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  • December 2, 2011 at 2:22 pm #35433
    danjev
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    Hi all,

    I’m having an issue with permalinks. Once I’ve changed the permalinks settings from the default to another option my primary navigation links fall, you are sent to the 404 page. Why is this? What can I do to correct this?

    (Running WordPress 3.1)

    Cheers,

    Dan

    December 2, 2011 at 2:31 pm #91768
    TheDoc
    Member

    What type of server are you running on? Windows servers, for example, need a few workarounds to get permalinks to work properly.

    December 2, 2011 at 2:36 pm #91769
    danjev
    Member

    Unix server as far as I know (should know really shouldn’t I).

    December 2, 2011 at 2:38 pm #91771
    TheDoc
    Member

    What are you changing the permalinks to?

    Can you check the .htaccess file to see if it’s being updated properly? Is one being created at all? (You should be able to find it in your site’s root)

    December 2, 2011 at 2:45 pm #91772
    danjev
    Member

    Just changing it from default to ‘Day and Name’, but it’s the same result when I change it to any of the others.
    There is a .htaccess file present and I’m assuming it’s being updated.
    Should I delete the file and then change the permalinks settings? Will it create a new file?

    December 2, 2011 at 2:58 pm #91773
    TheDoc
    Member

    It should, yes.

    When you update your permalinks, does it mention anything about updating the htaccess file yourself?

    Have you recently changed domain names or anything like that?

    December 2, 2011 at 3:10 pm #91774
    danjev
    Member

    It’s a new install that I have done today and I’m going through setting up my new site.

    December 2, 2011 at 3:13 pm #91775
    danjev
    Member

    Have just deleted the file and changed my permalink settings and the file has not been recreated, so if changed the file manually all should be sorted, correct?

    December 2, 2011 at 3:45 pm #91777
    TheDoc
    Member

    If a new file is not being created, then it should be providing you with information to add to it yourself. If it’s not doing that, then you are having another issue altogether!

    December 2, 2011 at 3:50 pm #91778
    danjev
    Member

    Yes I have noticed this just a few moments ago, so I have copied the text it’s given me, put this in a file called .htaccess, uploaded that to the server, but no luck.
    Thanks ‘TheDoc’ for helping me with this, it’s very much appreciated! Never had this trouble in the past with other WordPress sites, I guess they have updated this file automatically when changing the permalinks.

    December 2, 2011 at 4:07 pm #91780
    danjev
    Member

    Ok, I copied the .htaccess file from the WP directory files, placed that on the sites root, pasted the text from the permalinks settings into the new .htaccess file and it now works. Finally!
    Thanks for setting me in the right direction TheDoc to get this resolved.
    Dan

    December 2, 2011 at 4:10 pm #91781
    TheDoc
    Member

    No problem, glad you got it sorted.

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