Title: changing permalink format
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# changing permalink format

 *  Resolved [visual mechanics](https://wordpress.org/support/users/visual-mechanics/)
 * (@visual-mechanics)
 * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-permalink-format/)
 * 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](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-permalink-format/page/2/#post-1501010)
 * 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](https://wordpress.org/support/users/visual-mechanics/)
 * (@visual-mechanics)
 * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-permalink-format/page/2/#post-1501011)
 * 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](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-permalink-format/page/2/#post-1501012)
 * The theme author has pobably combined the archive and category templates into
   one. Check “archive” and “archives”.
 *  Thread Starter [visual mechanics](https://wordpress.org/support/users/visual-mechanics/)
 * (@visual-mechanics)
 * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-permalink-format/page/2/#post-1501013)
 * 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](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-permalink-format/page/2/#post-1501014)
 * 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](https://wordpress.org/support/users/visual-mechanics/)
 * (@visual-mechanics)
 * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-permalink-format/page/2/#post-1501015)
 * 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](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-permalink-format/page/2/#post-1501020)
 * You’re welcome!

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