Title: Overlapping permalink and folder name
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Overlapping permalink and folder name

 *  [subirghosh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/subirghosh/)
 * (@subirghosh)
 * [18 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/overlapping-permalink-and-folder-name/)
 * For logistical reasons, I have to try something like this:
 * i) Create a category called sitetrack. This would be an overview.
    ii) So category
   permalink would be: [http://www.domain.com/sitetrack/](http://www.domain.com/sitetrack/)
 * Next I want to set up a separate installation in folder called sitetrack.
 * So, the new installation would be at [http://www.domain.com/sitetrack/](http://www.domain.com/sitetrack/)
   as well. Content of this instllation would be out of the main installation.
 * I wanna know what kind of problems can it create?
 * What overrides what? Does a mod_rewrite rule for permalink override a folder 
   name?

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 *  [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/)
 * (@whooami)
 * [18 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/overlapping-permalink-and-folder-name/#post-597455)
 * you cant do that..it wont work
 *  [ochiba](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ochiba/)
 * (@ochiba)
 * [18 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/overlapping-permalink-and-folder-name/#post-597458)
 * There are lines for mod_rewrite in your .htaccess file which go like this:
 * RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
 * the -f one tests if the path is a file, and the -d tests if it is a directory.
   So a folder name will override a permalink
 *  [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/)
 * (@whooami)
 * [18 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/overlapping-permalink-and-folder-name/#post-597459)
 * still a bad idea, especially on a nix server 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [subirghosh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/subirghosh/)
 * (@subirghosh)
 * [18 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/overlapping-permalink-and-folder-name/#post-597467)
 * there is always no harm in trying. one can always give it a shot and see what
   happens. catchline being: NO HARM.
 * ochiba: that is what i wanted to know actually: what OVERRIDES what. since foldername
   will override permalink, i can try to find a different way of managing filenames
   🙂
 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [18 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/overlapping-permalink-and-folder-name/#post-597471)
 * First of all: a category permalink should be: example.com/category/sidetrack –
   you can replace the word “category” with something else, but omitting it will
   make your life even more compliacted and on the long run is a call for disaster…

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