Archive for September, 2005

Glow text

Tuesday, September 27th, 2005
Chocolate
Salmon
Honeydew
Orange
Plum
Tomato

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Mandarin Design

Wordpress Displays 404

Sunday, September 25th, 2005

Update your .htaccess file!!!

If you find that when you create a new page using Wordpress and a 404 page is displayed instead of your nice new Page… then your .htaccess file needs to be updated. This is a step by step guide to how I overcome this problem. be aware though that it is not the only solution… but the one I use with 100% success. To be able to follow these steps you will need access to your web server C Panel if you have one, or the section where you can change "permissions" on  web files. So here goes…

  • Go to C Panel and delete the .htaccess file if it exists. It is normally in the root directory.
  • Go to Wordpress… Admin… Options… Permalinks… and click the "update permalinks" button in the bottom right hand corner of the page.
  • Copy the new .htaccess file that will be displayed after carrying out the above step.
  • Go back to the C Panel and create a new .htaccess file and paste into it the file you copied in the above step.
  • MOST IMPORTANT IS THAT YOU NOW CHANGE THE PERMISSIONS FOR THIS FILE… to do that simply click on the .htaccess file in the C Panel, and tick all 9 boxes that appear on screen.
  • Exit the C Panel.
  • Go back to Wordpress Admin… Options… Permalinks… and click the "update permalinks" button.
  • Thats it… you are done.