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James Huff
(@macmanx)
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You haven’t said what your problem is yet, nor have you said what version of WP you’re using. Either way, read through this: http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks
I’m sorry for the bad explanation, guess it was a panic-attack… I’ve read the website you referred, but still had some problems…
My problem seems to be the basic understanding on how to set up and work with the permalinks and the permalink structure!
I see the structure explained, but have problems understanding the logic! The /archives/ always seem to be the start of the permalink – is this just a name providing the permalink, or is this a post-installation generated folder?
Before even getting to this problem I have some problems understanding how to set up the .htaccess including the correct permalink structure…
As I said, I am a total dork about this, and I understand if my stupidy seem endless, but still, I’d love to get this working 🙂
Thanks for quick response, macmanx, hope my problems are somewhat clearer now?! 🙂
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James Huff
(@macmanx)
Volunteer Moderator
You don’t need to create the /archives/ folder. Technically, it doesn’t exist, but helps to get the permalinks going.
1. Login to your admin interface and go to Options/Permalinks
2. In the field labeled “Use the template tags above to create a virtual site structure:”, enter:
/archives/%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/
3. Hit “Update Permalink Structure”.
4a. If you’re using WP v1.5gamma (only recommended for experienced users), the .htaccess file has all ready been created for you, with the proper mod_rewrite code. IOW, you’re done.
4b. If you’re using WP v1.2.2, you will notice some new text output in the field towards the bottom, labeled “Using the permalink structure value you currently have, /archives/%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/, these are the mod_rewrite rules you should have in your .htaccess file. Click in the field and press CTRL + a to select all.” Copy that text output and paste it into a plain text editor. Save that file as “htaccess”, upload it to your WordPress directory (where index.php, wp-layout.php, wp-comments.php, etc are located), and add a dot in front of the file name (thus making it “.htaccess”). If you know how to do CHMOD settings, make sure that CHMOD value of .htaccess is 644. If don’t know how to do CHMOD settings, don’t worry about it. Ok, now you’re done. ^_-
If you need a plain text editor, see this list: http://codex.wordpress.org/Glossary#Text_editor
Lovely!
You made the setup easier than I could imagine! Thanks a lot, man!
Still one question, if you don’t mind; I was wondering about static pages, not the WordPress generated blogsites… If I would like to have a page of my site called profile, I think the permalink structure should be something like http://www.mysite.com/profile …
Does this require an extra mod_rewrite section, where the only attribute in the permalink is the %postname, or is there any way smarter to fix that?
Really appreciate the response, thanx again!!
Marius
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James Huff
(@macmanx)
Volunteer Moderator
You’re out my league on that one. I’d do it just the basic way, with an index.html (or index.php) in a /profile/ directory.
Okay… surely think that’s the easier way of making the static pages, but think it would be easier to make the javascript css-switcher work on all pages if they all were generated into the wordpress link structure system…
Anyways, thanks for great help, mac!! I’ll link u up on my blogg as it’s finished 🙂
If anyone can answer the question in my previous post within this thread, I’d be happy 🙂
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James Huff
(@macmanx)
Volunteer Moderator
Well, if you want to make your WordPress pages static, read this: http://tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/static/
If you want to make additional pages, like profile, that’s a feature in the upcoming v1.5 release.
sonneveld, I have something similar working on my site, up on the aboot section. I’m running version 1.5, and this does all the mod_rewriting stuff for you – as long as you set the .htaccess file to world-writeable (chmod 666) so WordPress can update it correctly.
This was causing me problems at first as my static pages didn’t seem to be working (particularly nested pages), but after setting that writeable it’s worked like a dream.
Ive not used earlier versions of WordPress but from what macmanx says you may need to copy & paste then upload the .htaccess code yourself. If that’s the case maybe you just need to do it again after you’ve added each page? As I say, I don’t know – but try it!
Here’s the permalink mod_rewrite rule used for my page. Looks pretty straightforward…
RewriteRule ^aboot/?$ /index.php?pagename=aboot [QSA,L]
Once again, thank you all for quick and relevant response! I’ll try the different stuff out, and see if maybe this can solve some of my problems! Luuvly stuff!
