Title: Cannot save pages..
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Cannot save pages..

 *  [dfrandin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dfrandin/)
 * (@dfrandin)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-save-pages-1/)
 * I’ve installed WordPress on an Ubuntu 8.04 virtual private server, and it seems
   to work fine, except for one glaring problem.. I cannot save any pages created
   via Write/Page. I’ve checked permissions and the .htaccess file on the wordpress
   directory, and they appear to be ok. What happens is the page appears to be created,
   and after you publish the page, and try to view the page via Manage/View page,
   you get “file not found”, and the permalink showing on the top of the “write 
   page” window, shows the page file being stored directly in the wordpress directory,
   however, I’ve configured the permalink as Day/Month, and based on what that page
   shows, I think it should be in wordpress/2008/11/22/pagename.. What am I missing
   here???
 * Dave

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 *  [edsley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/edsley/)
 * (@edsley)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-save-pages-1/#post-908222)
 * Once you create the permalinks, it modifies the .htaccess file (it generally 
   happens automatically but sometimes if you don’t have the right permissions then
   you need to write a small code manually.
    It comes up in the bottom of the permalinks
   page when you create it.
 * Check this option.
 *  Thread Starter [dfrandin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dfrandin/)
 * (@dfrandin)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-save-pages-1/#post-908294)
 * Thanks for the reply.. I understand about the permissions on .htaccess, and I’ve
   set them to 660, and I don’t get the warning when setting permalinks that I need
   to change them, such that I believe WP is setting them in .htaccess for me, however,
   despite that, I still get the published page permalink showing as [http://myhost.com/wordpress/page](http://myhost.com/wordpress/page),
   instead of the custom setting i’m trying to use which is the day/date permalink
   setting.. Even if I then hit publish on this page, the system does not save the
   page into [http://myhost.com/wordpress](http://myhost.com/wordpress), such that
   when I try to view the page, there is nothing there… What am I missing??
 * Dave

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [dfrandin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dfrandin/)
 * Last activity: [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-save-pages-1/#post-908294)
 * Status: not resolved

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