Title: Controling permalink structure
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Controling permalink structure

 *  Resolved [agnafl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/agnafl/)
 * (@agnafl)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/controling-permalink-structure/)
 * Is there a way to control the permalink structure when it comes to characters
   like . – / etc? For instance, I want to have the following url, [http://www.rockytopgetaways.com/DEV/personal_info-html/](http://www.rockytopgetaways.com/DEV/personal_info-html/)
   to end with _info.html/ When I put in the “.” dot, WP changes it do a hyphen 
   automatically. Any ideas?

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 *  [Pioneer Web Design](https://wordpress.org/support/users/swansonphotos/)
 * (@swansonphotos)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/controling-permalink-structure/#post-2913534)
 * I am going to assume that you have converted a site to WordPress from a basic
   html site or other application type setup….
 * What you really want to do is create your pages and posts to have the same url
   for & SEO backlink reasons…
 * Ending with .html will not work as the mod_rewrite.c module used by permalinks
   will be confused and result in a 404…
 * What you want to do is use a 301 redirect.
 * [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/proper-301-redirect-in-htaccess?replies=14](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/proper-301-redirect-in-htaccess?replies=14)
 *  Thread Starter [agnafl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/agnafl/)
 * (@agnafl)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/controling-permalink-structure/#post-2913536)
 * The 301 would be ideal but unfortunately that is not an option. I am converting
   from a template style html site to this new WP site and the old URL structures
   are pretty nasty. The only page url that I have control over is the main domain.
   All the other pages created on the template backend will be outside of my reach
   thus impossible to 301. And yes, for serps, backlinks, etc I really want to replicate
   the urls exactly.
 *  [Pioneer Web Design](https://wordpress.org/support/users/swansonphotos/)
 * (@swansonphotos)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/controling-permalink-structure/#post-2913609)
 * > The 301 would be ideal but unfortunately that is not an option
 * Why?
 *  Thread Starter [agnafl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/agnafl/)
 * (@agnafl)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/controling-permalink-structure/#post-2913614)
 * Well, the current website is a template site that is hosted by a company called
   Myers. I own the mains domain, anniemaloney.com, but all pages that I made using
   their template and CMS have been given unique permalink URLs that I don’t have
   access to. How can I 301 the pages that were created in that CMS if I can’t access
   them and they are being essentailly deleted from their servers on 9/1/12? Is 
   there another way?

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 * Last activity: [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/controling-permalink-structure/#post-2913614)
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