I do appreciate the time you guys have given me in attempting to help me out. However I just don't have the time nor the patience to mess around with this. Given that I was at the very early stage of creating the webpage, there was no actual content to migrate. Therefore I can get the site up and ...

I don't know anything about IIS. Could it be that it does not like the fact that the folder /pages/ does not truly exist? Maybe if you created such a folder? I'm guessing here... :wink:

I've just created that folder, and no go. Didn't think it would work, but it's worth a try.

I'm about ready ...

In the meantime, a list of plugins you're using might be helpful.

YL

Sidebar plugins are:
Quicksearch
Static Pages
Archives
Categories
Syndicate this blog
Blog Administration

Event plugins are:
Markup: Serendipity
Markup: Emoticate
Markup: NL2BR
Browser Compatibility
Spam Protector
Spartacus ...

Don Chambers wrote:What does your .htaccess file look like?

I don't have one. The website is running on IIS.

Hmmm... those settings all seem to be correct. I was going to guess that it was set to "draft" and not "publish", but your post above suggests you have it set to "publish". And yes, YL, That is how it does it without URL rewriting... I have one of my sandboxes set up that way. Its not immediately ...

Permalink: /index.php?/pages/contactme.html
I think this should be just "/pages/contactme.html", but I'm not entirely sure how this works without URL rewriting. Did you enter the "/index.php?" or was that a default setting for that page?


I only changed the 'contactme.html' part, the rest was ...

Also, the site is hosted on GoDaddys servers, and Serendipity was installed using their automated install routines. Before the install there was nothing within the folder hierarchy at all.

Depending on the rules in your site's .htaccess file, returning to the frontpage may be an indication of the page not being found.

Can you supply a URL to your site?

I'm running on IIS, so .htaccess isn't an issue.

The site is:
http://www.quietatheist.com
(ignore the colour scheme, it's just ...

I'm new to Serendipity, so I've probably done something stupid.

I've Installed the Static Pages event plugin v3.74, and created a basic static page to test with - I think. I've also installed the Static Pages sidebar plugin v1.15 which shows up fine on my front page, and displays a link to the ...