Title: link issue
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# link issue

 *  Resolved [bluscale](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bluscale/)
 * (@bluscale)
 * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-issue-1/)
 * noob q. fresh install and some things aren’t working. if i click on say uncategorized,
   it takes me to a directory index with the url [http://localhost/wordpress/?cat=5](http://localhost/wordpress/?cat=5).
   from what i’ve been reading, it’s a permalink issue. can someone confirm or redirect
   me?

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 *  [CyberCobre](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cybercobre/)
 * (@cybercobre)
 * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-issue-1/#post-634551)
 * Um…localhost? That’s wrong. Did you do this install manually? If so, your config.
   php file needs some work. It should look like this:
 * <?php
    /** WordPress’s config file **/ /** [http://wordpress.org/](http://wordpress.org/)**/
 * // ** MySQL settings ** //
    define(‘WP_CACHE’, true); //Added by WP-Cache Manager
   define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘yourdatabasename’); // The name of the database define(‘DB_USER’,‘
   yourdatabaseusername’); // Your MySQL username define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ‘yourdatabasepassword’);//…
   and password define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘yourdatabasehostname’); // …and the server MySQL
   is running on
 * // Change the prefix if you want to have multiple blogs in a single database.
 * $table_prefix = ‘wp_’; // example: ‘wp_’ or ‘b2’ or ‘mylogin_’
 * // Change this to localize WordPress. A corresponding MO file for the
    // chosen
   language must be installed to wp-includes/languages. // For example, install 
   de.mo to wp-includes/languages and set WPLANG to ‘de’ // to enable German language
   support. define (‘WPLANG’, ”);
 * /* Stop editing */
 * $server = DB_HOST;
    $loginsql = DB_USER; $passsql = DB_PASSWORD; $base = DB_NAME;
 * define(‘ABSPATH’, dirname(__FILE__).’/’);
 * // Get everything else
    require_once(ABSPATH.’wp-settings.php’); ?>
 * If it doesn’t look like that, change the places where I typed in yourblahblahblah
   to your correct parameters.
 * MAKE SURE YOU DOWNLOAD AND UPLOAD IN FORCED ASCII
 *  Thread Starter [bluscale](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bluscale/)
 * (@bluscale)
 * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-issue-1/#post-634564)
 * Oh, I should have mentioned that I’m only doing this for fun, I said localhost
   so not to give out my IP address.
 * I made all those changes as necessary during installation. My posts are being
   saved and I am able to publish but my links in index.php aren’t working.
 *  Thread Starter [bluscale](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bluscale/)
 * (@bluscale)
 * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-issue-1/#post-634565)
 * To be honest, I’ve fulfilled my needs using wordpress. I can add and edit blogs
   and show them at a custom homepage. But all the other features aren’t working
   and I’d like to try them out.
 * All my links don’t go to a page, they do to the root directory where I placed
   wordpress. My URL’s all say http:…root/?variable=number as opposed to root/**
   some page**?variable=number. I’m I just way off base here?
 *  Thread Starter [bluscale](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bluscale/)
 * (@bluscale)
 * [18 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-issue-1/#post-634813)
 * Thanks for the help guys! //sarcasm
 *  Thread Starter [bluscale](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bluscale/)
 * (@bluscale)
 * [18 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-issue-1/#post-634814)
 * So, my main issue hasn’t been resolved. When I say my links don’t work, I mean
   they’re not functioning. A category is supposed to bring up all the post listed
   under it right? Well, I don’t get that. The URL looks fine and I can add posts
   and even edit them but for some reason, category links don’t produce anything
   besides a view of the root directory.
 *  Thread Starter [bluscale](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bluscale/)
 * (@bluscale)
 * [18 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-issue-1/#post-634815)
 * I guess I just had to set up permalinks. Thought it was optional.
 *  [shadow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shadow/)
 * (@shadow)
 * [18 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-issue-1/#post-634816)
 * Without seeing your site and having some understanding f what it is doing, it
   is difficult to help. We could take a lot of guesses, but that makes it pointless
   too.

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 * Last activity: [18 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-issue-1/#post-634816)
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