Fix 404 Errors Caused by Requests for Missing files

If your website stats and server error logs are filled with requests for missing images, non-existent Javascript files or just plain old missing CSS and TXT files, or any other file type you can think of then you can quickly cure those 404 errors with an .htaccess snippet and set of default replacement files. How … Read more

To Slash or Not to Slash? Fixing Poorly Linked Image URLs

Not a day goes by when I don’t see a 404 error in JournalXtra’s access logs for missing image files. Today I rose to the challenge and conquered them. It took a couple of goes because I kept forgetting to clear my browser cache while adjusting .htaccess directives. But anyway, after figuring out perhaps 30 … Read more

Fix Those Pesky WordPress Category and Tag 404s!

I was going crazy trying to solve this error. Switching plugins on and off, checking plugin settings, checking permalinks were set properly…. No matter what I did, my sites showed hundreds of 404 errors generated by visitors and search engines looking for site content via tags and categories. It turns out it is a common … Read more

Have You Tried Livefyre Commenting?

I scoured the Net during the twilight hours of a day last week to find the then latest episode of The Walking Dead – an excellent bit of suspense and gore from the shores of America. I found the show but it was behind one of those annoying take-this-survey-to-view-this-content scripts that really piss me off. … Read more

BuddyPress Cocked Up WP Multi-Site – Want To Fix It?

The solution is a little bit further down but first I’ll run you through the issue: on rare occasions, installing BuddyPress into a WordPress multi-site setup can prevent access to addon sites within the network. This issue affects subdomain sites not subdirectory sites. A Little Background I activated BuddyPress on a freshly installed test site … Read more