Title: Permalinks not functioning properly
Last modified: August 18, 2016
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# Permalinks not functioning properly
* [affiliatetip](https://wordpress.org/support/users/affiliatetip/)
* (@affiliatetip)
* [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-not-functioning-properly/)
* I just moved from MT to WordPress and I was hoping to change the naming convention
of the files from the default ([http://blog.affiliatetip.com/?p=1249](http://blog.affiliatetip.com/?p=1249))
to a version that paralleled what I was doing on MT to make the redirect work(
[http://blog.affiliatetip.com/archives/ask-shawn-collins-affiliate-efficiency-tools/](http://blog.affiliatetip.com/archives/ask-shawn-collins-affiliate-efficiency-tools/)).
* I made this change in Options > Permalinks to use this: /archives/%postname%/
* But the files still exist at the default link type and the urls with the post
title in them are pitching 404 errors.
However, those links are showing up in
the blog when you click a post title or the links to the latest posts.
* Anybody know how I can make it happen so that the files are living in the /archives
folder with the format of the post title?
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* [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
* (@samboll)
* [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-not-functioning-properly/#post-528888)
* That should work. Are you getting the confirmation dialog that they are updating?
Also, remember from your dashboard, to update them, you must have the .htaccess
CHMOD 666.
* [scorched](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scorched/)
* (@scorched)
* [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-not-functioning-properly/#post-528896)
* hi, this sounds like exactly the same issue i’ve been having.
- root of site is managed by wp2.1 as per [giving WP its own dir](http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory)
- permalinks work fine in this context for pages & entries
* however as soon as the permalink setup is changed to _any_ other format, all
goes pear-shaped.
* i’ve searched a lot on the forums and seen a huge # of issues related to this
but nobody seems to have managed to get to the bottom of it.
* my system is
- OpenBSD 4.0
- default chrooted apache + mod_rewrite + mod_webdav
- blog is installed in /var/www/wordpress/ and softlinked from /var/www/htdocs/
wordpress/
- php5-hardened modules
- wp 2.1 fresh from svn “a few days ago”
* ```
/var/www/htdocs $ cat .htaccess
# BEGIN WordPress
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
# END WordPress
```
* I’ve left my [blog](http://muse.net.nz/) with the faulty settings at present
so you can take a look & see what is currently failing.
* the desired settings were
- custom prefix for categories -> /tags
- custom permalink structure -> /archives/%postname%
* cheers, scorch
* Thread Starter [affiliatetip](https://wordpress.org/support/users/affiliatetip/)
* (@affiliatetip)
* [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-not-functioning-properly/#post-528900)
* When I update, I get the message: You should update your .htaccess now.
* Towards the bottom, it reads:
* If your .htaccess file were writable, we could do this automatically, but it
isn’t so these are the mod_rewrite rules you should have in your .htaccess file.
Click in the field and press CTRL + a to select all.
* And then there is the code for the .htaccess file. I’ve added it and FTP’d over.
* The code:
* ```
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
```
* Also, I’ve changed chmod to 666 (it was previously 644).
* Still getting 404 errors for the links.
* [benbarber](https://wordpress.org/support/users/benbarber/)
* (@benbarber)
* [19 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-not-functioning-properly/#post-529097)
* I am having the same problem, I am running the latest version 2.1.2 and want
my permalinks as:
* /journal/%category%/%postname%/
* But this is not working for me I get a 404 error when I follow a url.
* /%category%/%postname%/ works fine though?
* [benbarber](https://wordpress.org/support/users/benbarber/)
* (@benbarber)
* [19 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-not-functioning-properly/#post-529108)
* Solved it!
* The error was caused by me having /journal also set as the category base, which
is the option below the Custom permalink structure settings.
* so I now have my permalinks as:
* /journal/%category%/%postname%/
* and my category base:
* /archives/
* Works like a charm!
* [daftska](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daftska/)
* (@daftska)
* [19 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-not-functioning-properly/#post-529121)
* I found the answer for OpenBSD 4.0.
* edit your httpd.conf file in /var/www/conf/ to have
“AllowOverride All” instead
of “AllowOverride None”
* AllowOverride None means that no .htaccess file can actually do anything. There
are other options for AllowOverride, but I enjoy doing lots of .htaccess edits,
so I put it to all.
* Hope that fixes your problem!
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