If you look at the links of individual posts (of different WordPress blogs), you may have noticed that some of them have numbers.

I personally like the permalink type that is date and name based.

The WordPress default permalink looks like this:

http://thegaleon.com/?p=26

The one I’m using now is:

http://www.thegaleon.com/2008/01/08/herbert-james-draper/


A custom permalink makes it easier for visitors to associate the link with your individual post. It’s what another blogger/webmaster will use to refer to your post (or section), or how you might send a link to your post in an e-mail message.

You can select the type of permalink you want, under

Options » Permalinks

in the WordPress admin panel.

* When you create or update a “pretty” permalink structure, WordPress will generate rewrite rules for the .htaccess file.

If your .htaccess file contains errors that bring down your site (”Internal Server Error (500)”), you’ll need to use FTP or your host’s control panel to fix/delete the problem .htaccess.

If you don’t have access to the .htaccess file due to your hosting plan — and your site has gone down due to updating the permalink type — contact the customer support technicians.

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