在此服务器上找不到请求的 URL。 - php，wordpress

Question

I have the following folder structure on my local -

xampp\htdocs\wordpress\wp-content\themes\mdbblog

on my local and under this directory, have following files -

I activated mdblog theme from http://localhost/wordpress/wp-admin/ and able to access the index page of my site http://localhost/wordpress .

The problem is I am unable to href any other page from home page.Following is my code to access Gallery in the menu -

<li class="nav-item dropdown">
            <a class="nav-link dropdown-toggle" id="navbarDropdownMenuLink" data-toggle="dropdown"
              aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false">Gallery</a>
            <div class="dropdown-menu dropdown-primary" aria-labelledby="navbarDropdownMenuLink">
              <a class="nav-link" style="padding:5px 10px;" href="./clinic-gallery-page.php">Clinic </a>
              <a class="nav-link" style="padding:5px 10px;" href="patients-gallery-page.php">Patients</a>
            </div>
        </li>

When I click Clinic , I get following error -

I have no clue as what am I doing wrong here. I new to PHP and Wordpress. I also don't see any pages present under mdblog theme on admin. Is that expected? Any help is much appreciated.

Answer 1

Ok, sooo WordPress isn't exactly a file request type system.... WordPress will only resolve based on your db... Read te docs or ask more direct questions. I advise you:

1. Create a page. .. this pages will register a route (sortoff) on your db
2. Assign that page to your menu

Big warning. When you create a localhost page on development, this will be written like that on your db. When you take this to a production server, you will end up with some links as localhost and some as the domain. U will either always have to redirect, or before you upload your db to production, you can dump the sql, and do a find localhost and replace with your new domain on notepad ++

Unless you are creating your own theme. I wouldn't add files directly to your theme as it can be overwritten on an update. Create a plugin.