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Wordpress has index.php in URL on hosted Windows install

Hey Experts!!

I have a client who installed WP on ReadyHosting's Windows server plan. The problem I'm having is that if you go to the domain it throws, index.php into the URL. (example:http://mydomain.com/index.php = Home page). After I make the permalinks correct(/%postname%/), the site just dies.

I've read everywhere that if you have access to install scripts you can download a filter to re-write. However, I don't have access to the server to do that and I've searched Google up and down and I can't find anything that will help.

So let's assume I can't move to a Linux server and I don't have access to install any additional scripts. What can I DO???

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Jaroslav Mraz

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I was really trying to avoid using support. Simply because it's time consuming and it's not my account.

There's nothing else I can do?

Jaroslav Mraz

Without rewrite mod you can just use default withou seo version of links index.php=P .....

LZ1

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Obviously, that's not ideal. I did tell my client that he should have hosted it on Linux. Do you know if ReadyHosting can switch something like that on the fly? I know Godaddy can and you won't lose your site.

Jason C. Levine

You need to add /index.php/ into your permalink and that can sometimes "fix" IIS rewrites without any additional scripting.

So your permalink would be:

/index.php/%postname%/

LZ1

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Thanks Jason. That's actually how it currently is:
/index.php/%category%/%postname%/

Still no love

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