Title: Permalinks vs me
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Permalinks vs me

 *  [FlaBill](https://wordpress.org/support/users/flabill/)
 * (@flabill)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-vs-me/)
 * A message says wp backup requires a permalink setting other than default.
    When
   selecting any other the site access shows a 404 but menus at top are usable. 
   As a novice the responses must be basic as can be.
 * went to Permalinks settings and ‘saved changes’ that did not correct problem.
   Still goes to 404 on entry
    Bill

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 *  [Ben Casey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/casben79/)
 * (@casben79)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-vs-me/#post-4686845)
 * [@flabill](https://wordpress.org/support/users/flabill/)
 * when you press save is there a section saying something along the lines of:
 * If your .htaccess file were writable, we could do this automatically, but it 
   isn’t so these are the mod_rewrite rules you should have in your .htaccess file.
   Click in the field and press CTRL + a to select all.
 * If so (and Im assuming that its a .htaccess on apache not web.config on IIS) 
   then you will need to create your htaccess manually.
 * Create a file called .htaccess (No other extensions) on your desktop in any normal
   text editor with the data shown in the permalinks page (should be something like
   the below block), and upload it to the webroot of your site.
 * <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteRule ^index\.
   php$ – [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}!-
   d RewriteRule . /index.php [L] </IfModule>
 * Let me know how you go.
 * Cheers
    Ben
 *  Thread Starter [FlaBill](https://wordpress.org/support/users/flabill/)
 * (@flabill)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-vs-me/#post-4686863)
 * Thank you, Ben
    No such message appears, what comes up ia “Permalink structure
   updated.” plus the message about wpbackup requires a selection other than “default”.
   Bill
 *  Thread Starter [FlaBill](https://wordpress.org/support/users/flabill/)
 * (@flabill)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-vs-me/#post-4686891)
 * Looks like things are ok now.
    The default selection in Permalinks has not had
   a bad effect on page id’s. the pages are showing prettypermalinks so I don’t 
   feel a need to change anything. Bill

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