Title: Permalink Structure broken
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Permalink Structure broken

 *  [gary4gar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gary4gar/)
 * (@gary4gar)
 * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-structure-broken/)
 * Hi,
    I am trying to move my blogger blog to wordpress.i want to retain my old
   post links for PR. as described in docs, i have used Manage –> Import tool . 
   as my webhost does not support Direct connection to google, i have done a local
   install of wordpress using XAMPP(windows). later i would export Mysql DB
 * 1) Only the default Permalink Structure _[http://localhost/wordpress/?p=123](http://localhost/wordpress/?p=123)_
   works, rest everything results in 404 page not found. i want to use Structure
   like “Month and name: [http://localhost/wordpress/2008/09/sample-post/&#8221](http://localhost/wordpress/2008/09/sample-post/&#8221);
 * 2) I get the same error with default “Hello World” post whenever i try to change
   Permalink Structure anything else then default, even before importing posts &
   comments from blogger.This happens on a fresh install of wordpress, no customizations
   made
 * here is the full error
 * > **Object not found!**
   > The requested URL was not found on this server. The link on the referring page
   > seems to be wrong or outdated. Please inform the author of that page about 
   > the error.
   > If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster.
   >  Error 404
   > localhost 09/04/08 08:28:48 Apache/2.2.9 (Win32) DAV/2 mod_ssl/2.2.9 OpenSSL/
   > 0.9.8h mod_autoindex_color PHP/5.2.6

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 *  [Len](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lenk/)
 * (@lenk)
 * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-structure-broken/#post-849669)
 * In order to use fancy permalinks you need `mod_rewrite` enabled. (an Apache module
   that rewrites permalinks on the fly) With XAMPP this is disabled by default but
   it’s easy to change.
 * First, assuming you have XAMPP installed at root (which you should) navigate 
   to C:\xampp\apache\conf\httpd.conf
 * Open the file **httpd.conf** in notepad and look for this line …
 * #LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so
 * …and uncomment it so that it looks like …
 * LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so
 * Next, within the same file I mentioned search for all instances of **AllowOverride
   None** and change it to **AllowOverride All**. Restart XAMPP and change your 
   permalink structure within WordPress.

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 * Last reply from: [Len](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lenk/)
 * Last activity: [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-structure-broken/#post-849669)
 * Status: not resolved

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