Hi all,

i’m totally not an IT guy, so i don’t know anything about coding. I learn to build website with WP by learning from internet.

this is my first time i use BBpress to build a forum website.

this is my web: http://www.buangstres.gratis/
i use WP version 4.0
i use theme Skeleton: http://themes.simplethemes.com/skeleton/

i use these plugins:
– akismet
– easy WP smtp
– simple local avatars
– simple shortcodes (reccomendation fro the theme)
– WP-members
– WP-pagenavi (reccomendation from theme)

i found that all my Child forums having problem: page not found

this is what i’ve already done:
– reset the permalinks
– deactivate all plugin (include bbpress), activate only bbpress

all isn’t working

need the solution desperately… anyone can help me? it will be a huge appreciation from me

[@robin-w Moderator 10 years, 2 months ago]

Presuming you have default permalinks (don’t worry if you have no idea what this means) then it is a known issue with wordpress 4.0 and is in the queue for a fix on the next release.

in the meantime you can either

move you child themes up a level

or (better) change your permalinks to ‘pretty’ ones.

see https://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks for explanation of what a permalink is

go to

Dashboard>settings>permalinks and set them to ‘postname’

[@josuawahyudi Participant 10 years, 2 months ago]

hi robin,

many thanks for your respond.
yes i use default permalinks…

i just change it to “postname” and the result: all the parent & child forum cannot work

this is the message i got:
The requested URL ****** was not found on this server
Apache Server at domain.com Port 80

looks like i just got to use 1 level forum only?

[@josuawahyudi Participant 10 years, 2 months ago]

after i change the permalinks into “postname”, there is message in my dashboard: “You should update your .htaccess now.”

what should i do with my .htaccess?

[@josuawahyudi Participant 10 years, 2 months ago]

just resolve my problem!

this is what i do:

1. change my permalinks to “postname” just like robin suggested
2. i create “.htaccess” file (since i dont have that file)

this is how to create that file:
– simply open your notepad
– copy paste this code:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ – [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]

– save as “.htaccess” (you will get file with extension txt)
– copy file with FTP to sites/domain/www
– rename file, erase txt extension

DONE!
my child forum is active now!

[@robin-w Moderator 10 years, 2 months ago]

great – glad you’re fixed !