{"id":131,"date":"2004-08-26T21:29:30","date_gmt":"2004-08-26T20:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.randomwire.com\/2004\/08\/26\/blog-tweak\/"},"modified":"2025-06-01T17:45:23","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T15:45:23","slug":"blog-tweak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/randomwire.com\/blog-tweak\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog Tweak"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:11232,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/wordpress.org\\\/support\\\/article\\\/using-permalinks&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20230117011026\\\/https:\\\/\\\/wordpress.org\\\/support\\\/article\\\/using-permalinks\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-02 19:58:37&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-16 21:04:33&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-17 08:14:38&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-20 19:27:15&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-01 22:31:16&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-16 21:26:19&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-16 15:39:11&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-21 11:14:57&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-28 08:52:19&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-13 07:48:52&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-22 15:54:49&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-22 15:54:49&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>You probably won&#8217;t have noticed but I made a few minor changes to the site last night, most notably of all I&#8217;ve turned on proper <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/using-permalinks\/\">permalinks<\/a> which make navigation of the archives a lot easier. 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