permalinks not working as expected

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  ttatint · Member · Feb 4, 2009 at 1:27 am

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  I changed a permalink with a page title of dates and locations and default URL of dates-and-locations to dates, leaving the title as is. What I see is that WordPress appears to be redirecting the new permalink to the original default one.

  Is this to be expected?

  I want to reference pages beneath this using the shorter, date, URL string and was surprised by this behavior.

  Thank you for your help.

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  dlager · Member · Feb 4, 2009 at 2:31 am

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  you cannot change the permalinks other than the last / at wordpress.COM

  I think you want the WordPress.ORG forums.
  please see the yellow sticky at the top of the forum to better understand the difference.

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  justjennifer · Member · Feb 4, 2009 at 6:30 am

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  The blog in question appears to be a WordPress.COM blog, so http://support.wordpress.com/pages/page-title-url/

  Did you change the Page slug before you published or after you published the Page?

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  ttatint · Member · Feb 4, 2009 at 11:15 am

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  yes. I changed the Page slug after publishing. WordPress allows me to edit the slug after publishing but it doesn’t ‘stick’. When I view the page or go back in to edit, it’s back tot he original one (which matches the page title).