Title: Validating and Pretty Permalinks Problems
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Validating and Pretty Permalinks Problems

 *  [shutterbug1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shutterbug1/)
 * (@shutterbug1)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validating-and-pretty-permalinks-problems/)
 * [http://ceconn.com](http://ceconn.com)
    [http://fotoblog.ceconn.com](http://fotoblog.ceconn.com)
   [http://canwetalk.ceconn.com](http://canwetalk.ceconn.com) [http://food911.ceconn.com](http://food911.ceconn.com)
 * **Validating dynamic websites**
    This is so basic, I’m afraid to post it. But
   I sure need help. When I try to validate, I get a list of errors and line numbers
   where those errors exist. How do I make the corrections? I don’t have anything
   with line numbers listed. I have a validator program – CSE HTML validator, to
   be exact. So, what I’ve been doing is going to my website/view/source, copying
   and dropping into my validator. That’s fine but then what? How do I know what.
   php file needs correcting. I hope I’m making sense.
 * **Problem With Prettifying Permalinks**
    I try to create pretty permalinks in
   my blogs, but when I test it, that is, clicking on the links to see what shows
   up on the address bar, it jumps to my main website and I get the following message“
   404 – The server cannot find it” etc. but the address bar has the pretty permalink
   address.
 * So far, I’ve only updated fotoblog to 2.5. The others are all 2.3. Makes no difference,
   though, since I get the same problem with all of them.
 * I used to have my main site ceconn.com in static html which I wrote myself. I
   didn’t like it anymore so I changed it to dynamic and used a WordPress theme 
   for my site. Could that be the problem? If so, how can I correct it?

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 *  [onthenetdollars](https://wordpress.org/support/users/onthenetdollars/)
 * (@onthenetdollars)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validating-and-pretty-permalinks-problems/#post-733695)
 * when you change the permalink structure to a ‘pretty’ one you need to ensure 
   that your .htaccess file (this should be in the folder on your server where your
   blog resides) is updated to reflect the changes. when you change the permalink
   structure most of the time there is no .htaccess file or it is not writeable 
   on the server.
 * if you do not have a .htaccess file you can create on by opening a text document
   and saving it blank as .htacces and then uploading it to your server to the folder
   where your blog resides.
 * change the permissions of the .htacces file to 777
 * then change the permalink to what you want and update (if it is already set to
   your choice change it to something else, update and then change it back and update
   it again)
 * change the permissions of the .htacces file back to 644
 * you should be good to go
 * hope this helps 🙂
 *  Moderator [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/)
 * (@otto42)
 * WordPress.org Admin
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validating-and-pretty-permalinks-problems/#post-733698)
 * > _How do I know what .php file needs correcting._
 * You have to know how to design and edit themes and how themes work, basically.
   For example, if the error is in the post content, then the error is in the post
   itself. But if the error is in the sidebar, then you’d want to look at the theme’s
   sidebar.php.
 * Basically, you look at the place that is generating the code that has the problem.

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 * Last reply from: [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/)
 * Last activity: [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validating-and-pretty-permalinks-problems/#post-733698)
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