Hi ive made a new blog in wordpress 2.5.1 and I forgot to change the permalinks before I started posting. I tried to change the permalink to %postname% but when I click on old posts and fresh new posts I get 404 error?!? I dont like this new wordpress it sucks! any help appreciated!
its usually a problem with htaccess, there are a few fixes that seem to work... I have had to use them myself. I just try to setup the structure from the start now... any existing blogs I have been keeping the same. It is a pain
yes i was also having the same issue with my WP 2.5 So i use 2.3.1. Its the best. Dont always go for the latest version. Thanks..
Do you get a "Permalinks updated" message or "you should update your .htaccess file" message when you update the permalinks? If the latter change the permissions on the .htaccess file to 777 then update the permalink structure again. Then change the permissions back. This depends on the hosting account too. Some don't use .htaccess
it says permalinks updated. I have now fixed the problem.. what I had to do was use the permalink index.php/%postname%/ rather than just %postname% on its own. weird because I have used just %postname% before on other blogs!
I've never been able to get permalinks to work, but I've always tried after there were posts. How do you know if you should make an .htaccess (if you host uses them or not)?