greenercreative24

Ipstenu, I can’t thank you enough. Those last few pointers have done the trick. Thanks again for all your advice in the last post.

gc24

Thanks Ipstenu, you’ve been very helpful. Still however having no luck at all with this. Sorry to be a pain in the ass.

Few more details:

The directory on my server is titled: index
This is what I called my WordPress folder when I installed the app on my server (123 Reg)

Under general settings:
WordPress address (URL): https://www.examplesite.com:/index
Site address (URL): https://www.examplesite.com

My .htaccess file looks like this:

RedirectMatch permanent ^/$ https://www.examplesite.com/index

# 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

So I have 3 files on my server for this domain: https://www.examplesite.com

1. My .htaccess file.
2. Folder titled index with all the wp files within.
3. A random html file that reads:
Welcome to your new 123-reg website! If you’ve uploaded your site but are still getting this welcome page try doing a SHIFT+Reload or a CTL+F5 – this will clear the cache. Good luck with your new website! You can delete this page or change its content.

I tried placing a second .htaccess file in the wordpress folder (called index in my case). This didn’t work i’m afraid. I refreshed the files, clicked Save Changes, still the same message.

Is there anybody out there who knows a way to get ‘pretty’ links? i.e.: https://www.examplesite.com/examplepage

My whole site works great on Default permalinks. When i try to edit the Custom Structure it all goes wrong. I keep getting that damn message:
If your .htaccess file were writable, we could do this automatically, but it isn’t so these are the mod_rewrite rules you should have in your .htaccess file. Click in the field and press CTRL + a to select all.
All i want is to lose the ‘ugly’ ?p=123 extensions.

What permissions do you need to give to the .htaccess file(s) and other folders on my server?

All plug ins are disabled as well to try and get to the bottom of this.

Any help with this would be greatly appreciated. I’m going out of my mind.

Thanks,

gc24

Ok many thanks, so include a .htaccess file in the /wordpress folder: Check. Then make a second what? A .htaccess file? Where? With the content from WP? Apologies…