WP URL issue - Concatenated URLs (LOTS of them)
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WP is doing this somehow, and creating URLs for hundreds of pages that don't exist. HOW is this happening, and how do I stop It? I have many, many URLS like this: https://www.atouchofrust.com/terms-of-use/atouchofrust.com/vendor-news. Of note, atouchofrust.com/terms-of-use, and atouchofrust.com/vendor-news are both legit pages on the site. Why they are being concatenated is beyond my limited understanding of WP. Please, somebody, help.
Cori
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Hi
I don't know anything about your website but it looks to me like the links on the page do not have https://www. in front of them and are therefore appending themselves to the page they are on instead of creating a link to another page.. So look at the links on the page:
If the page is
https://www.atouchofrust.com/terms-of-use/
and you add a link to that page thus:
Then the result will be a concatenated string thus:
https://www.atouchofrust.com/terms-of-use/atouchofrust.com/vendor-news
Which will 404.
If you change the link on the page to
**https://www.**atouchofrust.com/vendor-news
Then the link will resolve to the page it is meant to.
I think that is your problem. Go through all the cross site links and add the https://www
Regards
Nigel
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