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Where's my site gone? Index.php vanished
Hi – I hope someone on the forum can help me with this.
I’ve just installed txp 4 and when I go to my site – it won’t load-up! Index.php doesn’t automatically appear…and if I type it in…(root)/index.php…it will come up – but when I click on ‘comments’ – that’s not going anywhere either!!
What happened?
Is this because of the .htaccess file?
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#2 2005-10-08 22:58:10
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Re: Where's my site gone? Index.php vanished
Likely.
- Add to the top of the .htaccess file:
DirectoryIndex index.html index.php - Go to your admin prefs and turn off clean urls.
Any difference?
(Edit: Oh and I deleted your posts for you. :))
Last edited by Mary (2005-10-08 22:58:33)
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Re: Where's my site gone? Index.php vanished
where’s the bit to turn clean urls off? I can’t find it.
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#4 2005-10-08 23:13:10
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Re: Where's my site gone? Index.php vanished
admin > preferences > Permanent link mode
Change it to: ?=messy
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Re: Where's my site gone? Index.php vanished
Thanks – I’ve tried that now. Unfortunately the problem remains…how come my site and index.php have vanished?
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#6 2005-10-08 23:44:39
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Re: Where's my site gone? Index.php vanished
I can’t see what you’re seeing. What do you mean by “vanished” or “doesn’t appear”?
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Re: Where's my site gone? Index.php vanished
well…try this – go to my site: www.mattrobin.com – and it just hangs…nothing happens. Also…go to www.mattrobin.com/index.php….the page appears, select ‘comments’ and the same thing happens…nothing happens.
Adds: My site vanishing has only happened since I installed Textpattern…..so there’s a connection.
Last edited by mattrobin (2005-10-09 00:08:15)
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Re: Where's my site gone? Index.php vanished
I’m seeing the comments page which is a URL that contains /index.php so I’m wondering if you can only use “messy” URLs and need to remove the .htaccess file?
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Re: Where's my site gone? Index.php vanished
Hi Stuart,
What – remove the .htaccess file altogether then? My web host will have to that for me…as the .htaccess file is invisible to me on ftp.
Doesn’t TXP need the .htaccess file though…for…err, stuff?!!
Last edited by mattrobin (2005-10-09 00:13:08)
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Re: Where's my site gone? Index.php vanished
In your ftp software, in options, you should have an option to show hidden files. What are you using?
Only for “clean” URLs.
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Re: Where's my site gone? Index.php vanished
Using FTP Explorer (A good, very easy to use FTP software I’d happily recommend to any man or beast)…
There’s nothing about hidden files.
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Re: Where's my site gone? Index.php vanished
I don’t know that one but you could try FileZilla. It’s free and does it all.
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