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Help with Wordpress Categories

by NLDesignStudio
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For some reason my blog posts that are filed under my categories
are not showing up when I click on any of the categories in my nav bar.
I get a error 404 page.

However, when I click on any subcategories in my nav bar the post filed
underneath those subcategories show up just fine.

Does anyone know how to fix this? :confused:

Here is the link to my website:

My Free iPhone Now - iPhone News, Reviews, Tips, and More

Go there and click on "iPhone Apps" in the navigation bar. I have a post filed in that category, but as you can see, when you click on that iPhone Apps" category it doesn't show up a 404 page does.

Now hover over the "iPhone News" category and click on the subcategory
named "iPhone 4". You will see that the blog post filed underneath that
subcategory shows up just fine.
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  • Profile picture of the author rainman
    I am guessing you need go back to the post and make sure it is actually IN iphone-apps category before anything shows up...
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    • Profile picture of the author NLDesignStudio
      ^^^^^I already did that and it's there.
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  • Profile picture of the author SEOExpert999
    You need to Post a page in the Category Iphone-News and not just the sub-categories. I don't think you have a page in just that category iphone-news.
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    • Profile picture of the author NLDesignStudio
      ^^^^ I'll try this out. Does anything need to be on this page?
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  • Profile picture of the author scorpio9
    I think your permalink is not setup correctly, but I cant be certain without looking at your configuration.

    your permalink should be something like /%category%/%postname%/

    you should also install the plugin top-level-cats, it will get rid of the word /category/ you can see in your URLs.

    If your still having problems drop me a PM and I will help you

    Lee


    p.s. I just had a good look at your site, the permalink is working for another URL so I would bet you do not have a post in the /iphone-apps/ or /iphone 4/ categories. It wont work until you have at least one post in a category for it to be used, WordPress does not show empty categories (unless you force it to)

    Originally Posted by NLDesignStudio View Post

    For some reason my blog posts that are filed under my categories
    are not showing up when I click on any of the categories in my nav bar.
    I get a error 404 page.

    However, when I click on any subcategories in my nav bar the post filed
    underneath those subcategories show up just fine.

    Does anyone know how to fix this? :confused:

    Here is the link to my website:

    My Free iPhone Now - iPhone News, Reviews, Tips, and More

    Go there and click on "iPhone Apps" in the navigation bar. I have a post filed in that category, but as you can see, when you click on that iPhone Apps" category it doesn't show up a 404 page does.

    Now hover over the "iPhone News" category and click on the subcategory
    named "iPhone 4". You will see that the blog post filed underneath that
    subcategory shows up just fine.
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    • Profile picture of the author NLDesignStudio
      Originally Posted by scorpio9 View Post

      I think your permalink is not setup correctly, but I cant be certain without looking at your configuration.

      your permalink should be something like /%category%/%postname%/

      you should also install the plugin top-level-cats, it will get rid of the word /category/ you can see in your URLs.

      If your still having problems drop me a PM and I will help you

      Lee


      p.s. I just had a good look at your site, the permalink is working for another URL so I would bet you do not have a post in the /iphone-apps/ or /iphone 4/ categories. It wont work until you have at least one post in a category for it to be used, WordPress does not show empty categories (unless you force it to)
      Yup, I just changed the permalink to the code you gave me and it works fine. I also added the top-level-cats plugin, thank you.

      I do see another problem.

      I have a blog post that I filed under the subcategory named "iPhone 4" and only that category. When I go to click on the "iPhone 4" category my post does not show up?

      Any clues?
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      • Profile picture of the author scorpio9
        Can't see why it's not working because this link is working with the category/subcategory/, yet this link does not work and it is using same category/sub-category/. Something is not configured how you want it to work


        Lee


        Originally Posted by NLDesignStudio View Post

        Yup, I just changed the permalink to the code you gave me and it works fine. I also added the top-level-cats plugin, thank you.

        I do see another problem.

        I have a blog post that I filed under the subcategory named "iPhone 4" and only that category. When I go to click on the "iPhone 4" category my post does not show up?

        Any clues?
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        • Profile picture of the author Istvan Horvath
          Originally Posted by scorpio9 View Post

          Can't see why it's not working because this link is working with the category/subcategory/, yet this link does not work and it is using same category/sub-category/.
          Except those are two VERY different links:
          - one is a permalink to a single post view
          - the other is a category archive

          There could be zillion reasons why the cat archive doesn't work.
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          • Profile picture of the author NLDesignStudio
            Originally Posted by Istvan Horvath View Post


            There could be zillion reasons why the cat archive doesn't work.
            That's what I don't want to hear! lol!
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    • Profile picture of the author Istvan Horvath
      Originally Posted by NLDesignStudio View Post

      Go there and click on "iPhone Apps" in the navigation bar. I have a post filed in that category, but as you can see, when you click on that iPhone Apps" category it doesn't show up a 404 page does.

      Now hover over the "iPhone News" category and click on the subcategory
      named "iPhone 4". You will see that the blog post filed underneath that
      subcategory shows up just fine.
      The other way around: it displays the apps category but not the others!

      Originally Posted by SEOExpert999 View Post

      You need to Post a page in the Category Iphone-News and not just the sub-categories. I don't think you have a page in just that category iphone-news.
      Complete nonsense! Pages in WP don't have categories...

      Originally Posted by scorpio9 View Post

      your permalink should be something like /%category%/%postname%/
      Should? Maybe, could... there is no "mandatory" permalinks setting.

      Originally Posted by scorpio9 View Post

      you should also install the plugin top-level-cats, it will get rid of the word /category/ you can see in your URLs.
      It's a smarter and way more recommended (by WP devs) solution to change the default word "category" to something else.
      With 5-6 post it's not a big deal but with hundreds (or thousands of post) eliminating the /category/ tag will slow down your blog considerably.
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      • Profile picture of the author NLDesignStudio
        ^^^^Changes has been made since my first post.

        Do you have any solutions and what is the link to plugin your speaking of?
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  • Profile picture of the author Istvan Horvath
    I never recommended that plugin - on the contrary: I think it's a mistake using it.

    Not all plugins are great... some were born out of some specific needs of an individual and others are using it without understanding the consequences.

    I am a plugin minimalist and it works for me.

    Deactivating all the plugins and switching to the default theme - it should be the first step of troubleshooting. Then switch back on everything - one by one to see what's causing the problem.
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  • Profile picture of the author scorpio9
    there's probably only 1 reason why yours is not working! you just need to narrow it down
    Lee
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    • Profile picture of the author NLDesignStudio
      I've been trying to narrow this down all day. Anyone?
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