Categories giving 404 errors

[Matt_M]

Hi,

I just installed the directory at http://www.goodhostingcompanies.com and created a category to test it, but when I click on the category it gives a 404 error. I was able to submit a link and approve it, I just can't view the category page. Does anyone know what the problem might be?

Thanks, Matt

[David]

Can you try turning off mod rewrite in admin?
It could be possible there is an issue with it on your server.

[Matt_M]

Hi,
thanks for the help, it worked. Do you think that the search engine's will index the url's without mod rewrite?

Thanks, Matt

[Ap0s7le]

Matt, try contacting your host about it. They more than likely have to set an option in the conf file for your server.

later

[Matt_M]

Well I know they support mod rewrite because two of my other sites use it, so this is kind of strange.

[David]

You installed RC4?

[Matt_M]

yep, definitely.

[Matt_M]

Well I got this figured out finally and the problem was kind of strange. I used dreamweaver to upload all of the files, but I finally saw that the .htaccess file didn't get uploaded. I checked the folder on my computer containing all of the files for the directory and the .htaccess was there. I browsed to that folder with dreamweaver to upload it but it wasn't showing up in dreamweaver (but all other files were, still have no idea why the .htaccess wasn't), so I used smart ftp to upload it and now it works :)

[minstrel]

I rarely use DW but some WYSIWYG editors and FTP programs and/or certain servers "hide" certain programs like .htaccess by default.