Rustyhands 0 Posted January 11, 2011 Report Share Posted January 11, 2011 hi everyone, i have built a site in wordpress and have just accidentally deleted the htaccess file off the server. can i recreate the same file or do i have to delete the installation and start again? cheers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
falkencreative 49 Posted January 11, 2011 Report Share Posted January 11, 2011 I would try going to the WP admin > Settings > Permalinks - WP may re-generate the .htaccess file for you. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
falkencreative 49 Posted January 11, 2011 Report Share Posted January 11, 2011 I believe this is the default .htaccess file: http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks # BEGIN WordPress <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . /index.php [L] </IfModule> # END WordPress Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rustyhands 0 Posted January 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2011 hi, yeah i looked and it doesnt do it. any other ideas cause i dont wanna start again Thanks for your help by the way Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rustyhands 0 Posted January 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2011 doesnt the data in the htaccess file need to be current with how the site is structured? or can i just bang that code in and it should work? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
falkencreative 49 Posted January 11, 2011 Report Share Posted January 11, 2011 You could always do a fresh install in a new location, and then copy the .htaccess file over. Are you sure the .htaccess file is the only thing you deleted? I wouldn't think that would be enough to cause significant issues. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rustyhands 0 Posted January 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2011 yeah, well it was 279 bytes in the server......when i stupidly deleted it. but i do have another access file in the www. file in the DIR. with the install it has doubled up and put it in the public_ and the www. file . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rustyhands 0 Posted January 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2011 ok, for some reason there is a new file there and the site is working properly again........ go figure. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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