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Default Permalink Help

kissandim
Member

@kissandim

2 years ago

I understand that Buddypress only works if permalinks are not set to default. My issue is that im recreating my original website into a buddypress site. I have 20+ blogs written that have been shared all over the internet via default permalinks. I have counters at the bottom of blogs to show where they have been shared and how many times to show my blog popularity. Is there ANY way to override this or to set the custom structure so that it is exactly the same as the default? Any help would be great!! Thank you!

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@mercime
Keymaster

@mercime

2 years ago

== I have 20+ blogs written that have been shared all over the internet via default permalinks. ==

WP/BP versions? Are all those 20 blogs in a multisite installation or in single WP’s?

== Is there ANY way to override this or to set the custom structure so that it is exactly the same as the default? Any help would be great!! ==

It all depends on the configuration of your blogs – MS or single, but there are ways to go about this.

On multisite installation, just create another site e.g. http://mainsite.com/newsite where you can define BuddyPress and set permalinks to other than default.

On single WP, e,g, http://example.com, I would create a physical subdomain http://buddypress.example.com/ install WP at root using the same database as the example.com site but with a different prefix and share userbase — backup DB first before attempting this.
http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_Multiple_Blogs#Multiple_Databases.2C_Same_Users

Paul Gibbs
Keymaster

@djpaul

2 years ago

No, BuddyPress absolutely requires custom permalinks. What about putting “%post_id%” into the custom field? I’m not sure what the default behaviour is when permalinks are not set, so you may need to play around — take a read of http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks#Choosing_your_permalink_structure

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