Wordpress Help! Another Attempt MORE HELP NEEDED!

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i am trying to set up the pages on my wordpress site to be different to the www.website.co.uk/pg_id123 type

I have set all the settings in the wordpresssettings, but when I go to preview I get a requested url not found.

I did not set the site up myself, but thought it would be good for me to learn little things like this, and then save myself money in future by sorting my own wordpress sites.

Anyone have any idea what this is and can walk me through in BABY steps please?

Thanks as always
 
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I guess that you've changed the permalink structure to something like:
/%category%/%postname%.

If the suggestion above doesn't work then you could try one of the plugins which are supposed to handle this sort of error.

If you go into your Dashboard, Plugins then search for Permalinks you will find a lot of plugins that might fix your error.
 
ding76uk said:
i am trying to set up the pages on my wordpress site to be different to the www.website.co.uk/pg_id123 type

I have set all the settings in the wordpresssettings, but when I go to preview I get a requested url not found.

I did not set the site up myself, but thought it would be good for me to learn little things like this, and then save myself money in future by sorting my own wordpress sites.

Anyone have any idea what this is and can walk me through in BABY steps please?

Thanks as always
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To remedy this problem, simply FTP into your website space and right click your .htaccess file. Change the settings or "file attributes" to 666. Go back to your Permalinks page, choose the link structure you want, and save it. Now, it works!

Don't forget to go back to your FTP space and CHMOD your .htaccess file back to 644 - otherwise, it's a major security risk!

It's that simple!
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Basically you need to allow wordpress to update and modify a file on your webspace.

You need to use an FTP program to access those files, your username and pass will need to be obtained from your host.

Once you're logged in, look for your htaccess file. Right click and you should be able to change the permissions. Set it to 666 (read+write only for all)

Save that.

Make the changes in Wordpress to your links then switch the permissions back on the htaccess file.

Jobs a good'un? ;)
 
if your user account is set as admin for wordpress hen your shouldn't need to do that

you should just be able to change the permalinks in the setings options after logging in
 
ding76uk said:
I understand it but for the life of me cannot find the htaccess file, is it possible that the guy who did the site has an admin level of access that I cannot get to it?
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.htaccess is a hidden file so you'll have to unhide the system files by going to Tools > Folder Options > View > Under Hidden files and folders, click Show hidden files and folders.
 
Reviving this as never managed to do it, but have some time and want to have another crack at it.

Have found a htaccess file on my webserver which is Apache basic

It is very similar to this

AuthType Basic
AuthName "Password Required"
AuthUserFile /www/passwords/password.file
AuthGroupFile /www/passwords/group.file
Require Group admins

IS this the file I need? and if so what do I need to alter in here to allow Wordpress to get past the page not found thing when I update them in Wordpress
 
If your wordpress install is in the root directory, this is most likely the code you need;

Code: 
# BEGIN WordPress Permalinks
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress[FONT=verdana]
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If it's not in the root, you'll need to change this to the directory that it's installed into;

Code: 
# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /YOUR-DIRECTORY-HERE/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /foo/index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress
 
Yeah, you should be able to just copy and paste it in. I'd think you would have to select the same option from the permalinks that Matt has so they match up, not sure on that though.
 
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