permalinks pointing to 404 page

  • Resolved windspeed

    (@windspeed)


    7 years, 6 months ago

    I’m building my first new site that is still in the ‘test’ stage.
    Some (not all) of my internal links seem to be adding another page into the link that takes me, not surprisingly, to a 404 page.
    For example, in the ‘page I need help with’, clicking on the ‘Kite Details’ button on the first item (Rainbow Delta) takes me correctly to the details page for that kite via
    http://kite.com.au.sa.iig.com.au/index.php/product/rainbow-delta/
    however if I click the button on the second item (Dinosaur Kite), it tries to take me to
    http://kite.com.au.sa.iig.com.au/index.php/kites-for-kids/index.php/product/dinosaur/
    It has added “/kites-for-kids/” to the link.
    This extra bit is only seen in the address bar of the 404 page, it does not appear in the link text box edit under WordPress or Elementor and it does not appear in the coding if I right click – view page source (see line 349)
    The links that do work correctly are all on the Left side of the 2 columns. They were all copies of the correct Rainbow Delta item and all the ones that don’t work are all copies of the incorrect Dinosaur and make up the right hand column. i.e. the Dinosaur is the original incorrect button.
    Knowing all this however doesn’t help in fix it in any way!
    Thanks

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  • Thread Starter windspeed

    (@windspeed)

    7 years, 6 months ago

    After some playing, I can work around it by copying the url from a successful button into the incorrect button and editing the last word (e.g. rainbow-delta to dinosaur) and it works fine.
    This doesn’t solve the mystery of how a different url shows up in the address bar compared to what’s showing in the Edit box and the code of the page.
    Any ideas?
    Thanks

    JNashHawkins

    (@jnashhawkins)

    7 years, 6 months ago

    Sounds like the permalinks are acting up.

    Go to permalinks in the dashboard and set them to something other than what they are set to now. Save… then set them back to what you had… or what you wanted.

    Thread Starter windspeed

    (@windspeed)

    7 years, 6 months ago

    Ok, I’ll give it a try. Thanks

    Thread Starter windspeed

    (@windspeed)

    7 years, 6 months ago

    Think I just found the problem. The / was missing from in front of the bad links. Once I added that, the few I’ve tested seem to be working fine.
    Strange that it wasn’t showing up in the cod line though.
    Still, all’s well that ends well.
    I did change the permalink settings to Post name to plain then back again but not sure if that fixed it or adding the / did the job.
    Thanks

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