Title: Question about Permalinks
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Question about Permalinks

 *  [Roody](https://wordpress.org/support/users/roody/)
 * (@roody)
 * [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-about-permalinks/)
 * I am moving a little slow figuring this process out. Lets say I had a “About 
   Us” section and then listed 2 links with people’s names. What I want to do is
   have the url show up something like this: [http://www.domainname/about/personnamehere](http://www.domainname/about/personnamehere)
 * Unfortunately, Im just not quite getting this process. Can someone help me get
   started with this? Thanks for any help that can be provided. 🙂

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 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-about-permalinks/#post-244921)
 * What do you mean by “section”?
    If you create a Page with the title About – using
   permalinks it will show up as `example.com/about` If this Page has subpages (
   aka children Pages) named/titled “Person” – they will show up as `example.com/
   about/person`
 *  Thread Starter [Roody](https://wordpress.org/support/users/roody/)
 * (@roody)
 * [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-about-permalinks/#post-244922)
 * Sorry I meant Page not Section. The issue is right now its not showing up as /
   about instead its doing this: /?page_id=3. This is where I am lost because Im
   not sure how to activate permalinks in order for it to show up as /about like
   you suggested.
 * Thanks for your help. 🙂
 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-about-permalinks/#post-244923)
 * OK, I got it. In this case I’d suggest to start here:
    [http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks](http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks)
   and after you went through that open your WP admin panel > Options > Permalinks
   and read carefully the info that’s there – and try to apply the solution that
   fits the best. Warning: You will need a .htaccess file in your WP root directory
   that is writable (see file permissions in Codex) and mod_rewrite enabled on the
   server by your host. Try to apply the above linked info and post back if things
   don’t work.
 *  Thread Starter [Roody](https://wordpress.org/support/users/roody/)
 * (@roody)
 * [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-about-permalinks/#post-244925)
 * Thanks for the info and link. I will give it a look. 🙂
 * Btw, I assume you mean the wp-admin directory is what needs htaccess on it?
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-about-permalinks/#post-244929)
 * No, the .htaccess file needs to be in the directory which _contains_ the sub-
   directory `/wp-admin/`.
 *  Thread Starter [Roody](https://wordpress.org/support/users/roody/)
 * (@roody)
 * [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-about-permalinks/#post-244946)
 * Won’t that prevent people from accessing the site if its within the WP root directory?
 *  [tomhanna](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tomhanna/)
 * (@tomhanna)
 * [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-about-permalinks/#post-244949)
 * No. An htaccess file doesn’t block access. It _can_ be used to password protect
   a directory, but that’s just one use and that’s not what you’ll be doing if you
   follow those directions.
 *  Thread Starter [Roody](https://wordpress.org/support/users/roody/)
 * (@roody)
 * [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-about-permalinks/#post-244950)
 * Ok thanks for the help tomhanna. This sorta stuff was never my strong suit, but
   I will continue to give it a go.
 * Thanks again. 🙂

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 * Last reply from: [Roody](https://wordpress.org/support/users/roody/)
 * Last activity: [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-about-permalinks/#post-244950)
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