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1. jorgeocampo
   Member
   Aug 22, 2009, 7:01 PM

   Well, i have many post about events, i update everyone several times a week (because its about an event, and there is new info)

   The issue is:

   - Every time i do an update, the permalink changes, because im changing the published date to put it in my front page, i dont wanna an stick post or a page, just a simple friendly post

   So, the link to this post is broken everywhere everytime: Twitter, Blogroll, etc
   In fact, one of my post were in the top 10 of "Top Posts" (http://botd.wordpress.com), several times this week, now is a broken link

   ¿Why do we need the plublished date in the permalink?, there is not enough reason

   The blog I need help with is superluchas.net.

2. husdal
   Member
   Aug 22, 2009, 7:44 PM

   Why do we need the plublished date in the permalink?, there is not enough reason

   The very good reason for this is that this is how a blog (web-log) is supposed to work in the first place, it is a log of dated events. If you need to update the event I suggest to make that event a category or tag and make new posts with new dates using the same category or tag.

3. jorgeocampo
   Member
   Aug 25, 2009, 12:21 AM

   "is how a blog (web-log) is supposed to work"

   By limiting what CAN be done?
   The plublished date must be only meta-info, not part of the permalink, it really is that simple

4. tellyworth
   Staff
   Aug 25, 2009, 12:37 AM

   Use a page, not a post.

5. jorgeocampo
   Member
   Aug 28, 2009, 2:24 PM

   A page is not an option when you have 4 to 5 events each month

6. husdal
   Member
   Aug 28, 2009, 3:37 PM

   If wordpress.com does not have the options you want, you may want to consider switching to a different blogging platform with a different permalink structure, e.g. self-hosted wordpress.org.

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