I posted the problem on both sites since I didn’t know where the problem was, but the above troubleshooting as you say indicates it’s a WordPress / server config problem. The exchange was much appreciated. Thanks again.
Thanks much for the suggestions. But I tried them and get the same results.
I deleted the plugin, reverted back to the WordPress Twenty Ten theme, and am working with the initial wordpress installation, that is, I have never posted or created any pages. The problem persists. When I go to edit the About page without actually editing it, just clicking on the “View Page” button. I get this message:
Forbidden
You don’t have permission to access /about/ on this server.
Additionally, a 403 Forbidden error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
Apache/1.3.33 Server at neighborsconnect.us Port 80
Same thing if I am on the home page and click on the About in the horizontal menu beneath the header.
That happens with any permalinks other than the default including the custom /%category%/%postname%/ .
And the browser window reads” url/About.
I don’t get any messages when I change the permalinks.
Got impatient. Deleted everything and reinstalled, since I didn’t have that much content anyway. Still have a problem with pernalinks whether the plugin is there or not. I’m using “BuddyPress Twenty Ten Child 1.0” by bp-theme-converts for my theme.
