21 July 2009 4 Comments

WordPress, IIS, Permalinks and index.php

WordPress Permalink Options

Here’s the problem: You need to install WordPress on a Windows machine running IIS. I’d never normally do this, but sometimes you just don’t have a choice. There are plenty of links out there about how to do this, and the one I referred to most was How To Install WordPress on IIS 6.0. It [...]

6 February 2009 9 Comments

.htaccess and 302 redirect problems fixed

.htaccess and 302 redirect problems fixed

So I had quite a specific problem. For some reason, http://growlingranger.com was redirecting to http://www.growlingranger.com with a 302 redirect. And, as SEO guru (and friend) Ken Jones from the SEOpsCentre put it, that’s bad SEO juju. 302 means that the address has moved temporarily, and will be back soon. Which in turn meant that my [...]