Long story short, the sh404SEF plugin doesn’t play nice with GoDaddy. The fix, however, is quite simple. The way we recommend using the sh404SEF plugin is with .htaccess, meaning that per our standard installation instructions, you will have to change htaccess.txt to .htaccess first, install the plugin, and then set the proper configuration. Then what?
GoDaddy still says no. The reason is that in that default .htaccess file, the RewriteBase line is commented out…which means that this necessary function is not available to you. Remove the comment on that line, and you should be good to go after an hour or so (GoDaddy caches your files for about this long).
sh404SEF Installation Instructions for GoDaddy:
- Rename htaccess.txt to .htaccess
- Uncomment the line that reads “RewriteBase /”
- Install sh404SEF if you do not already have it.
- Activate sh404SEF.
- In the configuration settings, change the default file suffix to / instead of .html, and in the advanced tab of that same screen, choose the rewrite mode “with .htaccess”.
- Navigate to your home page and refresh your browser.
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