Does Permalink Setting Affect Feed?

  • davidb52

    (@davidb52)


    16 years, 2 months ago

    I am using WordPress 2.9.2.
    I participate in a few online forums that include my blog feed under my poster info. Whenever I post in the forums, it includes a link to my latest blog post. It worked fine when I had left the Permalink setting to the default setting. However, I recently changed the Permalink setting to “Day and name”.

    Now the “Latest Blog Post” feed in my forum postings does not work.

    Does changing the Permalink setting in WordPress affect a blog’s (RSS) feed?

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  • esmi

    (@esmi)

    16 years, 2 months ago

    Only in terms of the post links that are generated in the feed.

    Thread Starter davidb52

    (@davidb52)

    16 years, 2 months ago

    Thanks, esmi.

    I just logged in to my account and re-read the “Permalink Settings” page.

    The second section is an “Optional” section:

    “If you like, you may enter custom structures for your category and tag URLs here. . . .”

    Then below the “Save Changes” button is the statement,

    “If your .htaccess file were writable, we could do this automatically, but it isn’t . . .”

    Previously, I had assumed this last statement applied only to “Optional” settings changes that might be made. However, now I am wondering if it applies to all settings changes (i.e. – my change from Default to Day-and-Name).

    Was I, indeed, required to edit the mod_rewrite rules in my .htaccess file for those changes to take effect?.

    David

    esmi

    (@esmi)

    16 years, 2 months ago

    Yes. You either need to edit the .htaccess file by hand or make it writeable so that WP can make the necessary changes.

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