404 errors on ALL of my categories in WordPress

I just imported my posts from Blogger into WordPress today, and it looks great. The problem is the large list of categories appearing in my sidebar produce an ugly 404 error message.

Does anyone know how to fix this?

the blog

 

I had this before with one of my blogs and about an hour later it disappeared. Turned out to be a problem with my host.

Have you got access to the MySQL database, can you see if the categories are all in there fine? Did you import an XML file?

 

I do have access...I checked it and this is what I got:

MySQL Databases

Checking Database

waxp75_wrdp1 is now being checked.

waxp75_wrdp1.wp_comments OK waxp75_wrdp1.wp_links OK waxp75_wrdp1.wp_options OK waxp75_wrdp1.wp_postmeta OK waxp75_wrdp1.wp_posts OK waxp75_wrdp1.wp_term_relationships OK waxp75_wrdp1.wp_term_taxonomy OK waxp75_wrdp1.wp_terms OK waxp75_wrdp1.wp_usermeta OK waxp75_wrdp1.wp_users OK

Check Complete

I didn't import XML I don't think. I just used the import feature in WP and clicked Blogger. Then I clicked the Import button. All my posts are there, the categories just don't work. Thanks for your response. Rep +

 

Looks like all your links are FUBAR. Check permalink structure.

 

Now my page isn't coming up at all...hmmm...and then it came back up....bouncy, bouncy.

 

Was your .htaccess file updated correctly after you altered the permalink structure?

 

It tells me that I should update it now. I'm not sure how to do that. *Googling* Thanks everyone so far for your suggestions. Rep + to all.

 

Well, I tried updating the .htaccess myself which I'm sure I did wrong because it didn't fix the problem. This is the file I uploaded:

# -FrontPage-

Options None

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
AuthType Basic
AuthName waxingpoetic75.com
AuthUserFile /home/waxp75/public_html/_vti_pvt/service.pwd
AuthGroupFile /home/waxp75/public_html/_vti_pvt/service.grp


My blog still works...so I guess I didn't screw things up too bad. *knocks on wood*

 

Aahhhh!!! Wax broke out the programming....perhaps I will consult the programming forum.

 

The front page is working. The entries do not appear. Can you change the permalink structure back to the default and see what you get?

 

That fixes it. I would like my permalink to be the name of my post though. However, that was a good call. At least it works now...better than leaving it sit with non-working everything. Thanks. I was about to break out the copy and paste and redo the whole thing. That would have taken years.

 

Problem resolved. Thanks ThreeGuineaWatch!!!

 

this happens when your .htaccess doesnt have the proper permissions, CHMOD it to 666, re-apply the permalink change, then try it again...and change your .htaccess back to 644