I just installed WordPress on my site, and I noticed a curious glitch. When I click "view site" in the WordPress control panel, it tries to go to index.htm (the FriHost default page) instead index.php (WordPress).
I tried to solve this by deleting index.htm. However, "view site" still goes to the same page - I suppose an error page is kicking.
I know at one time index.htm was necessary to prevent people from viewing my directories - is this still the case in an age of php-based sites? What do I do to make the server understand that index.php is my home page? Also, do I need to put index.htm back for security purposes?
I had this problem on another site (in that case, it was the index.php for PHP-Nuke not showing), and I can't remember how it was solved. The host might not have told me. If it's a server problem rather than my problem, I'd be grateful to know how it was fixed just to increase my own understanding.
Log in to your WordPress administration panel, and click on 'Options'. This will bring you to http://[yoursite].frih.net/wp-admin/options-general.php.
Check under both 'WordPress address (URI)' and 'Blog address (URI)' that index.htm is not mentioned. The only thing that should be in both boxes is your site address (eg. http://[yoursite].frih.net without a slash on the end)
That should work. If it doesn't, change both address fields to include 'index.php' at the end. Hopefully, that will work. It was already http://www.pansophia.frih.net. so I tried making it http://www.pansophia.frih.net/index.php.
This destroyed the formatting of the site!
And when I changed it back to http://www.pansophia.frih.net, the formatting is still destroyed. What should I do now? Dump this in the folder where you installed wordpress folder
in the file .htaccess
| Code: |
| DirectoryIndex index.php |
Note - I'm not liable for side effects that MAY happen but that seldom did. The MAY only happens when you use dumb programs like Frontpage. *cries*
I still haven't figured out how to fix this. 
//in the file .htaccess //
I don't see a file called this - do I make it and put it on the top level? Also, I thought this was an apache file - is it kosher to have multiple .htaccess files? Sorry if that's a stupid question - I really don't know.
I assume you have installed wordpress in the Directory called
/wordpress/ (prior to public_html)
In wordpress, create a new file called .htaccess if there isn't one and put in
| Code: |
| DirectoryIndex index.php |
Actually I installed it all straight into public_html - not in a separate wordpress folder. Could this be causing all the problems?
No.
Then, create the .htaccess file in the public_html folder 
I've added the .htaccess file, but the site is still messed up. It's like it's not reading the stylesheet at all.
Also, for some reason I can't get the admin panel back. :-/
Remove that .htaccess file 
Okay. In your wordpress config...
General -
WordPress address (URI) - http://<domain>
Blog address (URI) - http://<domain> Now the .htaccess file isn't there! Did a server admin remove it?
Also - this is how it was before:
WordPress address (URI) - http://<domain>
Blog address (URI) - http://<domain>
I changed it to:
WordPress address (URI) - http://<domain>/index.php
Blog address (URI) - http://<domain>/index.php
This broke the site, so I tried to change it back to:
WordPress address (URI) - http://<domain>
Blog address (URI) - http://<domain>
This should be how it is now, but I can't tell because I can't get into the control panel for WordPress. :-/ You arne't support to add the index.php
Go to cpanel --> filemanager and you can see ur .htaccess file.
Ok, .htaccess was there, and I deleted it. Curious that it doesn't show in FTP.
Any idea how I can undo the damage from adding index.php? I can't even get into the WordPress config panel. Go to phpmyadmin, then go modify the values.
Yay! That worked! Thanks!
Very strangely, the original problem with index.htm is also now fixed. Did .htaccess do that?
I'm not sure if this is related, but none of the links in the header area work. I just get a # sign at the end of the url like the code is looking for a target. Maybe it just doesn't work in Firefox?
Yes. .htaccess most likely did something .
To fix those links, you have to go into the wordpress control panel, options, permalinks. Read through that . Ok, reading.
It looks like .htaccess will strike again!
Yeah, permalinks dumps .htaccess files 
I added a permalink structure and added the .htaccess file, but the links at the top still don't work.
I don't see anything in the WordPress documentation on Permalinks that looks like this issue, either. I'm trying to find the problem in the WordPress troubleshooting, but I'm not coming up with the right keywords. I'm trying "header links don't work", "links troubleshooting", etc. Is there another way to say this.
For example, here's the URI when I click Contact:
http://www.pansophia.frih.net/#
The other links are just throwing in the # at the end of the URI, too. http://bondings-world.frihost.net/ <-- my wordpress blog.
| Code: |
| /%day%/%monthnum%/%year%/%post_id%.bondings |
that's my structure.
I'm not really good with wordpress, so maybe giving you my settings would work .
Also, it could be the skin that's doing weird stuff (ie, hardcoded links that you have to modify yourself). Darn - even stealing your settings doesn't work.
In the mean time, I found out that the Permalink for the posting itself doesn't work - it took out the comment, too. I guess I have some Permalink reading cut for me tomorrow. Enough banging my head on the piano keys for tonight!
Thanks for your help. It was a great relief to just unbreak the site.
