Thank you mrjarbenne, I appreciate the advice and will keep that doc in my back pocket through this adventure. And thanks for pointing me in the right direction with the above suggested IIS link.
I am pleased to report that my BP links are now working. Here is what I did and where I got stumped initially:
Using Windows 2012 R2 server with IIS manager to setup a local intranet.
So I created a site called “Test” and here is what happened:
1- I followed the direction in the link provided above by first taking Permalinks off of Default and using the suggested custom structure.
2- I created a web.config file and placed it in the wwwroot folder (same top level as the “Test” folder).
3- I copied the code from what was suggested in the link:
`<configuration>
<system.webServer>
<rewrite>
<rules>
<rule name=”Main Rule” stopProcessing=”true”>
<match url=”.*” />
<conditions logicalGrouping=”MatchAll”>
<add input=”{REQUEST_FILENAME}” matchType=”IsFile” negate=”true” />
<add input=”{REQUEST_FILENAME}” matchType=”IsDirectory” negate=”true” />
</conditions>
<action type=”Rewrite” url=”test/index.php”/>
</rule>
</rules>
</rewrite>
</system.webServer>
</configuration>
Two differences with what was provided in the link and what I used above in order for it to work for me:
1- I placed it within the <system.webserver> container. Not a coder, so not sure if this mattered or not.
2- I correctly entered MY FILE LOCATION to the index.php file (test/index.php)
At this point, I have links that are working. That’s a win and it’s on to the next challenge in order to use BP. Totally stoked now. Having some issue with the profile/avatart pic not appearing in order for the user to crop, but that is likely another topic to search or create 🙂
Thanks for the reply. I actually tried that last week but without success. Maybe I missed a step. I’ll do a fresh install of WP on the server and try it again. I really want this to work, BP is the best solution for our office and this is my only roadblock…which is kind of a biggie.
