To begin I did not setup the website I am currently working on, and I am not very familiar with the wordpress setups. I have been called in on their site to add an admin section to this site which uses a Wordpress configuration. If I add a sub-directory, I can access the sub-dir via web just fine. The problem comes when I add a .htaccess to that subdirectory for Auth purposes. When I do this, and try to access the sub-directory, it errors to a 'Page Not Found'.
Can someone please help? I assume it is something with the Wordpress .htaccess file provided below:
# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress
UPDATE
When the .htaccess in the sub directory is blank, I can access the sub-directory via web just fine.
.htaccess (when filled out) in sub directory is below:
AuthType Basic
AuthName "Sphere"
AuthUserFile "/path/to/htpasswd"
require valid-user
I just tested a setup based off of your question. Here's an example of the hierarchy from what I could gather in your post:
public_html/ (all WP install files here)
public_html/admin/ (here I created a new folder similar to your question)
public_html/admin/index.php (test file - just echos a line of text)
public_html/admin/.htaccess (currently blank)
So my .htaccess within the new subdir that's spawned off of the WP root is blank. I'm not sure what kind of auth things would/should be in there. If I access "website/admin/" - the test line echos just fine. I don't see any 404s.
Could you maybe provide a little more detail so I can try to better replicate the issue you're seeing?
Found the solution for my problem elsewhere. Editing the root .htaccess (for wordpress) to match the one below should fix anyone who also encounters this issue:
# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/NameOf_Directory_ToAllow/(.*)$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/NameOf_AdditionalDirectory_ToAllow/(.*)$ [OR]
RewriteRule ^.*$ - [L]
</IfModule>
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress
Related
I've installed a second instance of wordpress in a subdirectory but when I try to access mysite.com/newsite I get a 404 error page on the root wordpress install page/theme. I've looked at the .htaccess files which have rewrite rules, tried adding an exception for the /newsite folder in the root .htaccess but it had no effect.
Can someone help with this?
Did you try this set of instructions? According to that site, the .htaccess in the second installation should look like this:
# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /newsite/
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ – [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /newsite/index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress
Try that out if you haven't and let me know if it works.
Okay. So I have a site that needs to be live around 8am EST. Everything was going fine, but when I uploaded it to the server my two pages return 404 not found errors. Absolutely everything else on the site is fine.
I have tried several things. I have reset the permalinks several times. I have deleted auto-saved files in the database. I have re-uploaded the database. I have re-uploaded the site. I have set the permission on .htaccess. I have deleted .htaccess and let it rewrite itself. Nothing has worked. Does anyone have any ideas?
The page works when it is set to default, but NOT when it is set to anything else.
Update This is the .htaccess file
# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress
Based on the .htaccess you can make these changes... although this is the default .htaccess for Wordpress it looks like it has an extra slash in front of index.php for the main redirect line. You'll also want to check to make sure that your Virtual Host Apache directory contains AllowOverride All.
In this example we're telling Apache if the request isn't for index.php then see if it's a real file and a real directory, then if it's not show them the default page. This is similar to the default behavior of Wordpress already.
# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !=index.php
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^.* index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress
There is also a whole Stack Exchange site devoted to Wordpress at wordpress.stackexchange.com.
This is basically the same question:
https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/11149/htaccess-disable-wordpress-rewrite-rules-for-folder-and-its-contents
I have installed wordpress in root directory. There is a file say test.html in same directory. I can not open this file www.mysiet.com/test.html with this url. When i open this file i get 'No posts found'.(I have coded wordpress's template on my own and this message is in index.php if no posts found). so my questions are:
How can i open an html file that is placed in root directory.
Can i create a new folder in root directory and install another wordpress site in that directory while root directory already have a wordpress installation.
Can i create a new folder in root directory (that already has wordpress installed in it) and place some files in that new directory and access them via my browser.
Thanks
Open your .htaccess in the root folder which once opened should look something like this
# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress`
Then add this above all of that and place your directory in designated spot "replace
with subdirectory name" you can add as many subs as you like
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/REPLACE WITH SUB DIRECTORY NAME/(.*)$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/REPLACE WITH SECOND SUBDIRECTORY NAME/(.*)$ [OR]
RewriteRule ^.*$ - [L]
</IfModule>`
Final Result should look like this if my subdirectory was named other
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/other/(.*)$ [OR]
RewriteRule ^.*$ - [L]
</IfModule>
# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress`
If I understand this you have wordpress installed on your server in its own folder, something like www/wordpress/. You also have a *.html file stored in www/test.html correct?
If I'm on track, then the issue is when you configured this you would have told it to use the wordpress directory. The best solution is to either move that file into the www/wordpress directory or into its own directory off that one, so you could have www/wordpress/test.html or www/wordpress/tests/test.html.
For question 2 I think what you are asking is can you do something like www/wordpress/ having a wordpress site, but then www/wordpress/wordpress2/ having another site. Though this is possible it isn't the best idea, why would you want to do this? You should have www/wordpress/ and www/wordpress2/. If the sites are connected in some way, you should look into wordpress mu, which is a multi site, which will allow you to run many sites all from the same installation.
Question 3 was answered above but yes you can do something like www/wordpress/tests/test.html.
You may need to change your .htaccess rules if you want to be able to access html files under your wordpress install.
You can check for File Permission.
I've installed my wordpress site on a separate directory and followed all the steps described here and now I can access my site from my main domain. So, my Wordpress site is installed under: www.mysite.com/wp-site/ and now I can access my site under www.mysite.com, so all is great, exactly what I wanted. Wordpress is making this happen through an .htaccess file it creates that has the necessary code to make the redirection happen (SEE CODE BELOW).
My problem is that I have other directories on my site, such as www.mysite.com/another-directory-unrelated-to-wordpress/ that I cannot access anymore because I believe wordpress and the .htaccess file it created is redirecting everything to the root.
How can I avoid Wordpress from redirecting all my other subfolders and files? Thanks a ton for any ideas or help.
Here is the htaccess file code:
# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress
The way the WordPress .htaccess file works is if an existing file or directory is requested, it does not send the request through WordPress...that's what the !-f and !-d RewriteCond statements do.
So, there is something else going on with your site. Have you used Firebug or any other debugging tool to see what is happening with the request/response?
You could always enable mod_rewrite logging to see if that gives you a clue.
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteLog "rewrite.log"
RewriteLogLevel 3
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
A RewriteLogLevel of 5 would give you the most information. Make sure to comment out or remove the RewriteLog* lines when you have figured out the issue.
UPDATE: Check this other SO answer to see if it resolves your issue
I installed wordpress in a subdirectory, lets say www.example.com/wordpress. I want the user to hit www.example.com and see the index of www.example.com/wordpress. I'm already using a custom pretty permalinks structure /%category%/%pagename%/ so the htaccess file is a little foreign to me.
My current htaccess file looks like this:
# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /wordpress/
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /wordpress/index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress
AddType x-mapp-php5 .php
AddHandler x-mapp-php5 .php
I've tried numerous solutions from browsing across the web but nothing seems to work. I either get internal 500 errors or view previous pages in the root directory like example.com/about (even though I've deleted the original about.html in the root) even after I deleted my cache.
Any help you could give would be extremely helpful. Thanks for your time,
Rob
The .htaccess file needs to be located in / and not in /wordpress/ and RewriteBase should be / not /wordpress/. Leave the permalinks setup on, but don't use an .htaccess file in /wordpress/. You'll need to set the root directory in your wordpress install to / and setup redirects for /wordpress/wp-content/ and the other wordpress subdirs in /.htaccess so that requests to those directories are also forwarded correctly.
I assume that you want to set up wordpress this way because there are other directories not associated with the wordpress install that you want to be accessible from / (www.example.com/cgi-bin/ for example). You'll need to set up your .htaccess file in / to make any directory aliases (like /cgi-bin/) accessible so requests to /cgi-bin/ don't get redirected to wordpress.
EDIT:
I haven't done something like this in a long time, but here's my best guess:
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^wp-content/(.*)$ /wordpress/wp-content/$1 [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^wp-admin/(.*)$ /wordpress/wp-admin/$1 [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^wp-include/(.*)$ /wordpress/wp-include/$1 [L,QSA]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/yourAliasUnrelatedToWordpress [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /wordpress/index.php [L,QSA]
</IfModule>