woothemes/woocommerce — Issue #432: Proper procedure for perfect permalinks, please
Author: GoElemental
Created: 2011-12-30 03:00:28+00:00
State: open

I am hoping to get some help with my permalink setup in woocommerce.

I typically use the 'pretty' permalink structure of /%postname%/, but this breaks my catalog setup and returns a 404 error. I have even tried combinations such as /%category%/%postname%/, /page/%postname%/etc. but nothing works.

When i set my permalinks to the WP default, the catalog works perfectly, but my other non-catalog pages, such as 'Company Info' and 'Contact Us' have the crappy permalink [hxxp://mysite.com/?p=123] which looks horrible and is even worse for SEO.

I would ultimately like my site structure as follows:
For my catalog pages: hxxp://mysite.com/mens/pants/bushmaster-cargo-pants (not too picky about this URL structure)
For my static pages: http://mysite.com/company-profile (MUST have 'pretty' permalink)

I am using WP 3.2.1 (until the theme dev updates for 3.3 compatibility) and Woocommerce 1.3.2.1

I also have Yoast Wordpress SEO v.1.1.2 and WooCommerce - All in One SEO Pack 1.1 installed.
Tried the 'Canonical URL' setting under the 'Advanced' tab in Yoast, still no luck.

Any help would be most appreciated. Thanks for developing this great plugin and have a great day.