=== Permalink Fix & Disable Canonical Redirects ===
Contributors: Chris Cheney, Nick Schalk, Michael Szczepanski
Plugin Name: Permalink Fix & Disable Canonical Redirects Pack
Plugin URI: https://github.com/ccheney/permalink-fix-disable-canonical-redirects-pack
Tags: 500 server error, parsing error, ashurbanipal, canonical redirection, cnchost, concentric, endless loop, endless redirection, home page loop, htaccess, permalinks, xo communications, xohost, concentric
Author URI: https://github.com/ccheney/
Author: Chris Cheney
Requires at least: 2.3
Tested up to: 4.3.1
Stable tag: 1.0.5
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

This plugin makes WordPress' default permalinks behavior work on the Concentric/XO Communications shared hosting platform. It also disables the canonical redirection feature as it causes an endless redirection loop outside of wp-admin. This plugin also appears to resolve an issue with a recent release of WordPress 3.1 and IIS servers.

Description
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This plugin ensures the REQUEST_URI variable is set during the initialization of WordPress, allowing permalinks to work correctly.

Installation
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The REQUEST_URI variable is not set correctly by the server platform.
This plugin builds each variation of REQUEST_URI by peicing together other available variables.

1. Upload the 'permalink-fix-disable-canonical-redirects-pack' folder to the 'wp-content/plugins/' directory.
2. Log into the WordPress dashboard http://example.com/wp-admin and activate the plugin.
3. Setup your .htaccess file as described below, this is the most important step.
4. _Make sure the .htaccess file is setup properly._ The server requires that you convert end of line characters to UNIX format (LF). Be sure to add a hard return after the last directive. See additional-instructions.rtf for a step-by-step.

`RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d`
`RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f`
`RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?q=$1 [L,QSA]

5. If for some reason you're using this plugin _outside_ of the Concentric/XO shared hosting enviroment (assuming Apache) use the following .htaccess rules:

`<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>`
    `RewriteEngine On`
    `RewriteBase /`
    `RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f`
    `RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d`
    `RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?q=$1 [L,QSA]`
`</IfModule>`

Changelog
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### 1.0.5
10/18/2015 Readme update

### 1.0.4
10/18/2015 Compatibility update

### 1.0.3
02/28/2011 Minor description & support URL tweaks.

### 1.0.2
02/17/2011 Fixed broken author support links. Added a description about canonical redirection.

### 1.0.1
01/07/2011 Added detailed instructions for users downloading the file directly instead of through the wp-admin interface. Added htaccess file example.

### 1.0
Final Release - 12/16/2010 Merging of the required disable canonical redirection plugin by Mark Jaquith

### 0.6
Plugin Development - 12/06/2010 Script was wrapped into a WordPress Plugin for future proofing and ease of use contributed by Nick Schalk

### 0.5
Internal Release - 03/20/2010 Initial REQUEST_URI script written