Questions about submitting blogs

[secretagentwilly]

Originally Posted by nomercy

A little off topic, but you might want to think about turning on SEF (search engine friendly) URLs in WP...

e.g.
handrodeo.com/stories/eva-angelina-in-glasses/

instead of:

handrodeo.com/stories/?p=7

Might give you a boost on some keywords in the SERPS.

How do you do this? It's a pretty good idea.

[nomercy]

Originally Posted by easymama

How do you do this? It's a pretty good idea.

In WP admin go to: "Settings >> Permalinks"

Under "Common Settings" choose "Custom Structure" and enter this:

/%category%/%postname%/

Now your links should look like this:

handrodeo.com/stories/category/handjob/eva-angelina-in-glasses/

One more very important step... you will need to update your .htaccess file (if you haven't done so already). Just add the code / follow the instructions at the bottom of the Permalinks settings page. It has the code that needs to be added to your .htaccess file in order for SEF URLs to work (mod_rewrite rules).

Also, if you want to get rid of the /category/ base name in your URLs you will need this plugin:

Top Level Categories
http://fortes.com/projects/wordpress/top-level-cats/

(just enable the plug-in, then it should work. No settings to fiddle with)

Hope that helps. If you run into any problems let me know.