Title: (perma)links problem! please help
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# (perma)links problem! please help

 *  [putsj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/putsj/)
 * (@putsj)
 * [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-problem-please-help/)
 * We’ve recently installed and got our blog – [http://www.putsj.no](http://www.putsj.no)–
   up and running, but there’s still some newbie problems occuring.
 * * If _not_ trying to use permalinks every post and category link redirects back
   to the index.php file/main page, and not the acctual post or category?!
 * * When trying to use permalinks there’s a ‘404 Not Found’ foul, and I’m sure 
   this is related to the .htaccess, but I have no clue on how to find/edit the .
   htaccess file – and I cant find it in my wordpress root directory – _even though
   I’ve ticked ‘show hidden files’ in my ftp software._
 * Anyone got a clue on how to resolve this issue?
    We’re grateful for any help.
 * Thanks!
 * (the blog i’m talking about: [http://www.putsj.no](http://www.putsj.no/)!)

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 *  [Jeremy Clark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeremyclark13/)
 * (@jeremyclark13)
 * [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-problem-please-help/#post-635946)
 * In your wordpress directory create a .htaccess file then go back to your permalinks
   and click update permalinks. Oh and make sure the file is 775 when updating the
   change back to 644 after updating.
 *  Thread Starter [putsj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/putsj/)
 * (@putsj)
 * [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-problem-please-help/#post-635950)
 * > _but I have no clue on how to find/edit the .htaccess file – and I cant find
   > it in my wordpress root directory – even though I’ve ticked ‘show hidden files’
   > in my ftp software._
 * I guess i should’ve mentioned, but I dont know how to create an .htaccess file
   neither, nor what the content of it should be.
 * Any tips or tricks?
 * Thank you
 *  [Jeremy Clark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeremyclark13/)
 * (@jeremyclark13)
 * [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-problem-please-help/#post-635951)
 * Just create a blank text file and name it .htaccess with no file extension, then
   ftp it to the wordpress directory of your web server then change the permissions
   of the file to 775 then update your permalinks then change it back to 644.
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions](http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions)

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## Tags

 * [htaccess](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/htaccess/)
 * [linking problems](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/linking-problems/)
 * [links](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/links/)
 * [permalinks](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/permalinks/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 3 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Jeremy Clark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeremyclark13/)
 * Last activity: [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-problem-please-help/#post-635951)
 * Status: not resolved

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