Permalinks

  • wordonwheels

    (@wordonwheels)


    11 years, 9 months ago

    trying to set the permalinks so the web site address displays the name of the page instead of a page number.

    in Permalinks i select post name, however it does not work, it makes all links point to page does not exist, error message,
    the /%postname%/
    i tried leaving it as /%postname%/
    i tried leaving it as /postname/
    ive tried leaving it as %postname%
    ive tried leaving it as postname
    ive tried leaving it as /%postname
    etc etc etc, but no matter how i select it, it always comes up with the same result, links do not work, it takes you to error page
    is there some other way to make the links work and have the URL show the page names in the URL using wordpress ?

    or is it not possible in wordpress ?

    Not Found

    The requested URL /forum was not found on this server.

    Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

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  • Senff – a11n

    (@senff)

    11 years, 9 months ago

    What if you select any of the other options in the Permalink settings? Month&Name, Numeric, etc.

    Check if this works: in the root of your web site, rename the file .htaccess to something like htaccess.txt..

    Then change the permalinks again, and verify that a new .htaccess file is being generated automatically. If not, there may be an issue with writing permissions, and the system may not have sufficient rights to create/edit the .htaccess file.

    Thread Starter wordonwheels

    (@wordonwheels)

    11 years, 9 months ago

    I don’t know what that htaccess thing is or where it is or anything about it

    Thread Starter wordonwheels

    (@wordonwheels)

    11 years, 9 months ago

    I selected the other options and it also does not work, only the default option is the working one, others leave you with error message and unable to access the web site page

    Senff – a11n

    (@senff)

    11 years, 9 months ago

    Can you login to your site using FTP? The .htaccess is a file that should be in the root of your site (in the same folder as readme.html, or wp-config.php).

    If you’re running the site on your local machine (and not on a webhost), make sure that the mod_rewrite module in Apache is enabled.

    Thread Starter wordonwheels

    (@wordonwheels)

    11 years, 9 months ago

    I wouldn’t know where to find them or where they are

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