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Can't move beyond homepage
Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 3:52 pm
by omuyshon
Hi:
Our dev team recently handed over our site to us and I tried to update a .swf file on our homepage. To do so, I downloaded the index.php file which pointed to the original .swf file and updated it with the new .swf file name. I literally updated one field. To play it safe, I even created a backup of the previous index.php file. When I upload either of the new files to our server, the homepage loads but none of the links move beyond the homepage. Here is a link:
http://www.localtripper.com. Don't know if this is a small or big issue. Kinda freaking out here.
Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Re: Can't move beyond homepage
Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 4:15 pm
by requinix
Why aren't you asking your "dev team"?
Re: Can't move beyond homepage
Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 4:30 pm
by omuyshon
The simple reason is that we're under a time crunch and site is down. Beyond that, we'd like to managing minor maintenance ourselves which is why I was reaching out to people on this forum who are willing to lend some advice to newbies. Do you have any insight?
Re: Can't move beyond homepage
Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 4:33 pm
by Darhazer
Maybe you've downloaded only the HTML code of the page, instead of the PHP, and you've replaced the PHP with plain HTML?
Another possible reason - you've deleted / altered .htaccess by accident?
P.S. Non SEO links like
http://www.localtripper.com/sitemap.html work
Re: Can't move beyond homepage
Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 4:40 pm
by omuyshon
Thanks Darhzer,
Yes, this is limited to SEO links only. I literally saved the files as is (save file as) so I don't see how it could be realted to only copying the html code. Is there a compile that needs to be done when updating the index.php file? I ask because I am getting a series of Fatal error: Call to undefined function errors in the modules that have been constructed. Appreciate your taking the time to lend a hand!
Re: Can't move beyond homepage
Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 4:43 pm
by onion2k
This forum is really good for working through problems, but as it's time critical you really do need to contact the people who created the website in the first place. It could take a while to ascertain what the reason is without knowing the website; it'll be a 5 minute job for the person who wrote it. Do what's best for the website.
Re: Can't move beyond homepage
Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 4:47 pm
by omuyshon
I think I'm going to go with that advice . Was just freaking out that I might have really $%^^ things up. Not too sure how bad the damage is but hopefully you're right and it's just a small fix. Thanks.
Re: Can't move beyond homepage
Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 7:31 am
by Darhazer
omuyshon wrote:Thanks Darhzer,
Yes, this is limited to SEO links only. I literally saved the files as is (save file as) so I don't see how it could be realted to only copying the html code. Is there a compile that needs to be done when updating the index.php file? I ask because I am getting a series of Fatal error: Call to undefined function errors in the modules that have been constructed. Appreciate your taking the time to lend a hand!
Did you use FTP or something other or you've just chosen 'Save file as' in the web browser? In the second case, you've downloaded only the output of the program, loosing all functionallity.