Title: .htacces and permalink problem
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# .htacces and permalink problem

 *  [jupaneanu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jupaneanu/)
 * (@jupaneanu)
 * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htacces-and-permalink-problem/)
 * I’m trying to make my permalink pretty…have been trying for two hours, but I’m
   just too dumb. I.ve created, uploaded and renamed the .htacces file to the root
   folder of my blog, made it writable, readable(664, tried 666 but wordpress wouldn’t
   write anything in it). I’ve chosen my permalink structure and wordpress wrote
   this into the .htaccess file: # BEGIN WordPress
    <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine
   On RewriteBase / RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}!-
   d RewriteRule . /index.php [L] </IfModule>
 * # END WordPress
 * but I only get 404 error pages.Is there something I have to do next??? Please
   help a noobie with a slow brain!

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 *  [mrkingid](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrkingid/)
 * (@mrkingid)
 * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htacces-and-permalink-problem/#post-610844)
 * after you change the permalink, have you just not done anything for 30 minutes
   or so? Just let it be for abit while the server does its thing.
 *  Thread Starter [jupaneanu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jupaneanu/)
 * (@jupaneanu)
 * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htacces-and-permalink-problem/#post-611028)
 * Yes I tried what you said. Nothing happened for a day.
 * I’ve contacted my hosting service, and they said URL rewrote isn’t possible because
   I have hosting for Windows and that feature is only available for Linux hosting
   packages.
 * BUT I know somebody who has the same hosting service and his permalinks work 
   just fine. Unfortunately for personal reasons I can’t ask him for advice
    I’m
   really depressed, my pages look hideous. Do they affect traffic these ugly permalinks,
   or is the change to pretty ones just recommended for esthetic purposes?
 * I’
 *  [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/)
 * (@handysolo)
 * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htacces-and-permalink-problem/#post-611054)
 * Check out the [Permalinks](http://codex.wordpress.org/Permalinks) documentation
   here. In particular, look at the “Almost Pretty” permalinks — you can use those,
   no mod_rewrite necessary.
 *  Thread Starter [jupaneanu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jupaneanu/)
 * (@jupaneanu)
 * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htacces-and-permalink-problem/#post-611055)
 * Thank you for your advice HandySolo, but it didn’t fully resolve my problem. 
   Turns out even the almost pretty permalinks didn’t work so I uploaded a php.ini
   file to my webroot as instructed in the documentation. Now the homepage opens
   but when I click on a post or page it still gives me 404 error…any ideas, please?
 *  [JeremyVisser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeremyvisser/)
 * (@jeremyvisser)
 * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htacces-and-permalink-problem/#post-611067)
 * > I’ve contacted my hosting service, and they said URL rewrote isn’t possible
   > because I have hosting for Windows and that feature is only available for Linux
   > hosting packages.
 * I think you just answered yourself. Move to a Linux plan. (It’ll save you a lot
   of headaches in the long run; not just in terms of permalinks.)
 *  Thread Starter [jupaneanu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jupaneanu/)
 * (@jupaneanu)
 * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htacces-and-permalink-problem/#post-611070)
 * Yeah I suppose it would be a solution, only problem is I don’t a thing about 
   Linux operating system, almost permalinks don’t work either though…although I
   implemented the two lines of code specified, just in case I have IIS 6…I don’t
   know what to do anymore…I’ve almost given up.

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 * [htaccess](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/htaccess/)
 * [permalinks](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/permalinks/)

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 * Last reply from: [jupaneanu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jupaneanu/)
 * Last activity: [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htacces-and-permalink-problem/#post-611070)
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