Regardless, this is a simple issue. It sounds like htaccess is not getting created or has the wrong permissions perhaps. Someone needs to hop in there real fast and take a look. Happy to resolve it real fast if the fellow above is not around. Wordpress will run properly on just about anything. Nigel
Tried all the possible solution one thing remaining is changing httpd.conf which is not accessible due to shared hosting its only for vps which i couldn't afford lol.
th this is the host i can afford i also feel AllowOverride will give me solution only that is last possibility or else rebuilding site with another theme.can i move to different server will that work they said i can test on different server they provide.I will try this one as well
Don't get me wrong, you posted some good advice, but I would bet it is the AllowOverride options in the httpd.conf that's causing this problem after looking at the site and what others have posted. bhat is sending me some login details via email, so I can take a look to try and work it out for him
I would imagine they have the same settings on all servers, plus if they are refusing to make changes in order for customer sites to work better I wouldn't stay with them. Before you do anything, change your theme to the default theme and see if that fixes it, it likely wont, but just to clear that option up do it and see if the 404 pages work?!
Here is what I think: OP use Custom Category as the Permalink of the site. The category (/category/) was being Stripped (removed) from permalink. Ex: netmadmonk.com/category/portfolios/ => site.com/portfolios/ netmadmonk.com/category/portfolios/print-design/ => netmadmonk.com/portfolios/print-design/ Using custom permalink and Stripped category basically is risky. Sometimes wordpress unable to findout the exact route whether the ID is page or Taxonomy. Let's troubleshot the problem. Open this URL http://www.netmadmonk.com/artwork/top-artworks/ http://www.netmadmonk.com/portfolios/print-design/ By looking into the example above we can see if the Custom Category works fine. First link above worked fine. However, second link failed. Now we need to think why th problem occur. Open these link http://www.netmadmonk.com/artwork/ http://www.netmadmonk.com/portfolios/ First link works fine and second link failed. Just as expected. Let's troubleshot even deeper. Open these URL: http://www.netmadmonk.com/category/artwork/ http://www.netmadmonk.com/category/portfolios/ First link works fine while second failed. Now, we already get the problem. It seems there is conflict with /PORTOFOLIOS/ Category. Do these: Check if 'portofolios' category already exist. If it wasn't exist, create it. If it exist but WP unable to recognize it, delete it from Database. it seems there is conflict with this category. Here is some facts: http://www.netmadmonk.com/logo-design/ http://www.netmadmonk.com/print-design/ http://www.netmadmonk.com/artwork/ Three of them already exist. I think the author only need to edit the page in http://www.netmadmonk.com/portfolio/ and fix all the URL to point the right URL. Edit: Funny eh, Try to open this URL netmadmonk dot com/portofolios/top-artworks/ (DP didn't allow redirect URL) and it will redirect to http://www.netmadmonk.com/artwork/top-artworks/ This is another clue
If you are using WordPress then you should be able to edit permalink as you desire. Once you check to see if your .htaccess has Rewrite engine on or not. I am again stating that even if you are on shared hosting no matter you should be able to change permalink. The only case you won't be able to change permalink is when your web-hosting is not fully approved. This may occur when your contact information is not fully approved. I had the same problem while hosting my site in Bluehost.com. They send me a message that I need to verify my contact details. I had to scan the copy of card which I used to purchase the account and I also scanned the statement showing that I had used the card to purchase the space from the Bluehost. http://whytoblog.com/heres-solve-wordpress-404-permalink-error/
if you are still facing the problem then you can transfer to some other host I can help you with the site transfer for free