Permalinks Without Losing Posts...Migration Plugin

Discussion in 'WordPress' started by vgal, May 26, 2009.

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    I tested this plugin on momswritestuff.info and everything worked like a charm. But now I'm trying to do it for someone else and it isn't working. First off, when I try to make the htaccess writable (through ftp), I'm getting this error message:

    504 Command not implemented for that parameter
    : /0666 .htaccess

    I think not being able to update this may be the cause of the plugin not working. What causes that error? How can I get it to update?

    I'm using this plugin: http://www.deanlee.cn/wordpress/permalinks-migration-plugin/

    Can anyone help me out? In the meantime, I'll be researching...
     
    vgal, May 26, 2009 IP
  2. myp

    myp Well-Known Member

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    There is no point in having that plugin because Wordpress will automatically redirect your old permalink structure to the new one. For example your old /?p=1 will be redirected to the same post with your new structure.

    edit: nevermind, I see that this is geared to people who have a custom permalink structure (not /?p=N ) and want to change to another custom one. As for the .htaccess file, that error means that your ftp server does not support CHMOD- you should contact your host about this.
     
    myp, May 26, 2009 IP
  3. vgal

    vgal Active Member

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    Well, it was on the default. I changed it to category/postname. After I did that, and you click on an individual post, it didn't work. So, I reverted it for now, but need to figure it out soon.
     
    vgal, May 29, 2009 IP
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    myp Well-Known Member

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    You updated your .htaccess when you switched and it still didn't work?
     
    myp, May 29, 2009 IP
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    it is because you didnt update the .htaccess file.. Just turn on write permissions to the .htaccess file and again save the permalink settings in your dashboard. wordpress will modify the .htaccess for you..

    if you still are not able to edit the htaccess file.. try doing that from the cpanel filemanager.. or maybe backup the current one.. rename it to something else and create a new .htaccess file.. (maybe it will work. :) )
     
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  6. vgal

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    It's on windows, not apache, so there's no cpanel (It uses IIS, which I'm not familiar with at all). I used the same .htaccess file I've used in other blogs to get this to work.
     
    vgal, Jun 2, 2009 IP
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    IIS does not support .htaccess files, mate. That's for Apache only.

    I found this, so you might want to check it out: http://www.gavinbarker.co.uk/gblog/?p=123

    Hope that helps!
     
    Ikki, Jun 2, 2009 IP