What do you mean by “section”?
If you create a Page with the title About – using permalinks it will show up as example.com/about
If this Page has subpages (aka children Pages) named/titled “Person” – they will show up as example.com/about/person
Thread Starter
Roody
(@roody)
Sorry I meant Page not Section. The issue is right now its not showing up as /about instead its doing this: /?page_id=3. This is where I am lost because Im not sure how to activate permalinks in order for it to show up as /about like you suggested.
Thanks for your help. 🙂
OK, I got it. In this case I’d suggest to start here:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks
and after you went through that open your WP admin panel > Options > Permalinks and read carefully the info that’s there – and try to apply the solution that fits the best.
Warning: You will need a .htaccess file in your WP root directory that is writable (see file permissions in Codex) and mod_rewrite enabled on the server by your host.
Try to apply the above linked info and post back if things don’t work.
Thread Starter
Roody
(@roody)
Thanks for the info and link. I will give it a look. 🙂
Btw, I assume you mean the wp-admin directory is what needs htaccess on it?
No, the .htaccess file needs to be in the directory which contains the sub-directory /wp-admin/.
Thread Starter
Roody
(@roody)
Won’t that prevent people from accessing the site if its within the WP root directory?
No. An htaccess file doesn’t block access. It can be used to password protect a directory, but that’s just one use and that’s not what you’ll be doing if you follow those directions.
Thread Starter
Roody
(@roody)
Ok thanks for the help tomhanna. This sorta stuff was never my strong suit, but I will continue to give it a go.
Thanks again. 🙂
