Permalinks on WordPress
Firstly, my WebHost is alright. The problem is do you trust them enough? Every time I want to talk to 24/7 Help I get second thoughts about giving out sensitive information. So here’s my rough experience on getting back to online blogging. I just installed a new WordPress application. Luckily I already had other WordPress websites prepared. I just had to copy a file and add it to my new root domain. This file being “.htaccess”. WordPress works fine when you use the default permalink settings. The issue arises when you start changing it.
Just in case I forget myself I will write what I do with my WebHost. When managing my ultimate business there is a section called WebServer – EasyApps collection. Then the new page has a list and one of them has the Blogs – WordPress I want. When I install it asks for the path, username, password, confirm password, and email. The username you have to get from the original WordPress website. Then click and agree to the terms before submitting your query.
Once installed you can visit your files back in the home page of your WebHost panel or whatever you call it. Mine being at Tools – File Manager. You need to change the settings so you can see hidden files. This file being .htaccess. If it doesn’t have one you need to create this file extension yourself. For example, for an executable file you view the file as file.exe, but with .htaccess it is simply called .htaccess. If you don’t correctly name .htaccess just like that it won’t work. I didn’t realize what I was doing until later thinking it was a text file and called it .htaccess.txt. This is wrong!
Your .htaccess file can be edited and should include this inside:
# BEGIN WordPress
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ – [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
# END WordPress
Once you have this file in your root folder make sure to change the settings back to not show hidden files. That’s all the WebHost issues out of the way.
I took it another step further so we’re not done yet. In the Site Admin of WordPress I wanted to change the settings so that I didn’t have to create my own front page. Meaning I can make WordPress land on my home page or front cover of my domain or subdomain. I did this with http://art.sherwinjtb.com.
WordPress Address (URL): http://art.sherwinjtb.com/art
Site Address (URL): http://art.sherwinjtb.com
Remember the path address you selected earlier. The trick with this is copying your index.php file from your path folder (http://art.sherwinjtb.com/art) into your root domain or subdomain folder (http://art.sherwinjtb.com). You need to change a line in this copied file. It doesn’t have much in this file so you can edit it pretty easily.
Edit index.php (http://art.sherwinjtb.com)
Original line: require(‘./wp-blog-header.php’);
Changed to: require(‘./art/wp-blog-header.php’);
Of course, instead of /art you change it to what your path folder is. Just doing what I did to my site as an example.
Back to the Permalinks in your WordPress settings I simply use the custom structure and add this inside the box: /%postname%/
Good luck!
On a totally different issue I’ve been trying to find video editing software to work with my camcorder. I’ll be testing it out whenever I find the time and post them on YouTube.