Update permalinks in activity stream
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I know this was posted somewhere in these forums, but darned if I can’t find it anywhere!
After changing the permalink structure from
http://example.com/blog/2010/10/sample-post/
to
http://example.com/blog/%postname%/
the permalinks in the activity stream retain the old structure and lead to 404 errors.I remember seeing a post about a workable solution but can’t find it. Can anyone post a link to that elusive thread, or hint at a solution?
The obvious alternative is manually editing each activity entry, but that could be rather tedious
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Thanks for the link to that excellent post by Otto! Very educational reading.
I’ve updated my permalink structure following Otto’s recommendations (and WP’s rules) and guess what… even though activity stream item URLs don`t appear to have changed, the new structure redirects instantly to the proper post.
Thanks again!
I agree – of course ensuring that the main keyword is prominent in url, title & description is a good thing; that’s one of the ways SEs determine the relevance of content… and up goes the pagerank
(Otto does come off as being a “bit” opinionated on that point, doesn’t he?)But he does illustrate a valid point about performance and WordPress’ rewrite rules. Here’s an interesting discussion on trac about URL routing, and how to improve same (over my head, but interesting nonetheless):
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/12935Yup. That article from seomoz.org points out the basics of URL semantics/relevancy and underscores my own convictions on the matter. (“…they are also open to reasoned debate about whether they are right or wrong!”
)Oh, but I DO want a huge huge site! (So performance is an issue.) Therefore, in an attempt to “get” the best of both worlds, my new URL structure is thus:
/%year%/%category%/%postname%/@pcwriter , I currently use otto’s /%year%/%postname%/ with some pityful feeling of missing the “category”, Now I see your new structure, I like the idea
By the way, you didn’t mention the default blog/ before the custom structure. Did you remove it already? I know there’s a way to remove the blog/ — from the site edit page. But I’m not sure if it is the correct way — what’s your opinion?
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