Title: pretty permalink issue
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# pretty permalink issue

 *  [jarvo1980](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jarvo1980/)
 * (@jarvo1980)
 * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pretty-permalink-issue/)
 * Hi All,
 * I hope someone can help. I’m having trouble getting my pretty links to work in
   wp.
 * I’m running apache (2.0.63) & php (5.2.13) on a windows XP pro PC at the mo whilst
   I develop the site.
 * All my posts are within:
    category/category/post
 * for example:
    section/sub section/post name
 * So I’ve set my custom structure as:
    /%category%/%postname%/
 * Mod rewrite is enabled. Within localhost, I’m running my install within the wordpress
   dir:
    [http://localhost/wordpress/](http://localhost/wordpress/)
 * My .htaccess file is as follows;
 *     ```
       # BEGIN WordPress
       <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
       RewriteEngine On
       RewriteBase /wordpress/
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
       RewriteRule . /wordpress/index.php [L]
       </IfModule>
       # END WordPress
       ```
   
 * I can see the links have changed, however, when I click the link I get a HTTP
   404 Not Found page.
 * Where the heck am I going wrong?
 * Many thanks in advanced

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 *  Thread Starter [jarvo1980](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jarvo1980/)
 * (@jarvo1980)
 * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pretty-permalink-issue/#post-1463205)
 * Sorted, Thanks to this post:
 * [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/286833?replies=31](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/286833?replies=31)
 * Reply by:
    levani01
 * Which said:
 * > **I found a solution to this problem. mod_rewrite should be enabled in apache
   > configuration but that isn’t enough if php and apache are install separately**
   > # AllowOverride controls what directives may be placed in .htaccess files.
   > #
   > It can be “All”, “None”, or any combination of the keywords: # Options FileInfo
   > AuthConfig Limit # AllowOverride None
   > should be changed with:
   > # AllowOverride controls what directives may be placed in .htaccess files.
   > #
   > It can be “All”, “None”, or any combination of the keywords: # Options FileInfo
   > AuthConfig Limit # AllowOverride All
   > and don’t forget to restart apache!
 *  Thread Starter [jarvo1980](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jarvo1980/)
 * (@jarvo1980)
 * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pretty-permalink-issue/#post-1463206)
 * Spoke too soon. Having fixed the post links, the pages now won’t work as it’s
   looking for the cat/sub cat/ page id
 * Is this a tweak to the .htaccess file?

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 * Last activity: [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pretty-permalink-issue/#post-1463206)
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