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    Hello Modx community. I am a web designer creating my first Modx template.
    I am having a lot of difficulty getting the wayfinder to work in the way I need.
    I am working on my local machine.

    I have used the basic call: [[Wayfinder? &startId=`0` &level=`1’]]
    to get the main navigation to work. None of the links work.
    i have five parent sections: About, Books ,Awards, Media, Authors.
    I replaced the hardcoded chunk:
    <div id="nav">
    <ul>
    <li class="li_1"><a href="about.html">about</a></li>
    <li class="li_2"><a href="books.html">books</a></li>

    <li class="li_3"><a href="awards.html">awards</a></li>
    <li class="li_4"><a href="resources.html">media</a></li>
    <li class="li_5"><a href="authors.html">authors &amp; illustrators</a></li>
    </ul>


    with a wayfinder code:

    [[Wayfinder? &startId=`0` &level=`1’]]


    the address displayed for is http://127.0.0.1/modx-1.0.2/about.html. And the site says
    “The requested URL /modx-1.0.2/about.html was not found on this server.”
    The file manger path is set to C:/Program Files/wamp/www/modx-1.0.2/

    Can you tell me where I should look/what I need to fix to get the pages to display?
    I am used to hard coding (absolute links).
    Right now the only way I can see the new pages is to paste the url in the page and change the id .
    (ie http://127.0.0.1/modx-1.0.2/index.php?id=7)


    thank you
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      Did you edit the ht.access file in your installation root to change the RewriteBase to /modx-1.0.2 then rename the ht.access file to .htaccess? If so, are you sure that your WAMP installation has mod_rewrite enabled?
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          Hi sharkbait. Sorry about the double post. Something went wrong when I was previewing the post
          and when I tired to delete the first post i got the message:"you are not allowed to delete your own posts". Then I was stuck. If you have any advice for next time (deleting a post) please let me know. I’d like to have good standing on this list.

          The tips by Susan and Mary have helped out.
          thank you,
          ~ Lisa