: AWS, WordPress and URL issue We set up WordPress and the website works okay but when a visitor clicks on any link the URL doesn't change. As far as I can tell we're using EC2. I've tried

@Speyer207

Do you have access to ftp .... If so I will suggest you to delete all files and Important Delete .htaccess and then reinstall Wordpress with your theme .... I had this kind of problem and .htaccess was the issue ... But in some cases , some thing goes wrong with Wordpress installation and you might get his issue

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@Berumen354

The pages are changing, however you don't see the url change as it's really just that single frame changing.

Another way to do a similar interaction is via AJAX. Which is a mixture of things, pretty much the site makes a call to the server for the new page and through JavaScript the page rerenders what it is told to. For switching pages this is completely unnecessary unless you have something like an messaging system on the bottom. And if AJAX is being used you should still have a regular version of the site for users without JavaScript or for users that link to open links in a new TabWindow.

If you right click and open in a new tabwindow you'll see the actual page you are going to, (e.g. www.example.com/new/ )It would be better to link directly to that page instead of inside the frames.

There's one reason for that - bookmarking. If a page is in a frame, when you bookmark it you can only bookmark the framed page, not the pages inside. This makes usability for the end user hindered with zero benefits. Another aspect, frames and search engines don't always get along which can leave many pages on your site from being indexed properly.

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