[Tfug] Broken WordPress Permalinks

[Matt Jacob]

Do you have mod_rewrite enabled on your dev server? (If you're using
Debian, it's 'sudo a2enmod mod_rewrite' and then reload Apache [sudo
/etc/init.d/apache2 reload].) Do you have AllowOverride set for the
directory that's serving WordPress?

The better, more efficient way to handle mod_rewrite is at the server
level in either a <VirtualHost> or <Directory> container, but first
things first. Let's get the inefficient method working before we start
worrying about shaving off milliseconds on a dev box. :-)

Matt

On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 1:11 PM, keith smith <klsmith2020 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I sent this same email to AZPHP with no response.
>
> I'm trying to learn WordPress and have loaded it on my local development
> server.
>
> Version 2.5
>
> Out of the box I can go to the default pages and post.  I went into settings
> > Permalinks and choose Custom Structure and enter  /%category%/%postname%/
>
> Now when I try to go to a page I get a page not found.
>
> In reading the docs it says my .htaccess must be writable so I set the
> permissions to 777 just to check.
>
> WordPress must have written to the .htaccess file because it contains only
> the following:
>
> # BEGIN WordPress
> <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
> RewriteEngine On
> RewriteBase /
> RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
> RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
> RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
> </IfModule>
>
> # END WordPress
>
>
> Also the docs say "To navigate to this panel, login to WordPress, click on
> "Manage", then on "Files", scroll to the bottom and type in
> wp-includes/vars.php into the text box under the "Other Files" title."
>
> I find the Manage menu item but not the Files menu item..... is it me?
>
> Any help is much appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Keith
>
>
>
>
>
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