Title: Permalink help
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Permalink help

 *  Resolved [borongas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/borongas/)
 * (@borongas)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-help-8/)
 * I have followed the extremely poor documentation on permalinks and still cannot
   get this working, if someone could please help that would be great.
 * I created a blank file, called .htaccess, and placed it in my document root folder.(/
   var/www/html)
 * I am assuming that is the right place for it since there is no documentation 
   that tells me where this file belongs or what to put inside of it.
 * I gave the file read/write permissions and then I enabled permalinks in WP. I
   got the message “Permalink Structure Updated” but when I navigate through my 
   pages they are not coming up. All blank except the main home page.
 * Can someone please help me get past this? Thank you in advance.
 * -B

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 *  [kmessinger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kmessinger/)
 * (@kmessinger)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-help-8/#post-2498815)
 * > WordPress’s index.php and .htaccess files should be together in the directory
   > indicated by the Site address (URL) setting on your General Options page.
 * from [http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks](http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks)
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-help-8/#post-2498817)
 * Check with your hosts that mod_rewrite is running on your server.
 *  Thread Starter [borongas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/borongas/)
 * (@borongas)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-help-8/#post-2498819)
 * Kmessinger- There is a file called index.php in html folder where I placed .htaccess(
   var/www/html).That is wordpress folder for my site, everything is in html.
 * Esmi- I am the host, lol, mod_rewrite is not commented out in /etc/httpd/conf/
   httpd.conf so I am assuming it’s running. Is there a way to test this?
 * Thank you!
 * -B
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-help-8/#post-2498845)
 * If your wp-config.php file is in that folder, then that’s where your .htaccess
   file should also be.
 *  Thread Starter [borongas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/borongas/)
 * (@borongas)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-help-8/#post-2498851)
 * Ok, the file is in the right place.. Can anybody tell me why it’s not working??
 * This is the contents of my .htaccess file..
 * #BEGIN WordPress
 * #END WordPress
 * Thanks!
    B
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-help-8/#post-2498900)
 * The rewrite rules aren’t being added. when you switch from one custom permalink
   structure to another and update the permalinks, do you see a message about the.
   htaccess file not being writeable?
 *  Thread Starter [borongas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/borongas/)
 * (@borongas)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-help-8/#post-2498923)
 * Nope, I can switch between the permalink structures and it says “permalink structure
   updated” every time.
 *  Thread Starter [borongas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/borongas/)
 * (@borongas)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-help-8/#post-2498926)
 * Fixed.
 * Changed allowoverride to all in /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
 * Thanks for the help!
 * Cheers
    B

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