Custom permalink

Hi Lanks. Have you thought about using permalinks instead of the basic link structure? If you haven’t already, be sure to check out the basic permalink guide here:
Using Permalinks

For a quick solution, you could setup a redirect and redirect http://www.bullerswood.bromley.sch.uk/bbcschoolreport to http://www.bullerswood.bromley.sch.uk/?p=123. This may be the fastest solution for you.

Redirects are usually setup in something called a .htaccess file, and you should contact your web hosting provider and ask them how they recommend that you setup a redirect.

I guess if we were to change the link structure, it would then change the whole site, which will be a bit of a problem?

This could or could not be a problem, mostly it would depend on how you have other parts of your website setup.

Thanks for the other information, we host the site at school on a server here, so would i still have to contact our provider?

Because you host the site on your own server, you are in essence the provider. Do you know if you’re running IIS or Apache, Windows or Linux web server?

Hi Lanks, to confirm, you need to create this URL http://www.bullerswood.bromley.sch.uk/bbcschoolreport, but you’re not using permalinks in WordPress?

There are many ways you can accomplish this. Some depend on this, that, and the other. For example, you’ll need apache’s mod_rewrite installed on your server to work with permalinks.

I have a history of doing things in a manner that is easy for me, so the idea below is not really the ideal way for WordPress users to accomplish your task. This, however, should be very easy to setup.

1. Create a folder in your WordPress site, call it bbcschoolreport

2. In that folder, create an index.php file and put in the following code:

<?
	Header( "HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently" );
	Header( "Location: http://www.bullerswood.bromley.sch.uk/?p=123 " );
	exit();
?>

This way, when someone visits http://www.bullerswood.bromley.sch.uk/bbcschoolreport, it will redirect them to http://www.bullerswood.bromley.sch.uk/?p=123

Easy peasy, as long as the BBC is OK with /bbcschoolreport redirecting.