Title: 's Replies | WordPress.org --- # wordpressbear [ ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordpressbear/) * [Profile](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordpressbear/) * [Topics Started](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordpressbear/topics/) * [Replies Created](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordpressbear/replies/) * [Reviews Written](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordpressbear/reviews/) * [Topics Replied To](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordpressbear/replied-to/) * [Engagements](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordpressbear/engagements/) * [Favorites](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordpressbear/favorites/) Search replies: ## Forum Replies Created Viewing 12 replies - 1 through 12 (of 12 total) * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Need Help with Permalinks & Categories](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-help-with-permalinks-038-categories/) * Thread Starter [wordpressbear](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordpressbear/) * (@wordpressbear) * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-help-with-permalinks-038-categories/#post-974848) * OK, I’m a little more confused and less confused at the same time. I just gained some new insights into categories and tags that made me realize I may not need to fiddle with the URL’s after all. But, judging from your comments, URL’s that reflect categories may play an important role in archives posts, right? * Under Edit Posts on my Admin page, I see how I can organize posts by category, then view the tags for each post. Will my visitors have a similar ability to organize posts by both category and tag, even if the category isn’t reflected in the URL? * I’ll have to read up on archived posts and learn how visitors sort through them. * Thanks. * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Need Advice Re: New Installation](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-advice-re-new-installation/) * Thread Starter [wordpressbear](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordpressbear/) * (@wordpressbear) * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-advice-re-new-installation/#post-974817) * Thanks for the tips. They helped clarify things for me. * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Emergency Uninstallation](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/emergency-uninstallation/) * Thread Starter [wordpressbear](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordpressbear/) * (@wordpressbear) * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/emergency-uninstallation/#post-974802) * I was able to delete my database via my C-Panel. Thanks for the tip. * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Downloading WordPress Site with Dreamweaver](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/downloading-wordpress-site-with-dreamweaver/) * Thread Starter [wordpressbear](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordpressbear/) * (@wordpressbear) * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/downloading-wordpress-site-with-dreamweaver/#post-955538) * Thanks. I believe FileZilla is PC only, and I’m on a Mac. I’ll probably purchase Transmit, though I’m kind of pinching pennies at the moment. I’ll check out those links, though. * Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/) In reply to: [Reinstalling in New Directory](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reinstalling-in-new-directory/) * Thread Starter [wordpressbear](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordpressbear/) * (@wordpressbear) * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reinstalling-in-new-directory/#post-955536) * Thanks, I’ll check out those links. * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Home Page Wiped Out WordPress?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/home-page-wiped-out-wordpress/) * Thread Starter [wordpressbear](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordpressbear/) * (@wordpressbear) * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/home-page-wiped-out-wordpress/#post-955519) * Thanks. As an example, could I create a WordPress template that would essentially duplicate the page at [http://www.geosymbols.org/World?](http://www.geosymbols.org/World?) In other words, could I make it look almost exactly the same and include the same PHP includes and JavaScript functions? * Thanks. * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Home Page Wiped Out WordPress?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/home-page-wiped-out-wordpress/) * Thread Starter [wordpressbear](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordpressbear/) * (@wordpressbear) * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/home-page-wiped-out-wordpress/#post-955487) * Cool; that fixed it. * As an experiment, I tried publishing my local world/index.php page online…after I created the category world. But it won’t publish, so it appears that WordPress blocks publishing when it might override a category home page? * However, I was able to publish another static page that doesn’t coincide with a category. * Anyway, it appears that WordPress is generally incomptabile with static pages. So I assume the way to create a new page, in any section, is to simply make a post, then modify the URL and tweak the code, if I want to alter the appearance or function – right? * Thanks. * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Need help with Pretty Permalinks](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-help-with-pretty-permalinks/) * Thread Starter [wordpressbear](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordpressbear/) * (@wordpressbear) * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-help-with-pretty-permalinks/#post-954924) * Please ignore this post; I just solved the .htaccess problem, and I’m going to start a new thread to address the other issue. * Thanks. * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Need help with Pretty Permalinks](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-help-with-pretty-permalinks/) * Thread Starter [wordpressbear](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordpressbear/) * (@wordpressbear) * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-help-with-pretty-permalinks/#post-954887) * I’m getting closer. I changed Custom Structure to this: * /%category%/%postname% * And the URL correctly defaults to MySite/world/spain…however, I get the following error message in lieu of my post: * > Not Found > The requested URL /world/spain was not found on this server. > Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an > ErrorDocument to handle the request. > Apache/1.3.34 Server at [http://www.great-depression2.com](http://www.great-depression2.com) > Port 80 * Also, I get a message advising me to update my .htaccess file…but update it to what? * Finally, is there a way to modify it so that instead of displaying at MySite/ world/spain, it displays at MySite/World/Spain? For an article in the Topics Category, all words would be capitalized… * MySite/Topics/Global_Economy * Thanks. * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Need help with Pretty Permalinks](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-help-with-pretty-permalinks/) * Thread Starter [wordpressbear](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordpressbear/) * (@wordpressbear) * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-help-with-pretty-permalinks/#post-954875) * In my latest experiment, I created an .htaccess file with the following code: * # GREAT DEPRESSION RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteCond%{ REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . /index. php [L] * On the Permalinks page, I set Common Settings > Custom Structure = /%Category% * Under Optional, I set Category Base and Tag Base both to equal World. Of course, this can’t be right, because it would work for the World section only, not Topics or Blog. But I decided to give it a try. * Now when I click on a link to one my posts, it defaults to this non-working URL: * [http://www.great-depression2.com/%Category%](http://www.great-depression2.com/%Category%) * I need to replace %Category% with World/Spain. And if the post was in my Topics section, it would be replaced by Topics/[Post Title]. If it was in the Blog section, the complete URL would be [http://www.MySite.com/Blog/08-02-2009](http://www.MySite.com/Blog/08-02-2009) * Can anyone direct me to step-by-step instructions for doing this? I’ve found some resources on the Internet, but none of them work for me. * Thanks. * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Need help with Pretty Permalinks](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-help-with-pretty-permalinks/) * Thread Starter [wordpressbear](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordpressbear/) * (@wordpressbear) * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-help-with-pretty-permalinks/#post-954842) * I just discovered the PermaLinks page…but I haven’t figured it out. I keyed in on this section… * > If you like, you may enter custom structures for your category and tag URLs > here. For example, using topics as your category base would make your category > links like [http://example.org/topics/uncategorized/](http://example.org/topics/uncategorized/). > If you leave these blank the defaults will be used. * I chose “World” for both Category base and Tag base… * Category base = World Tag base = World * But when I checked an article I posted in the World category, I discovered that the link remained unchanged. I made a new post, again checking the World category, and it displays at [http://www.great-depression2.com/?p=6](http://www.great-depression2.com/?p=6), not at MySite/World/Spain * Any tips? Thanks. * Forum: [Everything else WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/miscellaneous/) In reply to: [Converting CMS to WordPress (Newbie)](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/converting-cms-to-wordpress-newbie/) * Thread Starter [wordpressbear](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordpressbear/) * (@wordpressbear) * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/converting-cms-to-wordpress-newbie/#post-954823) * Thanks. * I just discovered that WordPress created a site home page, replacing the home page that I temporarily deleted to fix a problem. I’m thinking of either replacing that page with my original home page or styling it to resemble the original, perhaps retaining some WordPress features. * Next, I’ll tentatively create three new categories and three static pages to match… * MySite/World MySite/Topics MySite/News * I’ll then style my URL’s (pretty links) to look like this: * MySite/World/Japan MySite/Topics/Economy MySite/News/02-12-09 (or however WordPress inserts dates) * Finally, I’ll try and configure it so that pages in each section display particular WordPress features. For example, I might include a Blogroll on MySite/News (the home page and perhaps child pages as well) but not on MySite/World. * Thanks again for the tips. Viewing 12 replies - 1 through 12 (of 12 total)