changing permalink format

  • Resolved visual mechanics

    (@visual-mechanics)


    16 years, 1 month ago

    i have permalinks settings in the “ugly” format and i want to change them to a pertty format as described in the how to section of this. what i don’t understand is how to set up the new file strings.

    for instance i have a category called “pools” and want all the posts with that category name to be moved into an archive pools with the file string resembling category/pools/… and so forth.

    i am not sure if this will resolve how the category archives display. right now they display as abbreviated title only posts when the archive category is clicked on. I would like it to resolve to showing all the posts in full display per category and date archive. is this possible?

    how do i go about setting this up and is it possible once the blog is already in place?

    thanks in advance.

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  • Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    16 years ago

    It’s in your theme’s folder. Go to Appearance/Editor in your admin panel and look for something like “Categories” or “categories.php”.

    Thread Starter visual mechanics

    (@visual-mechanics)

    16 years ago

    I’m using a theme called simplr and it doesn’t have a categories.php file…

    these are all the files within my themes folder
    archive, archives, attachment, comments, footer, functions, header, image, index, links, nav, page, print.css, search, sidebar, single, sitemap, style.css

    feeling like i might be outta luck on this one…

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    16 years ago

    The theme author has pobably combined the archive and category templates into one. Check “archive” and “archives”.

    Thread Starter visual mechanics

    (@visual-mechanics)

    16 years ago

    found this in the archive.php file

    <?php the_excerpt(‘<span class=”more-link”>’.__(‘Continued reading >’, ‘simplr’).'</span>’) ?>

    do i swap only the_excerpt tag or the entire string of code with 1. this string…
    <?php the_content( $more_link_text, $strip_teaser, $more_file ); ?>

    or
    2. this string..

    <?php
    global $more; // Declare global $more (before the loop).
    $more = 1; // Set (inside the loop) to display all content, including text below more.
    the_content();
    ?>

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    16 years ago

    That is going to depend on how the theme works. First, try replacing “the_excerpt” with “the_content”. Then, try replacing the entire tag with your first tag, then try replacing it with your second tag.

    Keep going, and maybe mix-and-match, until you get something you like.

    Thread Starter visual mechanics

    (@visual-mechanics)

    16 years ago

    voila! the first attempt worked. i just swapped “the_excerpt” with “the_content”.

    thanks so much for helping me with this. you rule!!!

    -rob

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    16 years ago

    You’re welcome!

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