Title: another pretty permalinks problem Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # another pretty permalinks problem * Resolved [jan@jsphotofx.com](https://wordpress.org/support/users/janjsphotofxcom/) * (@janjsphotofxcom) * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-pretty-permalinks-problem/) * I set up the Pretty Permalinks, got the 404 error of pages missing. Created the. htaccess file with the code provided by WP, uploaded it to the WordPress directory. Got the 500 error message, major problem with the site. Removed the .htaccess file, and now I’m stuck. The problem is probably the permissions, but I can’t seem to find where to change the permissions on the .htaccess file, since it’s hidden on the mac, no way to change it on the Windows and neither Filezilla or Fetch seem to have a way to edit permissions. If they do, I haven’t found it. * I see things on the the other forum questions about chmod, but I have NO clue where this is done, or how. So if you have an answer for me, do not presume I understand your codespeak. I can follow directions well, but they have to be complete directions. Your help is appreciated, just understand that I do not always understand WordPress speak. * Thanks! Viewing 10 replies - 1 through 10 (of 10 total) * Thread Starter [jan@jsphotofx.com](https://wordpress.org/support/users/janjsphotofxcom/) * (@janjsphotofxcom) * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-pretty-permalinks-problem/#post-1841273) * update on the above. I have found how to change the permissions on the .htaccess file thru Cpanel. However, that hasn’t changed the problem of getting the 500 error with that file uploaded, and without it, the 404 error on pages with the pretty permalinks. * Where do I go from here? * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-pretty-permalinks-problem/#post-1841277) * The 500 error indicates that you have 1 or more typos in your .htaccess file. To change file permissions in Filezilla, right-click on the file and select _File permissions_. * Thread Starter [jan@jsphotofx.com](https://wordpress.org/support/users/janjsphotofxcom/) * (@janjsphotofxcom) * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-pretty-permalinks-problem/#post-1841333) * RewriteEngine On RewriteBase /wordpress/ RewriteRule ^index\.php$ – [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}!- d RewriteRule . /wordpress/index.php [L] * This is what I copied and pasted from WP to the .htaccess file. Since I don’t speak code, I do not know what the typo would be. * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-pretty-permalinks-problem/#post-1841337) * The lines above look correct. What did you use to create/amend the .htaccess file? A plain text editor? Did you upload the file in ASCII format? * [nfiori](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nfiori/) * (@nfiori) * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-pretty-permalinks-problem/#post-1841342) * It sounds like you have the same problem I was having. Is your web host running a Windows server? * Thread Starter [jan@jsphotofx.com](https://wordpress.org/support/users/janjsphotofxcom/) * (@janjsphotofxcom) * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-pretty-permalinks-problem/#post-1841343) * I used Dreamweaver to create the file, uploaded it via the Cpanel. I don’t see any settings on the Cpanel for uploading options. Cpanel lists it as a text/x- generic file. * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-pretty-permalinks-problem/#post-1841347) * [@nfiori](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nfiori/): Can you have cPanel on a Windows server? * [@jan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jan/)@jsphotofx.com: It might be better to use a text editor like NotePad. * [nfiori](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nfiori/) * (@nfiori) * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-pretty-permalinks-problem/#post-1841353) * [@esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/): I’m not sure. My web host doesn’t have cPanel but I’m sure it’s possible. * The reason I ask is because Windows doesn’t allow you to set file permissions. I had to do a 404 re-route. [This step-by-step tutorial](http://www.webcoachpete.com/blog/wp-permalinks-iis6/) was very helpful. * You mentioned at first that your .htaccess file was hidden, but you found it now, right? Filezilla also has a way to set file permissions. Just right-click your .htaccess file, click “File Permissions” and set it to whichever number WP suggests. (I think 755? 666? Don’t quote me). If that still doesn’t work, I suggest trying the tutorial above. * Thread Starter [jan@jsphotofx.com](https://wordpress.org/support/users/janjsphotofxcom/) * (@janjsphotofxcom) * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-pretty-permalinks-problem/#post-1841357) * Hotdiggity dog, it works! yea! dreamweaver had weird characters in for the line returns. * Thanks for your help! * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-pretty-permalinks-problem/#post-1841358) * Cool! Yet another “fix” filed for future use. 🙂 Viewing 10 replies - 1 through 10 (of 10 total) The topic ‘another pretty permalinks problem’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [htaccess](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/htaccess/) * [permalinks](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/permalinks/) * [permissions](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/permissions/) * [pretty](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/pretty/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 10 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * Last activity: [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-pretty-permalinks-problem/#post-1841358) * Status: resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics