Permalink issue with this structure: /?tegory%/%postname%/

  • Resolved 794456

    16 years, 4 months ago

    Hello!

    I read the other support tickets about the index.php bug, and that doesn’t seem to apply here. Removing index.php knocked out my site, so I put it back in. Under WP’s setting for permalinks, the fields are filled with:

    Custom base: /category
    Tag base: /tag

    I need to use the custom structure: /%category%/%postname%/ for SEO purposes, so I need to make this work.

    Right now, when clicking on these pretty permalinks, the server can’t find them. This is true for posts, comments, and pages.

    The How-to at https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Permalinks is not helpful for newbies. Any advice?

    Here’s the host server info from whois:
    Server Type: Apache/2.2.4 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.2.4 OpenSSL/0.9.7l DAV/2 PHP/5.2.3

    Thanks for your time!

    Suzanne

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  • Try taking the slashes out and just put in words for the bases.

    I.e.

    Custom base: category
    Tag base: tag

    Thread Starter 794456

    Thanks Minusonebit.

    Once I removed the slashes and saved the update, WP put them right back in. That seems to be the default setting with the /

    Thanks anayway ??

    Suzanne

    Thread Starter 794456

    Woohoo! Fixed it.

    Prob: Custom permalinks not working

    Solution: Allow WP to write rules into the .htaccess file in the blog’s root directory

    New prob: .htaccess is a hidden file
    New solution: Use ftp client and select view invisible/hidden files

    .htaccess is now visible.

    Right click (or ctrl click on Mac) on .htaccess

    Choose Get Info

    Select “Write” under group

    Change octal to 666 for Unix servers

    Went back to Settings –> Permalinks

    Chose my custom structure

    Click Update

    View Site

    Test pretty permalinks

    They worked!

    Hope this helps someone.

    Thread Starter 794456

    REVISION: octal 666 NOT a good idea for security reasons, so make sure to uncheck world: write after WP does its thing to the .htaccess file.

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