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1. STSTN
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   HI,

   I'm trying to change my permalinks so they read e.g:
   http://www.ststn.co.uk/about
   http://www.ststn.co.uk/courses

   instead of
   http://www.ststn.co.uk/?page_id=30
   http://www.ststn.co.uk/?page_id=98

   I've read other threads but they haven't helped.
   Please could someone write an idiots guide for me! If I change anything on the permalinks page i get the message "you must update your .htc access"?

   All help appreciated.
   Thanks.

2. howardp
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   In Permalink Settings - Set @ custom structure. Insert /%postname%/

3. STSTN
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   Thanks so much howardp.

   However, I still get messages realting to ht.access.

   This time:
   "You should update your .htaccess now"

   I found a htaccess file in my directory but I have no idea what to do with it, how to open it etc etc?

   Any ideas?
   Much appreciated!

4. Jan Dembowski
   Volunteer Mod. & Brute Squad
   Posted 5 months ago #

   "You should update your .htaccess now"

   As part of that message, you should see some code that looks similar to this:

   # BEGIN WordPress
   <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
   RewriteEngine On
   RewriteBase /
   RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
   RewriteRule . /wordpress/index.php [L]
   </IfModule>
   
   # END WordPress

   Make a backup copy of your existing .htaccess and then copy your output (not mine) into your copy at the end.

   If all goes well then you'll see fancy permalinks working. If something goes massively wrong then put back the .htaccess backup copy you made.

5. STSTN
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   Thanks so much. But I can't even edit my .htaccess code? Is there specific software needed?

6. Jan Dembowski
   Volunteer Mod. & Brute Squad
   Posted 5 months ago #

   How do you access files on your hosting plan? FTP?

   You should try to download your .htaccess file, make a backup copy of it and then edit that file in notepad.

   Once you've done that re-upload the edited file. If Something Bad™ happens the re-upload that .htaccess backup copy you made.

7. STSTN
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Hi Jan

   I've tried amending my .htaccess file. I use a Mac so I do it in the Text Edit application. But when I copy and paste in the text and save the .htacess file it changes to ASCII Text file with a filename htaccess.txt, whereas before it is just a "file" with .htaceess name

   If I try to upload the new htaccess.txt file (via Filezila), I get an error message: "550htaccess.txt: Permission denied"

   Not sure which issue to tackle first. It seems a problem editing the .htaccess file and even when I do, I can't reload it.

   Any thoughts?

   Many thanks.

8. STSTN
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   PS. Sorry for all the spelling errors! Typing quickly! it should be htaccess throughout, not the various mis-spelllings I have used!

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