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1. 657
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   This was a previous issue,

   I am currently using "almost-pretty permalinks": /index.php/%category%/%postname%/%post_id%
   It works fine and dandy.

   I want to switch to completely pretty permalinks by removing the /index.php part

   I am having the exact same problem, when I change the permalinks structure on my WordPress settings to a "Pretty" format, all the links to pages are updated but when clicked they give a 404 not found error.

   The solution that was suggested has not worked for me. My blog is http://www.sixfiftyseven.co.uk and is hosted at sixfiftyseven.uuuq.com.

   Can anybody give me some insight as to why this would not work for me? I have a writeable .htaccess file. I am not an expert and this problem is driving me crazy, I just can't see what I have done wrong.

   Thanks,
   Rob

2. Samuel B
   moderator
   Posted 3 years ago #

   in admin - settings
   do you have the index.php removed from the 2 url's?

3. 657
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   They have always been as:

   WordPress Address (URL): http://sixfiftyseven.co.uk

   Blog Address (URL): http://sixfiftyseven.co.uk

   Any help will be much appreciated.
   Rob

4. Samuel B
   moderator
   Posted 3 years ago #

   so you are redirecting?
   likely the problem

5. 657
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   What could I change to allow both "Pretty" permalinks and the custom domain name to work?

   I'm sure I can't be the only person who has wanted to do this.

   Thanks,
   Rob

6. Ipstenu
   Half-Elf Support Rogue & Mod
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Some hosts (like Yahoo) force the index.php in there for reasons unknown to me. Who's your webhost?

7. 657
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I used to be with "DreamHost" but I made the site more minimal and moved to a free host "Zymic".

   The wordpress site is now with "Zymic" under a subdomain uuuq.com.

8. 657
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   So is redirecting a common cause of this problem?

   From what I've read a lot of people find the same 404 not found messages when trying to use "Pretty" permalinks.

   Any info is appreciated, I don't know a lot about this stuff.

   Thanks,
   Rob

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