Hi, I just added Wordpess to my site in a directory called "weight-loss-news" - when you go to Options - Permalinks - Custom Structure, what do I put in that field if I also want to record the category and postname ? Do you have to put your full url in that Custom structure field or only the new extension ? Example : Options, permalinks (custom structure field) : http://www.weight-loss-discovery.com/weight-loss-news/%category%/%postname%.html or %category%/%postname%.html or Something else you have found successful ? Please let me know as soon as possible. Thank you very much in advance !
Wordpress suggest you to put, /%category%/%postname%/ You can also use, /%category%/%postname%.html Note that the tag starts with / Also make sure that your htaccess file is updated. If your folder chmod is not set properly, then you will have to manually update your htaccess file and upload it.
i actually use /%postid%%postname&/ that way there is never 2 duplicate titles (even if 2 post have the same slug.
mod_rewrite permalinks require Apache's mod_rewrite module, which means that people running other servers cannot use them. I actually use : /%postname%.html
Thank you for your assistance. Does anyone understand the "Slug" field and what it should be used for ?
Post slug is the url text which will appear for the particular post. Normally it will be the same as your title tag. But you can change it by entering a different slug. Eg: say you made a post with title "Best weight loss pills available in united states of America". Normal case your url will appear as, Weight-Loss-Discovery.com/category/best-weight-loss-pills-available-in-united-states-of- america/ But you feel it is too long. So in the post slug box you enter, weightloss-pills-usa. Your new url will be, Weight-Loss-Discovery.com/category/weightloss-pills-usa/ Hope I explained it properly.