Wordpress Permalinks

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I have a website hosted with hostica where I decided to go the wordpress route (all my other websites are static pages created with Dreamweaver). Anyway, I'm having a real problem trying to change my permalink structure. The default "ugly" setting works fine (page_id=6 ), but I'd like the site to look more like a static site. NONE of the settings I've tried seem to work.

I've tried:
/%year%/%monthnum%/%postname%/

/%postname%/

and /%postname%.html (this was suggested and would be ideal) but nothing works except the default.

Their forum seems to have nothing on it. Anybody using this host and had any luck fixing this problem, or any suggestions at all?
#search engine optimization #permalinks #wordpress
  • When you say it doesn't work, what does that mean?

    Does it give you an error?

    Or do you mean the links don't work? (Leads to a 404 error)

    One suggestion is to make sure that your .htaccess file is writable - if it's not, your permalinks change won't be recorded by Wordpress.
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    • When you are using WordPress you change your permalinks right inside your dashboard. In you left hand sidebar go down to Settings - permalinks and select custom structure, enter /%postname%/.I saw a Google video where Matt Cutts talks about Permalinks in WordPress. His personal site had /%postname%/ - You can find the video on YouTube.

      Be sure to hit the save button when you are done.
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  • If google already index your pages with old permalinks, of course google will not point to correct permalinks, until reindex your pages again.
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    Wordpress Permalinks

    I have a website hosted with hostica where I decided to go the wordpress route (all my other websites are static pages created with Dreamweaver). Anyway, I'm having a real problem trying to change my permalink structure. The default "ugly" setting works fine (page_id=6 ), but I'd like the site to look more like a static site. NONE of the settings I've tried seem to work. I've tried: