Title: Permalink problem not solved by usual methods
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Permalink problem not solved by usual methods

 *  Resolved [nalybuites](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nalybuites/)
 * (@nalybuites)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problem-not-solved-by-usual-methods/)
 * I have a new WordPress 2.8 blog running on my local server (sitting in the same
   room as me). Using ugly permalinks, all pages are accessible. However, when I
   change the permalink structure to anything else, I receive Apache2 404 errors.
 * My .htaccess file looks as follows:
 *     ```
       Options +FollowSymLinks
       <Directory /var/www/blog>
               AllowOverride Options
       </Directory>
       # BEGIN WordPress
       <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
               RewriteEngine On
               RewriteBase /blog/
               RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
               RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
               RewriteRule . /blog/index.php [L]
       </IfModule>
       # END WordPress
       ```
   
 * Both WebSVN and phpMyAdmin are accessible from [http://domain.com/websvn](http://domain.com/websvn)
   and [http://domain.com/phpmyadmin](http://domain.com/phpmyadmin), respectively.
 * I have tried all suggested fixed on the forums, including:
    - Adding custom category and tag permalink structures
    - Adding FollowSymLinks and AllowOverride All
    - Etc.
 * Does anybody have any other suggestions?

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 *  Thread Starter [nalybuites](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nalybuites/)
 * (@nalybuites)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problem-not-solved-by-usual-methods/#post-1133391)
 * I have also attempted to remove any Aliases (e.g., phpmyadmin and websvn mentioned
   above) in order to remove any conflicts. I even removed phpMyAdmin completely,
   but to no avail.
 *  Thread Starter [nalybuites](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nalybuites/)
 * (@nalybuites)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problem-not-solved-by-usual-methods/#post-1133571)
 * I figured it out. After performing a full reinstall of Ubuntu Server Edition (
   I have been meaning to anyways), permalinks still didn’t work. For whatever reason,
   Apache2 wasn’t picking/processing the .htaccess file. I added the following lines
   to the apache2.conf file in /etc/apache2:
 *     ```
       # Include the .htaccess file for WordPress
       Include /var/www/wordpress/.htaccess
       ```
   
 * Once I restarted Apache, it processed the rewite rules and everything works fine!
 *  Thread Starter [nalybuites](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nalybuites/)
 * (@nalybuites)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problem-not-solved-by-usual-methods/#post-1133572)
 * P.S. That last post only makes sense if I tell you that I changed the directory
   from /var/www/blog to /var/www/wordpress

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## Tags

 * [apache](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/apache/)
 * [htaccess](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/htaccess/)
 * [permalinks](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/permalinks/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 3 replies
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 * Last reply from: [nalybuites](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nalybuites/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problem-not-solved-by-usual-methods/#post-1133572)
 * Status: resolved

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