Title: Permalink problems
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Permalink problems

 *  [darknumchuck](https://wordpress.org/support/users/darknumchuck/)
 * (@darknumchuck)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problems-4-2/)
 * Hi Everyone,
 * So I installed WordPress 2.5 today on a brand new box running Ubuntu. I then 
   installed ComicPress 2.1 and things were working great. The only trouble is, 
   none of my permalinks work at all. I’ve been doing research, and my .htaccess
   file has all the permissions it needs and I’ve tried playing around with the 
   paths in there to no avail. I’m at a loss as to what is going wrong. Please help!
 * My site is darknumchuck.com, I’m getting 404’d on any link I click.

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 *  [haochi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/haochi/)
 * (@haochi)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problems-4-2/#post-760475)
 * You do realized that your site’s being redirected to localhost right?
    Go to 
   Setting and change the appropriate settings.
 *  Thread Starter [darknumchuck](https://wordpress.org/support/users/darknumchuck/)
 * (@darknumchuck)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problems-4-2/#post-760479)
 * Ok, I redirected the site to my url, but I still have my wordpress url set to
   localhost. Should I change that?
 *  [haochi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/haochi/)
 * (@haochi)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problems-4-2/#post-760481)
 * Well yeah.
 *  Thread Starter [darknumchuck](https://wordpress.org/support/users/darknumchuck/)
 * (@darknumchuck)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problems-4-2/#post-760483)
 * Ok, so now both URLs in my general settings have been changed to darknumchuck.
   com.
 * Still no other pages besides the front page. Halp?
 *  [haochi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/haochi/)
 * (@haochi)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problems-4-2/#post-760501)
 * Read the doc: [http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks#Using_.22Pretty.22_permalinks](http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks#Using_.22Pretty.22_permalinks)
 *  Thread Starter [darknumchuck](https://wordpress.org/support/users/darknumchuck/)
 * (@darknumchuck)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problems-4-2/#post-760542)
 * Ok, so I figured out my problem, and I hope it helps someone else.
 * First off, make sure your .htaccess file is there. It should only have code in
   it when you enable a permalink structure other than default.
 * Second, make sure you have the permissions to go and edit the apache2.conf file
   and add this code:
 *     ```
       <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
       RewriteEngine On
       </IfModule>
       ```
   
 * Finally, under the sites-enabled folder of apache2, be sure to change all options
   that say “AllowOverride” to all instead of none. It may seem like overkill, but
   I’m honestly not sure which one finally worked.
 * Oh, and one last thing.
 * RESTART YOUR APACHE SERVER. I had these settings correct for 30 minutes before
   I realized that a simple server restart would put them into effect and then the
   pretty permalinks would work again.
 * Thanks very much to haochi!

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 6 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [darknumchuck](https://wordpress.org/support/users/darknumchuck/)
 * Last activity: [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problems-4-2/#post-760542)
 * Status: not resolved

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