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Thank you Stefano Lissa. I may just choose another theme that is mobile friendly and will alow footer text. Any recommendations?

Thank you Diva. I am using the validator in the development toolbar with Firefox, and I’m still getting 14. But if the validator you use is not even finding the other 5, they must be okay. I want to use this theme on another WordPress revision, but was hesitant without knowing the css is not causing problems. Thanks for checking it out!

You nailed it, emsi!

I did as you suggested, and it the culprit was the robots meta plugin. Working great without it! The generic drop down archives are still at the bottom, but I’ve also re-added the Simple Yearly Archives plugin (“Archive” tab at top).

One further question: I had chronic illness from 2007 to early 2010, improving now. During that time I was unable to keep the blog updated, but I am filling in the gap now by posting items readers sent during that time. I am back-dating them to the appropriate year and month in which they were sent. Is there any danger that this back-dating could interfere with the archives working properly in the future?

Thanks for all you help!

Lois

No, it is still at the same place. I was using “Simple Yearly Archives plugin for a long time and hadn’t checked archives in awhile. When I did, I found it not working. So I deactivated “Simle Yearly Archives,” and used the WP archive widget, but it still is not working.

No, they didn’t work with the default setting either. I also did a database check and it showed OK on eveyrthing.

Thank you, esmi. I have taken the steps you suggest, but there appears to be no change in my archive status.

When I originally set up this blog in July, 2005, there were no radio buttons for lengthy URL options such as I’m using in WP, only a place for you to insert custom code, and the Codex explained how. That is what I did and it worked well. I stopped upgrading and stayed at WP 2.2 for this blog until recently (as I said above, was unable to keep it up due to a lengthy illness, but better now.).

So I just upgraded to 2.92 a couple weeks ago, and was pleasantly surprised that WP automatically used the Date and time radio button for my custom code. I thought that meant that I have a supported custom WP permalink now that could be easily redirected. But maybe the fact that it ‘grandfathered’ me in has something to do with why it doesn’t know how to auto-redirect to a different structure now. (though I will probably stay with my current permalink after talking to you guys and finding it is the better option anyway.)

Ok, thank you macmanx. You have helped too. For now I will leave the links as is, since that is what you all suggest. And thanks for codex link too, I’ll take another look. I appreciate your both.
Lois

Okay, that makes me feel better, emsi. Do you know where that page is in Codex? As I said, I tried to find it, but couldn’t. I would like to read it again to be clear in my mind of what it says (though you have helped a great deal!)

But also am wondering, is WP not supposed to auto redirect if you do change from one of the permalink structures that have radio buttons in the permalinks page of WP, to another of the radio button structures? Maybe I’m not understanding that part right either.

You have been very helpful. Thank you.
Lois

Well, at one time the going thing was to use the longer hyphenated urls for search engine to pick up key words. So I set my blog up that way. Then everything I read in WP Codex started suggesting not to use the custom structures, I can’t remember exactly why. So I set my newer blog up with p=123, as the Codex suggested (about a year ago), and I use All in One SEO pack to change the title of each page as I create it. I planned eventually to convert this one to the p-123 as well, since WP recommended it. I tried to find the Codex page that suggested the p=123 structure, but I can’t locate it now. However, as I recall, it was pretty adamant about not using custom structures.

Anyway I had planned to ocnvert this one and install All in One SEO pack here and add titles for pages via that.

Is WP no longer recommending the shorter URL’s? I have been out for some time due to illness (better now), so haven’t kept up with the latest stuff. Am trying to get my blog updated.

Thanks.
Lois

I’ve just changed permalinks back to the Day and time structure since WP doesn’t seem to auto redirect to the p=123. I don’t want to lose my site in search engines.

I tried Permalinks Moved Permanently redirect, and that didn’t help either. Still open to ideas to redirect, if anyone has any.
Lois

Thanks emsi. But I don’t understand. Why is it not redirecting:
https://climates.allergynursing.com/2007/11/03/are-they-allergy-free/
(previous permalink structure I was using for Day and name)
to:
https://climates.allergynursing.com/?p=153
(new permalink for same page using default permalink structure)

Lois

Thanks macmanx.

I did resave, but still get the error. I have left the resave for default in place so you can see the error. If you click the link above for my example post, you will now be redirected to an error page.

If you click https://climates.allergynursing.com/?p=153 you will be reach the post via the default permalink structre that I saved to.

What I am trying to do is get it to redirect the old Day and time permalinks to the new p=123 permalinks.

I appreciate your help.
Lois

Thanks stvwlf and AlbertF. I wound up installing the Robots Meta. I think it does most of what the Ultimate noindex,nofollow plugin does, and several other things as well. It is working out great!

Thanks to both of you for your recommendations.
Lois

Thanks, sounds great, I’ll have a look!