Wordpress Help please!

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Hopefully this is in the right forum, if it isnt, mod can you more it please:)

Im creating my own site using wordpress, ive created a test post, but when i click on the link i get:

Not Found
The requested URL was not found on this server.

Here's the site: http://shoottothrill.co.uk/index.php
(I only started it last night so most things still don't work and all the posts are the same as theyre just tests.)

Thanks
 
Nice looking site, and good photos :thumbs:

This may be a long shot...

In admin, have you changed a setting in Permalinks? You can choose the way Wordpress creates URL's, and if you've changed this setting since writing the posts, they may not link up any more...

Like I say, a long shot, but I'll keep thinking...

:D
 
Actually, I'm pretty sure you have changed this setting now. Try changing it back (to default) and see if things improve...
 
Oli R C said:
Actually, I'm pretty sure you have changed this setting now. Try changing it back (to default) and see if things improve...
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You were right, cheers for that!

Although, now its linking back to my homepage instead of the post.. :S
 
Hmmm... since it's early days, it won't be much bother to start again, which I guess would sort the problem. Just make sure you select the option you want before you start.

Only thing is, I did exactly the same as you, and chose the 2nd option. BUT, I can't remember whether I did that first, or whether it was just something I stumbled upon, and changed half way through building the site.

Either way, I never had this problem.

So the only thing I can suggest, is to start again. (which will probably just be a case of re-writing the posts)

OR (another long shot) just go to edit the posts, and save without making any changes. It might re-write the URL's.

EDIT: When I say Save, I mean Publish

:D
 
Oli R C said:
Hmmm... since it's early days, it won't be much bother to start again, which I guess would sort the problem. Just make sure you select the option you want before you start.

Only thing is, I did exactly the same as you, and chose the 2nd option. BUT, I can't remember whether I did that first, or whether it was just something I stumbled upon, and changed half way through building the site.

Either way, I never had this problem.

So the only thing I can suggest, is to start again. (which will probably just be a case of re-writing the posts)

OR (another long shot) just go to edit the posts, and save without making any changes. It might re-write the URL's.

EDIT: When I say Save, I mean Publish

:D
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Didnt work :(

Looks like i might have to try the geeks over at wordpress forums!

Thanks for your help :)
 
It could a problem with you .htaccess file as that's what translates the wordy URLs into ones that WordPress can actually understand.

In the permalinks admin section, check you've created your .htaccess file okay. If you don't have one in the same directory as your WordPress installation or if it's empty then that'll cause you problems.
 
DigitalRelish said:
It could a problem with you .htaccess file as that's what translates the wordy URLs into ones that WordPress can actually understand.

In the permalinks admin section, check you've created your .htaccess file okay. If you don't have one in the same directory as your WordPress installation or if it's empty then that'll cause you problems.
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Cheers, ill have a look tomorrow:)
 
Just had a look and there was no .htaccess file, i created one and its stored in the /wp-content folder, is this the correct place?

It says the following, i got this from the wordpress site, is this correct?

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME** !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME** !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
 
The .htaccess file should be placed in the root of your WordPress installation i.e. in the directory above /wp-content.

Make sure it's writeable and then to get the correct code for your .htaccess, go to the /wp-admin/options-permalink.php page of your WordPress admin, choose your settings and WordPress will attempt to write to your .htaccess file.

Keep an eye out for any errors which will appear if it can't write to it for some reason.
 
Oli R C said:
You're welcome. I'll keep my thinking cap on though :thumbs:
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DigitalRelish said:
The .htaccess file should be placed in the root of your WordPress installation i.e. in the directory above /wp-content.

Make sure it's writeable and then to get the correct code for your .htaccess, go to the /wp-admin/options-permalink.php page of your WordPress admin, choose your settings and WordPress will attempt to write to your .htaccess file.

Keep an eye out for any errors which will appear if it can't write to it for some reason.
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Thanks for your help guys, seemed to be a problem with my htaccess file as you said, it wasn't created and then when it was, it was in the wrong place.

Thanks :D
 
I've got my site pretty much built and am trying to place a 'portfolio' section in it with my best photograph's, how do i place the autoviewer into the page? I tried using a iframe with the following code but didnt work, am i doing it right?!

<iframe src=”your_index_html_url” frameborder=”0&#8243; height=”x” width=”100%”></iframe>

Also, im trying to get the page to display without sidebars and created a template but it doesnt seem to be displaying any content at all apart from the header, ive included the code of the page below:

<?php
/*
Template Name: Portfolio
*/
?>

<?php get_header(); ?>

<div id="no_sidebar">
 
If you want the content to display in a custom template you need to include the LOOP code.

See this post on the wordpress help site.

A good way of building custom templates is to take an existing one and modify that, saving it as a new template file. That way you can see the changes to the design and layout as you edit the template.
 
Well, you're going to have difficulty no doubt about it. Take your time and if you need any help give me a shout. Wordpress hacking is what I do.
 
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