Permalinks question

Discussion in 'WordPress' started by keblack, Jan 20, 2007.

  1. #1
    Hi,

    In Wordpress, I have indicated at http://www.weight-loss-discovery.com my permalinks structure as :

    /%category%/%postname%/

    Some of my page url's don't look right ...

    http://www.weight-loss-discovery.com/healthy-weight-loss/

    Default category (named changed to Weight Loss News):

    http://www.weight-loss-discovery.com/category/weight-loss-news/

    http://www.weight-loss-discovery.com/category/weight-loss-supplements/hoodia-gordonii/


    Why is that word "category" in there ? How can I fix this so that the real category name shows up followed by the post name (post names not showing up), and not that word ?

    Also, is it better to indicate the permalink as :

    /%category%/%postname%.html


    What are you using successfully ?


    Thank you.
     
    keblack, Jan 20, 2007 IP
  2. autorave

    autorave Peon

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    #2
    maybe click on the 'Update Permalinks; tab again and it'll work again .. worked for me on my blog. Clear your cache and it should be fine.

    I've heard the /%postname%/ has the greatest SEO benefit but I prefer to have a category in front of it because my categories are all keywords too.
     
    autorave, Jan 20, 2007 IP
  3. cormac

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    #3
    The 'category' will still show up if you click into the category called Weight Loss News as it tells people they are sitting in the category section.

    I prefer uising %postname% so my final post url will look like mydomain.com/my-post.html but again, keep in mind what I said above as it still comes into play using %postname% only.
     
    cormac, Jan 20, 2007 IP
  4. mdvaldosta

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    #4
    In the same area where you set your permalink structure, you can also change your category slug. Default is /category but you can change it to whatever you want like /cat or something more seo'd if you want.
     
    mdvaldosta, Jan 20, 2007 IP
  5. cormac

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    mdvaldosta can you remove the /category/ so it would be just the domain name & category name not domain/category/category-name/...I have been looking about for this.

    Im not talking about the final post url. ;)
     
    cormac, Jan 20, 2007 IP
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    I think you can anything you like in the custom field.

    Col :)
     
    Cheap SEO Services, Jan 20, 2007 IP
  7. mdvaldosta

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    I don't beleive it's possible, there has to be some sort of category slug even if it's just /a. There aren't any plugins or hacks to do this either that I've found.
     
    mdvaldosta, Jan 20, 2007 IP
  8. cormac

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    Yeah but can it be blank?

    *edit*

    Thanks mdvaldosta, thats what I am seeing. ah well.
     
    cormac, Jan 20, 2007 IP
  9. tkilgore

    tkilgore Well-Known Member

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    #9
    try this ...:0)

    /archives/%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/

    works every time .. Tod K
     
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  10. keblack

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    Tod,

    I'm not sure why you have a longer format with the date - do the SEs want to see that ? Woudl I have to adjust my .htaccess file at all as per this thread :

    http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=121693

    My .htaccess file is set at 777 right now, as per the advice on Brandon Hong's videos that I bought.

    I guess there are different ways of doing this. Is there a best way for SE rankings ?
     
    keblack, Jan 20, 2007 IP
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    I prefer /%postname%.html
     
    mdvaldosta, Jan 20, 2007 IP
  12. cormac

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    Stick with /%postname%.html as the longer url just looks messy.

    You might need to manually update your .htaccess code if you cant do an auto job.
     
    cormac, Jan 21, 2007 IP