Possible reasons for not getting permalink htaccess to work?

H2ohNeil · 2005-08-25, 12:21 PM

Make sure the page is there, and double check the permissions of the files and the folders

Bill · 2005-08-25, 01:17 PM

H2ohneil, I thought you might be on to something (it's usually something obvious like that when a script isn't working as expected), but upon checking it I'm not sure thats the explanation.

I checked my other working blog, on another server, and confirmed that wordpress generates permalink pages as dynamic pages that don't really exist as html pages on the server.

The script is writing the index.php to the same folder sucessfully, so I don't think it is permissions for the folder. But to test it I upgraded to permissions to 777 for a test - still no joy.

My next step is to check with the host to see if they have any conditions set for the mod_rewrite that might be blocking the htaccess function, which was suggested in the page that JenC posted.

I've tried an htaccess line change suggested by our resident tech expert cd34, but also no joy yet.

2005-08-25, 12:21 PM	#1
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2005-08-25, 01:17 PM	#2
Bill Selling porn allows me to stay in a constant state of Bliss - ain't that a trip! Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 3,914	H2ohneil, I thought you might be on to something (it's usually something obvious like that when a script isn't working as expected), but upon checking it I'm not sure thats the explanation. I checked my other working blog, on another server, and confirmed that wordpress generates permalink pages as dynamic pages that don't really exist as html pages on the server. The script is writing the index.php to the same folder sucessfully, so I don't think it is permissions for the folder. But to test it I upgraded to permissions to 777 for a test - still no joy. My next step is to check with the host to see if they have any conditions set for the mod_rewrite that might be blocking the htaccess function, which was suggested in the page that JenC posted. I've tried an htaccess line change suggested by our resident tech expert cd34, but also no joy yet.