Title: Permalink issues with custom navigation
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Permalink issues with custom navigation

 *  Resolved [caseyr28](https://wordpress.org/support/users/caseyr28/)
 * (@caseyr28)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-issues-with-custom-navigation/)
 * Hello, I am having some issues with permalinks and a custom navigation menu.
   
   Quick rundown:
 * Created a custom horizontal menu based on the WP lesson…structured like this:
 *     ```
       <div id="navmenu">
       <ul>
       	<li><a href="<?php echo get_settings('home'); ?>">HOME</a></li>
       	<li><a href="<?php echo home_url( '/about' ) ?>">ABOUT</a></li>
           <li><a href="<?php echo home_url( '/process' ) ?>">PROCESS</a></li>
           <li><a href="<?php echo home_url( '/projects' ) ?>">PROJECTS</a></li>
           <li><a href="<?php echo home_url( '/contact' ) ?>">CONTACT</a></li>
       </ul>
   
       </div>
       ```
   
 * Under the permalink settings in the admin panel, I created a custom structure:
   /%
   category%/%postname%/
 * Problem:
 * Clicking on a post takes me to that specified URL (/%category%/%postname%/) just
   fine, but now my pages permalinks i.e.(‘/’contact’) goes to a blank page…no 404
   error…nothing. Im stumped, can anyone show me what im overlooking/doing wrong?
 * thanks much
    ryan

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-issues-with-custom-navigation/#post-1836708)
 * Why are you hard coding a menu when you could create a dynamic custom menu?
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Navigation_Menus](http://codex.wordpress.org/Navigation_Menus)
   
   [http://codex.wordpress.org/Appearance_Menus_SubPanel](http://codex.wordpress.org/Appearance_Menus_SubPanel)
 *  [panther8](https://wordpress.org/support/users/panther8/)
 * (@panther8)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-issues-with-custom-navigation/#post-1836711)
 * Hi ryan, just as a side note, **don’t** use _/%category%/%postname%_ as custom
   permalink structure, as this is considered to be harmful & could slow your blog
   down [http://ottopress.com/2010/category-in-permalinks-considered-harmful/](http://ottopress.com/2010/category-in-permalinks-considered-harmful/)
   
   I wasn’t aware of it until yesterday as well…
 *  Thread Starter [caseyr28](https://wordpress.org/support/users/caseyr28/)
 * (@caseyr28)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-issues-with-custom-navigation/#post-1836726)
 * haha, Im new to WP and PHP – didnt realize you could create dynamic menus…and
   good to know panther8.
 * thanks both for pointin’ me in the right direction!

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 * Last activity: [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-issues-with-custom-navigation/#post-1836726)
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