Site Statistics Page

Ok, tell me what I could of done here. My stats page is gone. It ends up going to the 404 error page I have when it trys to access domain.com/stats/

I'm pretty much out of ideas what could of happened to it, suggestions?

Did you install WordPress in your domain?

--rlparker

Yup.

Although, it USED to work.

I thought that might be the case! Check out this DH Wiki page on making stats available with .htaccess, and I think you will see what happened, as well as how to easily "fix" it.

Additionally, there are *many* threads discussing this in more detail on these forums.

--rlparker

I checked that all out, and for a second, I thought it had worked. I modified my .htaccess and tried modifying it two separate ways even. Once I got the login the the stats section, but then it just took me back to the 404 page.

That is strange ...

It generally either "just works" or it doesn't; the fact that the behavior is inconsistent might be an indication that something is wrong on DreamHost's end.

Of course, what you are describing can also be the result of caching (within your browser, if you are using wp-cache, your ISP, etc.)

To be sure that this is not the case, "clear everything" (how you clear your cache file(s) depends uppon your browser - just use the browser's help facility), close your browser (all windows!) and try again. I have even resorted to a complete system shutdown (computer, router, modem, and all) on occasion to get a completely "fresh" glimpse of a page (though the ISP could *still* be caching).

Also, depending upon the contents of your .htaccess file (separate sections for WordPress, etc.) rebuilding permalinks within WordPress could have over-written your changes.

If you would like for me to look at your .htaccess file for you, just respond back here including the contents of the .htaccess file currently in place in the "toot" directory of your WordPress installation (the directory *above* wp-content, etc.) and the url of your site and I will take a look.

--rlparker