Web Design Blog Montreal

Trouble changing WP permalinks structure

claudia — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 22:05:46 +0000

In an attempt to make my WordPress URLs more search engine friendly I changed my WP permalinks structure from the default to the, more SEO friendly, /%postname%/.
Even though this practice seems to work for most WP blogs it did not for me!
Actually after saving the new permalinks structure in my admin panel I completely lost access to both, the admin interface and blog creating an endless redirect loop.

Murkx!!!

I got lucky though after reading through the help forum at WP.org somebody suggested to edit the .htaccess file to the following:

# BEGIN WordPress




ErrorDocument 404 /index.php?error=404

RewriteEngine On

RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

RewriteRule . /index.php [L]

# END WordPress

Hopefully this fix will be helpful to somebody else too!

Books I enjoyed this summer

claudia — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 21:16:43 +0000

This summer I started quite a few books, I did not finish all of them, the once I enjoyed most are listed here:

Labyrinth by Kate Mosse

A mysterious adventure novel with parallel plots set in modern and medieval France. If you enjoyed The Da Vinci Code chances are you like this novel too.
I actually enjoyed the book so much that I went to France and visited Carcassonne.

Eat Pay Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

Another book another journey… tasty read, and the film is nice too, especially the Pizza in Napels scene. The book is much deeper than the film however and if you liked the subject of the film I strongly recommend the book as well.

The Winter Vault by Anne Michaels

A beautifully written book about love and loss.

AdlerWebDesign custom WordPress theme now live

claudia — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 00:21:06 +0000

At last!
My own custom WordPress template finally ready and live.
After massaging it all year long, fixing IE7 problems and trying a few different layout options I have finally dared to upload and install my custom theme.
It is much more difficult to design for myself, I am probably my most difficult client.
I consider this template a work in progress, so please stand by for updates…