Hi I am a newbie in wordpress. I just started using it. My permalinks used to be site name com/archives/postnumber then I got an seo advicethat it is not good, so I changed it to site name.com/year/month/post title. So now I googled my sites and saw that the older post was showing error.I installed Dean's Permalinks Migration but it doesn't seem to help. Guys, please help me. I am still researching how to solve this but I know there are alot of DPers that can give me good advice and help. Thanks in advance.
Try resetting it back to what the original was. However, google will take its own time in re-indexing.
@phinelinda Thanks for replying. So i set it back to this site name com/archives/postnumber ? But what about the posts I already have published with site name.com/year/month/post title?
Its better to set ur permalinks as custom structure: (seo purpose and for adsense) /%category%/%postname%/ Place that code in .htaccess file which u get when u change permalinks. In se if ur url old structure is : youdomain.com/year/post/ then itwill automatically redirects towards new one. yourdomain.com/category/postname/ But if its not working then it mean ur .htaccess file has error or u did not place the code there. (this code is for writing url) Hope it will help u if not drop me ur url i will resolve the issue.
Hi how do I access this .htaccess file ? I have been searching all over but couldn't find a good answer. It it in my hosting control panel or in the wordpress editor?
I don't see it there. Sorry I am such a newbie. Could you guys tutor me in doing that? I am hosted at bluehost .
If your databse is still small, use thesuggested permalink: /%category%/%postname%/ And then create a sitemap using google XML sitemap creator plugin and ping google with it
If ur blog installation is in root dir then try this one ftp.yourdomain.com/public_html If its in blog dir then ftp.yourdomain.com/public_html/blog Note: Also ensure that u r using cpanel and linux or unix hosting. Now go to exact dir and find .htaccess.txt file if u can not find one there then create new in notepad (open blank notepad file) n save as htaccess.txt now paste that code which u get when u set permalink structure. Upload to the server. rename as .htaccess and u r done. If it does not work then pm me ur url
Guys I finally found it I found it and now what do I do? I see some stuff like Read checked checked checked Write checked Execute Permission 6 4 4 So I need to change the two 4 into 6 right?
Yes, you need to set your .htaccess permission to 666. By the way, I also encountered the same situation before & I used Dean's Permalink Migration plugin & it worked perfectly.
@ Betong- Thanks! I did try to use that too but it didn't work for me so I just uninstalled it. Ok is there any danger in changing it to 666 ? I mean I read somewhere that if you change it , it might be easier to get hacked or is that only for 777? UPDATE:It is now solved.Thank so much guys! I used Scott Yang Permalink redirect plugin. I filled in the old permalink structure area and now it's okay.