Title: Subfolder Permalinks
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Subfolder Permalinks

 *  [bdungey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bdungey/)
 * (@bdungey)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/subfolder-permalinks/)
 * Hello all.
 * Quite a tricky problem here.
 * Okay, so – I’ve got a main domain. Hosted on Godaddy.
 * [http://www.backupserver.ca](http://www.backupserver.ca)
 * It uses Postname permalinks PERFECTLY.
 * I’ve got a subfolder in that main hosting account, /ctsit/, running a wordpress
   install of it’s own. It’s currently using default permalinks.
 * The domain [http://www.ctsit.ca](http://www.ctsit.ca) is pointed to backupserver.
   ca/ctsit
 * On default permalinks, it works.
 * When I switch to Postname, I get the following error;
 * “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.”
 * Now, I can highlight that new ruleset and paste / save into the htaccess file
   on Godaddy.
 * When I open an incognito window to test the site, the whole site shows up minus
   the homepage content. That 404’s. If I click a link (ctsit.ca/support) it actually
   brings me to backupserver.ca/support.
 * I’ve tried everything here: [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7480699/wordpress-permalink-404-error-after-subdomain-to-root-migration](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7480699/wordpress-permalink-404-error-after-subdomain-to-root-migration)
 * Kind of lost here.

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 *  [Pioneer Web Design](https://wordpress.org/support/users/swansonphotos/)
 * (@swansonphotos)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/subfolder-permalinks/#post-4353241)
 * Contact GoDaddy about this. You simply need to point the domain to the sub-folder
   and then you can use the standard wp setup as if it was your root install.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 1 reply
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Pioneer Web Design](https://wordpress.org/support/users/swansonphotos/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/subfolder-permalinks/#post-4353241)
 * Status: not resolved

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