff koff*)

Okay – big question:
This htaccess file that I’m modifying …
Is it in my root directory? Or the blog directory?

Ed

Found one issue – changed the permalink structure to ?%post_id%/.

I piblished a post and the URL showed as
https://familyfunmagic.com/index.htm/blog/reviews-of-birthday-options-in-yuma-an-introduction-49/

But when I hit Preview or View Post, it looked for:
https://familyfunmagic.com/index.htm/blog/reviews-of-birthday-options-in-yuma-an-introduction-49/

And when I typed in the first URL manually, it could not be found.

Any solutions?
Ed

Okay – I ran across a blog post that described how to set your post permalink to postname followed by post ID. I liked that, and I tried to implement that, but I still can’t see my posts.

Here’s what I did:

— Set my Permalinks Custom Structure to
/blog/%postname%-%post-id%/

— Put the following in my .htaccess

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

Note that I did remove INDEX from the RewriteBase.
I also removed the initial / from the RewriteRule at teh bottom, but I’m not sure I got that right.

If someone could please help me straighten this out, I’d greatly appreciate it.

Ed

So when WP is not installed in the root domain directory, RewriteBase specifies the WP directory – yes??

I see two RewriteRule commands. A previous post on this subject said to remove the slash from in front of “/index.php”. I didn’t touch the first RewriteRule. The second was originally “. /index.html/index.php [L]”

I did remove the first slash – before index.html. Should I also remove the second slash – before index.php? Do I need both index pages called out?

Ed

Three times in a row??
Okay – maybe I’m paranoid …
Someone else _wants_ a username that looks like mine?? :8>O

Here on the forums.
I went to the log-in screen.
I saw the message that all passwords had been reset.
I entered my username & applied for a new password.
Responded to the email & received the temp password.
Logged in with the temp, went to profile & changed it.

Okay – I got my WP install resolved with my web host. It looks like it’s actually gonna work!! WooHoo!!

But I’d like to revisit #3, if I may:

I’d like to include photos and videos in my posts. I would also like to have separate pages of all photos and all videos. All the photos and all the videos will be stored on my own host site; I will not be pulling from YouTube, Flickr, etc.

I’m not real sure from what I’ve been reading how to go about this. It seems a lot of people are asking how to put media into their posts, and then extract it into a gallery. Wouldn’t it be better to store any media in a folder on my host, and then insert a link into the appropriate post? And somehow generate an ID or class for the link that the separate static page will see and pull the link over into that page?

Ed

Thanks, esmi, for bearing with me!!

1. I can do that!

2. I’ll talk to my host and see if I can delete/reinstall or move or something else.

3. Thank you!!

4. Thank you once again!!

Ed