Title: Permalink Problem
Last modified: August 18, 2016
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# Permalink Problem
* wenchy
* [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problem-1-2/)
* I am having trouble setting up permalinks.
I have seen threads on this forum
where people have had 404s when trying to open up a permalink page but my problem
is a little different. When I click the permalink, I get a page correctly set
out, displaying the date and title, etc of the post just fine, and the comment
box underneath, but, rather crucially, the content of the actual post doesn’t
show up in between!! I know this is probably something really basic but I’ve
been tearing my hair out. I’ve tried so many different steps to rectify the problem
that I can’t even remember them all. Anyone have any idea as to where I’m going
wrong? I’m using the structure /index.php/archives/%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/
although I’ve tried others, adjusting the .htaccess file accordingly, and the
same thing happens each time.
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* Thread Starter Anonymous
* [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problem-1-2/#post-94749)
* Still having trouble. Really at a loose end here, have been all over Google,
tried a couple of other forums, no response there either. Not sure what to do.
I’m 99.9% certain my webhosts (who use Apache) allow mod_rewrite, I have tried
removing the trailing slash from RewriteBase and all sorts of other suggestions
I’ve seen in forums and on the Wiki for this kind of problem (although no-one
seems to have had this specific problem). I’ve even tried ditching smart permalink
strctures altogether and just using the default setting with the post ID but
the same thing happens even then: When I click the permalink to an entry, I get
taken to a page with a blank post, which just has the date and title etc at the
top, and the comment box at the bottom but no post in between! I’m using the
structure /archives/%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/ and here’s whats in my.
htaccess file RewriteEngine On RewriteBase /blog/ RewriteRule
^archives/category/(.*)/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /blog/wp-feed.php?category_name
=$1&feed=$2 [QSA] RewriteRule ^archives/category/?(.*) /blog/index.php?category_name
=$1 [QSA] RewriteRule ^archives/author/(.*)/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /blog/
wp-feed.php?author_name=$1&feed=$2 [QSA] RewriteRule ^archives/author/?(.*) /
blog/index.php?author_name=$1 [QSA] RewriteRule ^archives/([0-9]{4})?/?([0-9]{
1,2})?/?([0-9]{1,2})?/?([_0-9a-z-]+)?/?([0-9]+)?/?$ /blog/index.php?year=$1&monthnum
=$2&day=$3&name=$4&page=$5 [QSA] RewriteRule ^archives/([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/([
0-9]{1,2})/([_0-9a-z-]+)/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /blog/wp-feed.php?year=$
1&monthnum=$2&day=$3&name=$4&feed=$5 [QSA] RewriteRule ^archives/([0-9]{4})/([
0-9]{1,2})/([0-9]{1,2})/([_0-9a-z-]+)/trackback/?$ /blog/wp-trackback.php?year
=$1&monthnum=$2&day=$3&name=$4 [QSA] RewriteRule ^feed/?([_0-9a-z-]+)?/?$ /blog/
wp-feed.php?feed=$1 [QSA] RewriteRule ^comments/feed/?([_0-9a-z-]+)?/?$ /blog/
wp-feed.php?feed=$1&withcomments=1 [QSA]
* [jumbo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jumbo/)
* (@jumbo)
* [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problem-1-2/#post-94760)
* There’s a lot wrong with what you have.
First of all, how do you want to call
your blog? [http://www.site.com/archives/2004/09/30/hello-world/](http://www.site.com/archives/2004/09/30/hello-world/)
or [http://www.site.com/blog/archives/2004/09/30/hello-world/](http://www.site.com/blog/archives/2004/09/30/hello-world/)
Store the .htaccess here: [http://www.site.com/.htaccess](http://www.site.com/.htaccess)
If you’re using the prior URI structure, then put this in the .htaccess: `RewriteBase/`
If you’re using the latter, use this instead: `RewriteBase /blog/` Your permalink
structure is wrong too. Change this: `/index.php/archives/%year%/%monthnum%/%
day%/%postname%/` to this: `/archives/%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/` I
would say something about your “WordPress” and “Blog” URI settings, but since
I don’t know which link structure you’re using, I won’t go any further. It’ll
just confuse things.
* Thread Starter Anonymous
* [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problem-1-2/#post-94776)
* Thanks, I have changed my permalink structure to /archives/%year%/%monthnum%/%
day%/%postname%/ as you said.
I want to call my blog using [http://www.site.com/blog/archives/2004/09/30/hello-world/](http://www.site.com/blog/archives/2004/09/30/hello-world/)….
so I used RewriteBase /blog/ I did try and store my .htaccess at [http://www.site.com/.htaccess](http://www.site.com/.htaccess)
like you suggested but the thing is, if I do that I get a 404. It only seems
to recognise the .htaccess file if I store it in the /blog directory. What do
I need to do about my “WordPress” and “blog” URI settings?
* Thread Starter Anonymous
* [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problem-1-2/#post-94805)
* I’ve done all of that.
My WP installation is at [http://www.vaguely.org/wordpress.](http://www.vaguely.org/wordpress.)
My blog is at [http://www.vaguely.org/blog](http://www.vaguely.org/blog) My permalink
structure is /archives/%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/ My .htaccess file
is at vaguely.org/wordpress/.htaccess The htaccess code it gives me when I click‘
update permalink structure’ is: RewriteEngine On RewriteBase /blog/ RewriteRule
^archives/category/(.*)/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /wordpress/wp-feed.php?category_name
=$1&feed=$2 [QSA] RewriteRule ^archives/category/?(.*) /blog/index.php?category_name
=$1 [QSA] RewriteRule ^archives/author/(.*)/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /wordpress/
wp-feed.php?author_name=$1&feed=$2 [QSA] RewriteRule ^archives/author/?(.*) /
blog/index.php?author_name=$1 [QSA] RewriteRule ^archives/([0-9]{4})?/?([0-9]{
1,2})?/?([0-9]{1,2})?/?([_0-9a-z-]+)?/?([0-9]+)?/?$ /blog/index.php?year=$1&monthnum
=$2&day=$3&name=$4&page=$5 [QSA] RewriteRule ^archives/([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/([
0-9]{1,2})/([_0-9a-z-]+)/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /wordpress/wp-feed.php?year
=$1&monthnum=$2&day=$3&name=$4&feed=$5 [QSA] RewriteRule ^archives/([0-9]{4})/([
0-9]{1,2})/([0-9]{1,2})/([_0-9a-z-]+)/trackback/?$ /wordpress/wp-trackback.php?
year=$1&monthnum=$2&day=$3&name=$4 [QSA] RewriteRule ^feed/?([_0-9a-z-]+)?/?$/
wordpress/wp-feed.php?feed=$1 [QSA] RewriteRule ^comments/feed/?([_0-9a-z-]+)?/?
$ /wordpress/wp-feed.php?feed=$1&withcomments=1 [QSA] ……which, if I’m not mistaken,
looks similar to what I had before. And my permalinks are still not working.
🙁
* [jumbo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jumbo/)
* (@jumbo)
* [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problem-1-2/#post-94806)
* wenchy, move the .htaccess here:
`http://www.vaguely.org/.htaccess` and see
what happens. If that didn’t work, move the .htaccess file here: `http://www.
vaguely.org/blog/.htaccess` then change this line: `RewriteBase /blog/` to this:`#
RewriteBase /blog/`
* Thread Starter Anonymous
* [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problem-1-2/#post-94808)
* I tried all of those and they didn’t work either.
I have left this line set
at #RewriteBase /blog/ and the .htaccess is at vaguely.org/blog/.htaccess
* Thread Starter Anonymous
* [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problem-1-2/#post-94809)
* wenchy are you sure mod_rewrite is active/allowed on your server? Or that .htaccess
files are allowed to override apache’s default config settings?
This probably
doesn’t matter, but make sure the .htaccess is saved in Unix file format and
not PC format. Try the following inside your .htaccess: INSERT REWRITE CODE HERE
* Thread Starter Anonymous
* [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problem-1-2/#post-94812)
* I’m pretty sure mod_rewrite is allowed on my server as I know of other people
who have WP blogs with permalinks hosted on my server.
I have tried using and that just gets me an error 500. How do I make sure .htaccess
is saved in unix and not PC format?
* Thread Starter Anonymous
* [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problem-1-2/#post-94818)
* I have tried that and it doesn’t work.
I’ve just written to my webhost to double
check that mod_rewrite is allowed, and whether .htaccess files are allowed to
override apache’s default config settings. Will post the response.
* Thread Starter Anonymous
* [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problem-1-2/#post-94819)
* Phew, that was quick!
My webhost says: Hi You would not be able to change the
settings of the httpd.conf file. However, let us know exactly what you’re looking
to edit and we can do it ourselves for your account only. Thank you How should
I respond to that?
* [jumbo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jumbo/)
* (@jumbo)
* [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problem-1-2/#post-94828)
* Explain your situation to your hosting company regarding your mod rewrite troubles.
Ask if .htaccess files have `AllowOverride All` authority.
* Thread Starter Anonymous
* [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problem-1-2/#post-94838)
* Thanks. I wrote to my webhost explaining the situation and asking them to give
AllowOverride All authority to my htaccess file, and they say they’ve done it.
Permalinks are still not working though. Is there anything else I should do now?
Sorry if this sounds dumb but do I need to change my permalink structure and
edit my htaccess info again?
* [jumbo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jumbo/)
* (@jumbo)
* [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problem-1-2/#post-94840)
* wenchy, I don’t know what else to tell you. I think it’s time for a moderator/
developer to chime in.
* [jumbo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jumbo/)
* (@jumbo)
* [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problem-1-2/#post-94869)
* wenchy, you may want to review this post:
[http://wordpress.org/support/2/13765#post-80988](http://wordpress.org/support/2/13765#post-80988)
* [lawtai](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lawtai/)
* (@lawtai)
* [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problem-1-2/#post-94870)
* yea, that options symlinks worked for me
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