Title: permalink issue Last modified: August 20, 2016 --- # permalink issue * [frankzhang](https://wordpress.org/support/users/frankzhang/) * (@frankzhang) * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-issue-40/) * I am working on a website which was built with html files, so there are some files named as approach.html, team.html, contact.html, etc. * I install WordPress and change permalink setting to postname. Then I created a new page Approach, the permalink link is [http://maximpartnersllc.com/approach/](http://maximpartnersllc.com/approach/), but I get page not found error when I view this page, it can be viewed if I change the link to [http://maximpartnersllc.com/approacha/](http://maximpartnersllc.com/approacha/). as I mentioned there is a html file named approach.html, is that file cause problem? I try rename this html, but it doesn’t work. Not only this page, I have a couple of pages with the same permalink structure and all of them are failed to view because there are the same name html file on the server, and if I created a new page, without html file, it works. Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total) * [Krishna](https://wordpress.org/support/users/1nexus/) * (@1nexus) * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-issue-40/#post-2811710) * Your site is coming up, and all your menu links also come up well. Then what is the problem? * [Johnb81](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnb81/) * (@johnb81) * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-issue-40/#post-2811719) * Why don’t you use a normal wordpress installation and redirect all the traffic pointing to the old HTML files. * E.g. if you want to redirect approach.html to [http://www.domain.com/approach/](http://www.domain.com/approach/) you can simply add the below to a .htaccess file in the root of the website: * redirect permanent / [http://www.domain.com/approach/](http://www.domain.com/approach/) * Thread Starter [frankzhang](https://wordpress.org/support/users/frankzhang/) * (@frankzhang) * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-issue-40/#post-2811755) * Thank you for your reply. * Let me explain more. The original site has a flash header with navigation which point to html files, and can’t be changed. so I have to change permalink to custom structure: /%postname.html%/ and I have .htaccess like this: # BEGIN WordPress RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteRule index\.html $ [http://maximpartnersllc.com](http://maximpartnersllc.com) [R=301,L] RewriteRule(. +)/index\.html$ [http://maximpartnersllc.com](http://maximpartnersllc.com) [R =301,L] RewriteRule (.+)/(.+)\.html$ [http://maximpartnersllc.com/$2](http://maximpartnersllc.com/$2)[ R=301,L] RewriteRule ^index\.php$ – [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond%{ REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . /index.php [L] * # END WordPress * actually it works fine on my server, but doesn’t work when I transfer to client’s server. the difference is there are not html files on my server. * Krishna, what you saw is the original html site, not WordPress. * [Krishna](https://wordpress.org/support/users/1nexus/) * (@1nexus) * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-issue-40/#post-2811760) * [@frankzhang](https://wordpress.org/support/users/frankzhang/), Sorry, I thought it is the result that you wanted to achieve. * [Krishna](https://wordpress.org/support/users/1nexus/) * (@1nexus) * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-issue-40/#post-2811762) * Have a look at this link: [http://www.webconfs.com/how-to-redirect-a-webpage.php](http://www.webconfs.com/how-to-redirect-a-webpage.php) Possibly, one of the many methods described in the article may help you. As already suggested, a 301 redirect will be the best alternative. * Thread Starter [frankzhang](https://wordpress.org/support/users/frankzhang/) * (@frankzhang) * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-issue-40/#post-2811763) * The final result should work like the one on my server, [http://maxim.frankzhang.ca](http://maxim.frankzhang.ca) * [Krishna](https://wordpress.org/support/users/1nexus/) * (@1nexus) * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-issue-40/#post-2811772) * It is very good. Also the link of the header image need to be changed. So, do you think the problem is solved now? * Thread Starter [frankzhang](https://wordpress.org/support/users/frankzhang/) * (@frankzhang) * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-issue-40/#post-2811775) * No, it works well on my server, but failed on client’s server, though the same setting. * [Krishna](https://wordpress.org/support/users/1nexus/) * (@1nexus) * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-issue-40/#post-2811781) * Then I think, it has to do something with the client’s server settings. Are you sure that the client’s server meets the minimum requirements for WordPress hosting? Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total) The topic ‘permalink issue’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 9 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [Krishna](https://wordpress.org/support/users/1nexus/) * Last activity: [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-issue-40/#post-2811781) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics