Title: Permalink – Custom Error Last modified: August 20, 2016 --- # Permalink – Custom Error * [rmiga](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rmiga/) * (@rmiga) * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-custom-error/) * I am just learning how to change the permalink to show the page name vs all those numbers. However, after I make the change, this is the message I get for each of my pages. * Not Found Apologies, but the page you requested could not be found. Perhaps searching will help. * So, under Permalinks I have added %postname% I have also tried /index.php/%postname%( just incase the Apache mod_rewrite is not on from the webserver – but I did contact web host to make sure this is on.) * Can you please tell me how to make my webpages reflect what is on that page vs. the default address. * For example: [http://brightoncrew.org/crew/registration](http://brightoncrew.org/crew/registration) instead of it saying [http://brightoncrew.org/crew/?p=123](http://brightoncrew.org/crew/?p=123) * If someone could explain in layman’s terms, I would appreciate it. This is my first website creation. Thank you in advance. (the “WordPress All In One for Dummies”seems to be my bible right now. Viewing 8 replies - 1 through 8 (of 8 total) * Thread Starter [rmiga](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rmiga/) * (@rmiga) * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-custom-error/#post-2217051) * PS after setting either of those customizations above, the address does show up with the name of the page on the end…but it says that the page cannot be found. * I just need to know how to get my content to show up. Thank you. * [tigtog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tigtoggmailcom/) * (@tigtoggmailcom) * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-custom-error/#post-2217057) * First, change back to the default permalink structure and hit Save, then you can start again. * Then, in the “Common Settings” section at the top, change them to either “Day and Name” or “Month and Name” – this will get your page slugs the way you want them, as the day/month will only show up on blog posts. * Once that’s working: you also need to edit the page slug on your About Us page, because it’s showing as `http://brightoncrew.org/crew/sample-page` instead of as `http://brightoncrew.org/crew/about-us`. * Thread Starter [rmiga](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rmiga/) * (@rmiga) * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-custom-error/#post-2217062) * Thank you tigtog. I followed your instructions and I still get the following message: * Not Found Apologies, but the page you requested could not be found. Perhaps searching will help. * I am working on a Mac. Do you think that makes a difference? * (I also have a help question in on how to get rid of that Message box at the end of several of my pages…it appears on some and not on others.) * Thank you again for the reply. I do appreciate your time. * [tigtog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tigtoggmailcom/) * (@tigtoggmailcom) * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-custom-error/#post-2217071) * I’m getting the pages just fine right now using the default permalink structure. I presume you reverted again. * It shouldn’t be anything to do with you being on a Mac. * Sometimes plugins that you’re using can conflict with modifying permalinks. Try deactivating all plugins and then trying to save the Permalink changes again. * > (I also have a help question in on how to get rid of that Message box at the > end of several of my pages…it appears on some and not on others.) * You mean the comments box? `Leave a reply`? – you’ve just got “Discussion” enabled on some of those pages but not on others. You can edit all your pages from the` Dashboard > Pages` area – select all, then choose `Bulk Actions > Edit > Apply`, then when the options box comes up you can look at the `Comments` checkbox and choose `Do Not Allow`. * [choccafe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/choccafe/) * (@choccafe) * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-custom-error/#post-2217100) * I am having the same problem. But none of the other options are working for me. I have disabled all pluggins and selected “month and name” and the page is still not coming up. But like the other person, the url is correct. i’m using the basic template that was installed with a fresh install. I am hosting at iPage. * Thread Starter [rmiga](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rmiga/) * (@rmiga) * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-custom-error/#post-2217120) * Yea, this did not work for me either. I have given up and will tackle it when I have more time. * However, the instructions to disable the Comments Box. Leave a Reply?…worked like a charm. I can’t believe I spent about 5 hours trying to figure that out. Thank you very very much tigtog! * [choccafe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/choccafe/) * (@choccafe) * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-custom-error/#post-2217210) * I was able to get it to work. I used the code that WP provided at the bottom of the permalinks page: * RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteRule ^index\. php$ – [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}!- d RewriteRule . /index.php [L] * I copied this exact code into a text editor. when you save it, you need to change the name to .htaccess because a text editor will automatically save as .htaccess. txt. I uploaded it to the root folder. After it was uploaded, I right-clicked on the the file and changed the permission to 755. I went to the permalinks page again and clicked on a different choice (any of the other choices) and hit save. I then added my custom permalink so it would have only the page name instead of date: /%catagory%/%postname%/ saved again and it worked. * Hopefully this will work for you also. * Thread Starter [rmiga](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rmiga/) * (@rmiga) * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-custom-error/#post-2217214) * Hi Chocafe, please forgive my ignorance. I am very green in the area of website development. * and where do I find the rewrite info? * What exactly are you typing into text editor? can you write out the code exactly how you would type it in so I can see what you are saying? * Would I need to do this for each page of my website or is it something that will“ take” and change all the page IDs? * Being a web-developer, you have more experience in “code” and other html language that I am learning as I go. Thank you in advance for your patience in helping me to understand. Viewing 8 replies - 1 through 8 (of 8 total) The topic ‘Permalink – Custom Error’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 8 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [rmiga](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rmiga/) * Last activity: [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-custom-error/#post-2217214) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics