If I create a container page in wordpress say /parts/, it comes up but a 404 for merchant,category, etc. If I use the default /shopping, it works fine. Can I change /shopping for SEO purposes? Or is it because there is a trailing slash after /parts/ in wordpress..
Hi ajmboy,
It does sound like it is down to the trailing "/". This is controlled by your Permalink structure setting in WordPress, and the reason I recommend a format that _does not_ end in "/" is to ensure that optimised product pages such as /product/Product-Name.html can be created rather than /product/Product-Name.html/
You can change the permalink format from wp-admin > Settings > Permalinks, and then a container permalink of /parts should work fine (don't forget to create a Page with that permalink, which is what should be allocated automatically after changing the Permalink settings and then creating a new page it the title "Parts".
Cheers,
David.
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