index.phpp is the main template file of the WordPress Theme. But without index.php will be active your theme but not work any functionality. So, if you want to active/work WordPress functionality then you must have index.php on your theme, otherwise it will break everything. Q: Why you need to remove index.php file ? See here … Read more
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The problem comes with using only numbers as URLs. Here is a forum thread in WP that discuss this issue. I’ll cite Otto: WordPress 2.3 and up does not allow the post or page slugs to be all numeric. This is because that URL scheme will conflict with multi-page posts. There is no fix. Change … Read more
This was resolved with the help of @AndyMacaulay-Brook The htaccess had some incorrect (non-wp declarations) which when removed solved the issue: <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteRule ^index\.php$ – [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . /index.php [L] </IfModule> # BEGIN WordPress <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On RewriteBase /wp/ RewriteRule ^index\.php$ – [L] … Read more
All good I have figured it out <a href=”https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/243458/javascript:fbShare(“<?php echo the_permalink(); ?>’, ‘FB Share’, ‘Facebook share popup’, ‘<?php echo the_permalink(); ?>’, 520, 350)”>
Create a top level page with the slug services. Then create a page with the slug doggrooming and set the parent page to the Services page. WordPress will handle the URL structure if you’re using pretty permalinks.
To enforce a trailing-slash policy you need to set this in your .htaccess file. RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteRule ^(.*[^/])$ /$1/ [L,R=301] or <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} /+[^\.]+$ RewriteRule ^(.+[^/])$ %{REQUEST_URI}/ [R=301,L] </IfModule> I haven’t tested either or these, but google never lies…
There was something installed on the IIS server that was capable to read the .htaccess files; and was ignoring the web.config so the WP documentation with .htaccess works for me.
Just answering to close out the question, but if anyone has other opinions please chime in. No, it’s not possible to use % signs in post permalinks without some very hackish workarounds. It’s also not advisable given they are used in URLs as special characters. That said, the lack of % symbols in the permalink … Read more
UPDATE: I fixed it by clearing my browser’s cache, it was caching files so it used the old copy. BONUS: You can load a web page without loading your caches by using Ctrl + F5