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1. scobb99
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I have written by blog for years with page numbers like this:
   http://cobbsblog.com/blog/?p=611

   But people said I should change it so the link was more descriptive. So I changed the Permalinks setting to:

   /%postname%/

   But now when Google tells someone to go to:
   http://cobbsblog.com/blog/?p=611

   they are sent to:
   http://cobbsblog.com/blog/and-the-damage-done-hemochromatosis-recap/

   and that says Link broken.

   Why on earth does this happen and how do I fix this before my blog posts drop down the search results as "missing" ?

   Thanks...Stephen

2. Shane G.
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Hi,

   Reset your desired permalink from wordpress admin area and add this code in htaccess of your blog/site:

   # BEGIN WordPress
   
   <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
   ErrorDocument 404 /index.php?error=404
   RewriteEngine On
   RewriteBase /
   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
   RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
   </IfModule>
   
   # END WordPress

   After that have a check with blog posts and pages.

   Thanks,

   Shane G.

3. anyalynn
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Hi,

   I am having the same problem on http://www.anyalynn.com, but I have pages not posts. I changed the .htaccess file as you suggested above, but I still only get 404s on my website. If I change back to permalinks it works fine.

4. scobb99
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Thanks Shane. I think the problem was my .htaccess file. For one thing it was located in wp-admin directory. I moved it to the blog root and it seems to be working.

   I also had the syntax of the custom permalink entered wrong but fixing that did not fix the problem so I'm thinking it was the .htaccess.

   I don't normally panic but this one was weird, totally hiding my pages for a while there.

   Thanks for the prompt response.

   S.

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