Wordpress Permalinks

[bhull]

Anyone using Wordpress on CT shared servers...and had success using the permalinks option? If so, I could use some help.

Since Wordpress is geared towards Apache servers, they assume you can simply input the tags you want, then "turn on" permalinks to get more appropriate URLs than a page or post number. But on Windows IIS servers, you can't do this apparently.

I'm looking for a workaround to keep things here at CT.

Thanks.

[eksimba]

I'm pretty sure that the permalinks feature requires mod_rewrite, which is an Apache-only critter. There's a hint of a Windows workaround on the "Using Permalinks" page here:

http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks

but I couldn't figure out what they were talking about.

quote:For permalinks in general, you must use mod_rewrite, and IIS (common on Windows servers) does not support mod_rewrite. If you are using Apache 2.0.54, on Windows, mod_rewrite may work. If you put a filename at the beginning, WordPress will attempt to use that to pass the arguments and bypass the necessity for mod_rewrite.

/index.php/%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/

If you use this option, you can ignore the rewrite rules (that is, you can ignore .htaccess).

I don't know what they mean by "if you use a filename at the beginning".

- Eric

Oh, I wanted to add, I've got WP running on CT, but obviously I haven't gotten Permalinks to work.

[bhull]

Thanks Eric,

I've got an email in to Support. There's a workaround evidently, they talk about here: http://codex.wordpress.org/User:ringmaster/IIS

I'll post here when I hear back from CT Support.

Thanks.

[eksimba]

I just got finished reading the workaround and was going to post it, but you beat me to it! Let us know what you find out. I imagine that if it requires manual editing of the server's php.ini, CT might not be too hot on the idea. We can hope.

- Eric

[speedyskis]

Eric is correct. I have a few wordpress blogs and CT will not modify the ini on shared servers to make that work. About once a month I start looking for a new host because clean URL's are a critical issue for all my clients.
However, the support and overall service at CT is hard to beat and I have been hesitant to jump ship. It's only a matter of time though if this is not addressed. Even godaddy offers the service!

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[bhull]

Yeah, can't get the "ini" changed. Permalinks aren't very search engine-friendly then. I feel exactly the same way, I really want that feature (plus additional bandwidth for potential podcasting), but CT has been easy to work with.

[jose4ph]

I too am trying to figure out a good blog solution for myself and my clients hosted with CT. From what I can tell, WordPress and Movabletype are your best bet. I know it is a bit over my head to install Movabletype and I was hoping to have better luck with WordPress. Has anyone figured out a permalink solution or have any other ideas? Moved on to something else?

Thanks!

[speedyskis]

I have not been able to find a reliable and simple solution. So I finally decided to test another host- currently using Bluehost.com.
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LIKES:
I installed Joomla, turned on the SEO friendly URL, and was ready to start modifying layout and content in less than 5 minutes.
 
You get unlimited MySql databases so you can test all the different blog, ecommerce and other programs you want if that is your desire.
Support- don't know, I haven't needed any yet. But they did call me 2X to ask how everything was going after the sign up.

It appears they keep all the software current- within a one release level for certain.
DISLIKES- their lowest price I think is about $95/year. Resellers get $65 off after the first account, but I think that is a one time shot, not annual.

I'm not so sure this is the place to switch critical corporate accounts, but for my smaller non-profits and smaller businesses, the risk seems minimal for the value the client receives with the CMS, SEO and other automated solutions.

[TDonaghe]

Have there been any developments on this issue?  I have been looking for a new blogging tool and think Wordpress is my best option and I would REALLY like to keep hosting here at CrystalTech.  But it sounds like Wordpress isn't worth it without permalinks.  I'm hoping there's been an update since the last post!!  Any info appreciated!

[TDonaghe]

Hi all,

Well I found the answer to the permalink issue.  Create a php.ini file in your root with the following two lines:

Code: [Select]


cgi.fix_pathinfo = 1
cgi.force_redirect = 0

Then change the permalink structure through the admin console to:

Code: [Select]

/index.php/%year%/%month%/%day%/%postname%/
That works great.
Here's the forum post where I found the solution (the second post in the thread):
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/36214

Now my issue is the email.  I can't get Wordpress to send me notification emails when someone comments. Has anyone seen this issue and did you fix it?

Thanks.

[eksimba]

Thanks! That worked for the permalinks, with one change... you need to make the permalink structure:

/index.php/%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/

The correct variable appears to be %monthnum%, not %month%

- Eric

[Bebop]

An even better solution (that I have got working on a dev site on CT):
http://www.nathanm.com/wordpress_plugins/
Scroll down to "Wordpress Remove Index.php from Permalinks in IIS Plugin"
(Note: you still have to set up the custom Permalink structure via WP Admin, just without the /index.php. So for example mine is:
/%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/
And you also need the php.ini as described a couple of posts up.

Now I have to go figure out what permissions to change for the Google sitemaps plugin to work. :-)

[merlinox]

Hi all,

Well I found the answer to the permalink issue.  Create a php.ini file in your root with the following two lines:

Code: [Select]

cgi.fix_pathinfo = 1
cgi.force_redirect = 0
Then change the permalink structure through the admin console to:

Code: [Select]

/index.php/%year%/%month%/%day%/%postname%/That works great.
Here's the forum post where I found the solution (the second post in the thread):
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/36214

Now my issue is the email.  I can't get Wordpress to send me notification emails when someone comments. Has anyone seen this issue and did you fix it?

Thanks.

I've tried it, inserting php.ini in my wp root but it doesn't work
I used this permalink:

Code: [Select]

/index.php?t=%postname%&p=%post_id%

[selftaught]

An even better solution (that I have got working on a dev site on CT):
http://www.nathanm.com/wordpress_plugins/
Scroll down to "Wordpress Remove Index.php from Permalinks in IIS Plugin"
(Note: you still have to set up the custom Permalink structure via WP Admin, just without the /index.php.

This no longer at that URL. Any ideas where else?

[selftaught]

And any updates on this? These are some old posts here. Dealing full-frontal with this with CT right now, so I'd appreciate any knowhow.

CT really needs to make this simpler & user-friendly. Sometimes despite reliability CT is plain clunky.