Don't know how to rename htaccess file?

  • nawal222

    (@nawal222)


    12 years, 5 months ago

    hello,
    I am newbie to all these boring technical stuff, just suffering to do stuff. now I have a WP site about a medical product and hosted by bluehost. i have 2 issues:-
    1-contacted bluehost support and followed every single step they ask me to and finally when I clicked ‘RENAME FILE” I honestly didn’t know how to do it. the “htaccess” was found on the left side of the screen and I highlighted it and went on top of the page and clicked on”Rename”?
    2-My second issue is with creating “pretty link file” in my WP dashboard, I also follow all steps and it still says to me” Error link URL must be a correctly formated URL” even though I always typed my site starting with http://www. just can’t figure it out.
    3-is there any way for this WP forum to retrieve my former username?
    i registered with a new e-mail today just becasue I forgot my past username?
    thanks,
    nawal

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  • Christi Nickerson

    (@christini)

    12 years, 5 months ago

    Hi nawal222,

    1 – I looked online and while BlueHost has a video on using File Manager it doesn’t include information about renaming files. This information on using the File Manager in cPanel should be helpful as it includes renaming a file:

    http://www.webhostinghub.com/support/edu/cpanel/202-managing-files/file-manager

    2 – When creating a custom permalink structure in WordPress, per the Codex:

    You never, ever put your site url in the permalinks slot. You must use one of the structure tags, or a combination of tags only.

    http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks#Choosing_your_permalink_structure

    3 – That would really be a question for one of the moderators.

    Hope this helps!

    bh_WP_fan

    (@bh_wp_fan)

    12 years, 5 months ago

    1) In File Manager in the cPanel, right-click on your .htaccess file and choose “Rename” then type in something like .htaccess.old

    2) Make sure you have the following code in your .htaccess file before trying to save your permalinks

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

# END WordPress

    You can just use one of the default setups, however, if you need a custom Permalink setup, see: http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks

    Christi Nickerson

    (@christini)

    12 years, 5 months ago

    Hi nawal222,

    Were you able to rename your .htaccess file and get your permalinks set up?

    Thanks!

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