[SOLVED] ?p=123 versus /day/month/year/post-name/

[iarp]

Hey,

 

If you've used wordpress, when it's first installed it usually shows posts like www.domain.com/?p=123. Theres an option they called Permalinks that allow you to have it like www.domain.com/day/month/year/post-name, or many different configurations.

 

What is this option called? i'm trying to look it up on Google but don't even know where to start looking for a name.

 

EDIT: For some reason i think it's something called php rewrite... i can't remember though.

[mrdamien]

Wordpress uses .htaccess files with mod_rewrite to redirect each of the /day/month/years/ to a separate variable.

 

Tutorial: http://www.sitepoint.com/article/guide-url-rewriting

Extra: http://corz.org/serv/tricks/htaccess2.php

[Fadion]

Didnt look at the guides provided by mrdamien (im sure they're good ones), but im giving a link to the short but concise guide that helped me learn how to use htaccess when i didnt know anything about it. Click here for the guide. Good luck.

[mrdamien]

Didnt look at the guides provided by mrdamien (im sure they're good ones), but im giving a link to the short but concise guide that helped me learn how to use htaccess when i didnt know anything about it. Click here for the guide. Good luck.

 

Yeah that tutorial looks much more concise. I just googled for a few.

[iarp]

Thanks guys. i was close mod_rewrite..