Changing the Permalinks

  • Matt25

    (@matt25)


    17 years, 3 months ago

    I Have just installed WP 2.7 onto my local server and I am trying to change the permalinks to just ‘/%postname%/’ which is causing a few problems.

    So I changes the permalink to ‘/%postname%/’ in the custom field and It said ‘Permalink structure updated’ then I find when I try to go to the about page it says
    ‘The requested URL /wordpress_test/about/ was not found on this server.’
    If I create a post, it comes up on the homepage fine but if i click on the title it says the same thing above but with the post URL.

    Why is this happening and how do I fix it?
    Matt

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  • Samuel B

    (@samboll)

    17 years, 3 months ago

    review this
    http://codex.ww.wp.xz.cn/Using_Permalinks#Using_only_.25postname.25

    Thread Starter Matt25

    (@matt25)

    17 years, 3 months ago

    I know, I have read that but at the moment, I can’t even change it to any of the other preset options in the permalink options. I have tried updating the ‘httpd.config’ and updated the directory so it displays:
    <Directory />
    Options FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride All
    </Directory>

    rather than: AllowOverride none

    But it still doesn’t work

    How do you change the permissions on the file on a WAMP local server? I’m not sure what the htaccess files permissions are at the moment or how to change them.
    Thanks

    jo-jordan

    (@jo-jordan)

    16 years, 11 months ago

    I think I have the same problem as Matt25.

    I have WAMP running fine – I’ve used it for a while for local wikis.

    I’ve downloaded wordpress into a directory http://wamp/www/nameofblog/ . .

    The install of wordpress went painlessly and I can post fine . . . provided I keep the default permalink.

    As soon as I use a permalink (and I’ve tried several variations), then searches for categories and requests to display a single post return an error – File not found.

    I have reviewed the link given samboll but those variations don’t work.

    I have set the permission for the directory listed about and all folders beneath as ‘allow everything and anything).

    Can you point me in the right direction?

    Thanks Jo

    jo-jordan

    (@jo-jordan)

    16 years, 11 months ago

    I think I have figured out how to get my dummy working without permalinks.

    The next question might be obvious to you but isn’t when you’ve spent 2 days going in circles – when I move the blog to a public server, will I be able to get permalinks working?

    And the next is a plea for the documentation. If permalinks don’t work in Windows/Wamp – why not just say so in plain language>

    Windows/Wamp. Permalinks do not work.

    If this conclusion is not true, will be so happy to correct myself.

    Will I be able to make permalinks work eventually?

    thedayofgames

    (@thedayofgames)

    16 years, 6 months ago

    Any solution?

    My Default works. The other options all say “Permalink structure updated.” but then they all blow up as you have described.

    What was the solution??

    thedayofgames

    (@thedayofgames)

    16 years, 6 months ago

    Fixed –

    Modify the Permalink code to “Custom” and add /index.php/ to the front

    —————————————————————-
    If this isn’t an option, you can try PATHINFO permalinks; put index.php/ at the start of your custom permalink structure:

    /index.php/%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/
    ——————————————————————–

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