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1. universaltruth
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I am able to use permalinks by using the following Custom Structure field on the Permalink settings page.

   /index.php/%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/

   So that it appears like this:

   http://www.mysite.com/index.php/2009/05/25/sample-post/

   However I tried to shorten the URL so that it does not contain the /index.php

   I read that this is possible by removing /index.php from the Custom Structure field like so

   /%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/

   So that I get:

   http://www.mysite.com/2009/05/25/sample-post/

   However I now get the 404 Page not found error messages when I click on new pages or posts or click on old links.

   Is this a problem with my shared hosting server or is this just not possible to do. I have the latest version of WordPress installed. I have not installed any pluggins accept the SEO pluggin.

   I am using the following:

   PHP version 5.2.9
   MySQL client version: 5.0.22
   Website: http://www.earnmoneyonlinetools.com/
   Web Hosting: IX Webhosting

   Thanks,

2. iridiax
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Your server needs mod_rewrite:

   http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks#Using_.22Pretty.22_permalinks

   http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks#PATHINFO:_.22Almost_Pretty.22

3. universaltruth
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Thanks for your response. If I transfer my domain to a Linux server this supports the mod_rewrite. I am currently using windows.

   Would i need to change any code in any WordPress files manually or are all the correct settings for "pretty" Permalinks set by default?
   So I just need to alter the Custom structure on the permalinks page in admin.

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