big problem using permalink structure

if you don’t want “category” in your “pretty” links then try this structure =

/%year%/%postname%/%post_id%/ ( domain.com/2009/post-slug/1843 for example )

did you copy the new .htaccess code that appeared and paste in htaccess ?

note: your mod_rewrite on your server needs to be ” on “

should work…

Hi ronchicago, thanks for the feed back.
I do not know where to start with this .htaccess, my security plugin tells me there is no .htaccess in the wp-admin/.
As a start, can you tell me how many .htaccess should be on my wordpress website, on which folders (I am using 2.6 with default template)?
+
Sorry but I do not get what is this new .htaccess code that should appear..
Thanks a lot.

See: Using “Pretty” permalinks

Hi iridax, I have read this but I do not see the .htaccess file appear : ‘if this file is missing, WordPress will try to create it when you activate “pretty” permalinks’
Where should it appear?
Thank you

hey tomas,

having exactly the same problems on a clean install of version 2.7 (new database, new domain)
uploaded the files, ran the install, set everything up so its there…. now what shall i do with it?
hmmm first off i want permalinks.

20 minutes uploading and installing the whole package, over 2 hours trying to find a solution to get a built in feature to work!

links show as required when i hovver over them, click on links to post get a page error.
have read numerous forums before coming here (as the install instructions refer to this place, but the link is a dead link!)
lots of them suggest various bits of .htaccess code changes, not a single one works and the htaccess file cannot be found on my webspace.

have uploaded htaccess as instructed, wordpress still doesnt recognise it.

why have the feature included in the package if
A, it doesnt work without modifications to code and files
B, you have to install other mods to have a chance of getting it to work
C, nobody seems to know how to get it to work?

From the linked page:

Where’s my .htaccess file?

WordPress’s index.php and .htaccess files should be together in the directory indicated by the Blog address (URI) setting on your General Options page. Since the name of the file begins with a dot, the file may not be visible through an FTP client unless you change the preferences of the FTP tool to show all files, including the hidden files. Some hosts (e.g. Godaddy) may not show or allow you to edit .htaccess if you install WordPress through the Godaddy Hosting Connection installation.
Creating and editing (.htaccess)

If you do not already have a .htaccess file, create one. If you have shell or ssh access to the server, a simple touch .htaccess command will create the file. If you are using FTP to transfer files, create a file on your local computer, call it 1.htaccess, upload it to the root of your WordPress folder, and then rename it to .htaccess.

You can edit the .htaccess file by FTP, shell, or (possibly) your host’s control panel.

If your .htaccess file contains errors that bring down your site (“Internal Server Error (500)”), you will need to use FTP or your host’s control panel to delete the rogue .htaccess file.

“.. WordPress’s index.php and .htaccess files should be together in the directory indicated by the Blog address”
– yes they are both there in the same directory

“Since the name of the file begins with a dot, the file may not be visible through an FTP client”
– uploaded it as “.htaccess” its showing via ftp program – then deleted it again, renamed to 1.htaccess on my computer, reuploaded it and then changed the name to .htaccess, refreshed and posted to website again to test, still no joy

“You can edit the .htaccess file by FTP, shell, or (possibly) your host’s control panel.”
– done this for almost 3 hours now… still get “page cannot be found error” for permanent link to post, catagorized in, coments and the side menu catagories

when i go back to default links for posts, it works fine

Thanks for feed back iridiax.
I have already read that too ?? But security plugin says : “The file .htaccess does not exist in wp-admin/”, that is why I do not get it :

1) do I also need to add a .htaccess in the root folder ? (website address)

2) can I add empty files? will they be automatically written?

One more info : I have one local version of my website on my computer (using xampp) + another version hosted with godaddy.

Sorry, I mixed everything a little. I had another issue with .htaccess using the security plugin, this file was missing in the wp-admin folder. I managed to create a blank notepad document, added it in the wp-admin folder and was able to change database prefix, that was my other problem.

Concerning the permalink issue, I still don’t get it, sorry…

I understood I need to have a .htaccess on the root :
I have one (once again, I am using wordpress for a website which is hosted locally with xampp, I am working with dreamwaver). Here is the content of this file :

‘
# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /wordpress/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /wordpress/index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress’

I am trying to change the permalinks structure for something like : /%year%/%postname%/%post_id%/
or /%category%

but that results with error pages on my website :
https://localhost/wordpress/category/portfolio/

I do not understand what is wrong, “category” should not be there I guess.
That is a bit frustrating…

to be clear one more time, as said in my first post, my website pages are category pages,

my urls are like:
https://www.dns.com/?cat=6.

I need to replace those type of links with something like:
https://www.dns.com/category_name1

Thanks for helping

my website is local & mod_rewrite is enabled on my apache :
https://roshanbh.com.np/2008/04/check-enable-mod_rewrite-apache.html