Permalink Issue - I don't understand Permalinks!

CMS & WordPress
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Hello,
I’m trying to change my permalink structure from default “http://www.graphicengine.ca/?p=123” to custom structure using “/%postname%/” and after setting it to this, WordPress automatically selects the Post name option “http://www.graphicengine.ca/sample-post/”. Basically I want my page name to be shown in the URL.

When I test it out and click on my About Us page (http://www.graphicengine.ca/about-us/), I get 404 Not Found. When I go to my About Us page, it shows permalink: Permalink: http://www.graphicengine.ca/about-us/.

Not sure how to fix or if need to do something to .htaccess. Of course if I revert back to original permalink default, links work. Also, just to note I’m using Yoast SEO.

Any ideas how to fix?

Thanks!

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hope this link can help SEO Friendly URL Structure for Your WordPress

For your current problem add this code to your .htaccess file:

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

# END WordPress
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Hi,
I tried that code in my .htaccess, but it did not work. I’ve read the article you mentioned and have read several others, testing out different options but can’t seem to get working properly and it seems like every article I read says something different. I’ve had to resort back to default for now.

Would deleting and having WordPress rebuild the .htaccess file help? I’ll keep trying to fix when I can find some time. Thanks.

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Theengine,

When you log into your wordpress back end, go to your page (in this case your about us page) and at the top above where you write your content, you should see your permalink. Click the edit button for this and it will allow you to edit the permalink.

You may also find some useful info here,

http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks

Best,

Shawn

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Hi Shawn, when I change my permalink structure to /%postname%/, it changes my permalink on my aboutus page to http://www.graphicengine.ca/about-us/ , so think that is how it should appear, but when I test it out I still get the page not found error. Thanks for the link, I’ll take a look at that again.

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If you still have the problem Please Pm me, i will try to solve your problem