permalink help please

My permalink setting on my block is currently at default, however I want to change it to:

Date and name based

(so it's better so it's better for SEO)

Anyways, when I do this.. I get an error. How do I fix this? Is there something I need to modify on my host? (I'm using Cpanel)

Thanks

 

Add the code below to .htaccess

Code:

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

# END WordPress

Then wordpress Options , Permalink and custom .. I use

Code:

/%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%category%/%postname%.html

 

that's a rule.... .htaccess file needs to be edited for that...(where u got the tutorial for changing the permalink there it should be written)

http://example.com/category/seo
http://example.com/posts/post-title-here
http://example.com/category-name/post-title-here

These types of permalink would be more better....i think..

 

I would also recommend setting it to /%category%/%postname%
You may not need to modify .htaccess by the way.

 

I am using /%category%/%postname%.htm to convert the URL to static.

 

Thanks

I'm really new at .HTACCESS, how to I get access to this file and where/how to I insert this code?

Thanks!

BTW: tested out /%category%/%postname% I still get the same error

 

Login to your FTP, in my case .htaccess is found in the public_html folder.
Download it, open in the text editor (make sure you have a backup copy though), add the text given by FOX LORE, save the file then upload it again and overwrite the old version.

 

Read this http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks
Should help ya........

 

Okay I found the file and downloaded it, however when I open it in notepad, the file is blank..

Anyway I can download a good .HTACCESS file to add to my FTP?


Thank you so much

 

What is the url of your blog, will fix it up in the .HTACCESS and send u a download link

 

You can change permalink structure from your wordpress admin panel too

 

My blog URL is: http://www.myraphan.com

Thank you all for wanting to help !!!

 

Yep, it's supposed to be blank (again, IMO).
Just add the text, upload it and give it a try.

 

Have sent you the file details

once u have uploaded it to your server, then login to your wp admin and update the permalink setting to "/%postname%/" (without the quotes)

 

Just did it! It works amazingly

The only problem is http://myraphan.com comes up to http://myraphan.com/myraphan instead of http://www.myraphan.com but no biggy!!

Thank you!