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Here’s something else I learned about wordpress:  all parts of the query to the database are named to a function.  So, if you’re struggling to do something, like show ONLY the category name at the top of all category pages, you need to know that the function of the category pages is:  single_cat_title().

The other handy thing to know is that the naming schemes for the functions are not consistant, so you’ll probably need to search through the docs.  It ain’t something you can just figure out.

I went round and round checking everything. The database, the rights on every file, everything. It wasn’t until I messed with the .htaccess file that I found the issue. (And yes, that was the *last* thing I tried. Wouldn’t you know…)

The solution, is rather simple. The culprit was my .htaccess file. Each “page” that is made has it’s own entry in the .htaccess file, and since my .htaccess wasn’t directly writable by wordpress, I’d get an error after I made each page. Unless I uploaded a new .htaccess file from the Options > Permalinks admin page.

So, in order for this *not* to happen in the future, you can either make your .htaccess file writable by changing your file options to 666 in your FTP program or via a terminal window, or you can reload a new .htaccess file after you get all your static pages made.

Now ya know.