http://themeshaper.com/forums/ Help In Shaping WordPress Themes en Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:37:58 +0000 http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/permalinks-on-dev-site-with-ip-only-no-domain-name#post-23890 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 22:25:57 +0000 avalon54 23890@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>Anyone know if it's possible to get permalinks working on a server without a domain name, only the numerical IP address? </p> <p>I installed the site after editing my hosts file (here's how: <a href="http://decoding.wordpress.com/2009/04/06/how-to-edit-the-hosts-file-in-mac-os-x-leopard/" rel="nofollow">http://decoding.wordpress.com/2009/04/06/how-to-edit-the-hosts-file-in-mac-os-x-leopard/</a>), to match the IP address to what the domain name will be after the DNS is switched and the homepage looks OK. </p> <p>If I disable custom permalinks, and choose default I can see secondary pages, but when I enable custom permalinks I'm getting a Not Found error on secondary pages, category pages, etc.</p> <p>My successfully edited my .htaccess file as well but still no dice. </p>