Title: [Plugin: article2pdf] template directory not writeable
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# [Plugin: article2pdf] template directory not writeable

 *  [robventer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robventer/)
 * (@robventer)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-article2pdf-template-directory-not-writeable/)
 * Hi
 * I get this error message when setting up the article2pdf options. I”ve changed
   the permissions on fireftp to 777, but I get this error message.
 * PDF template file
    Enter the absolute path to the directory where the pdf template
   files were stored. Important: The directory MUST be writeable by the webserver.
   The last character MUST be a slash. Hint: After changing this you have to upload
   a new pdf template file to that directory. Sorry, the template directory is not
   writeable. Please chmod the directory to a permission that allows the webserver
   to write into that directory or upload your templates with FTP. Try to create
   this directory on change? (e.g. if your enter something like ‘[…]/wp-content/
   uploads/pdftemplates’ what is always a good choice!) Yes, do that! To use a pdf
   file as template for your generated pdf files, just place the template file in
   [http://dolphinpointsa.co.za/wp-content/plugins/article2pdf/contributed/pdftemplates/](http://dolphinpointsa.co.za/wp-content/plugins/article2pdf/contributed/pdftemplates/)
   and choose the file from the select box. Warning: opendir([http://dolphinpointsa.co.za/wp-content/plugins/article2pdf/contributed/pdftemplates/](http://dolphinpointsa.co.za/wp-content/plugins/article2pdf/contributed/pdftemplates/))[
   function.opendir]: failed to open dir: not implemented in /home/www/dolphinpointsa.
   co.za/wp-content/plugins/article2pdf/article2pdf.php on line 852
 * Select different template file to use for converting pages into the pdf format.
   If you select nothing, the standard template file will be used.
    Warning: opendir(
   [http://dolphinpointsa.co.za/wp-content/plugins/article2pdf/contributed/pdftemplates/](http://dolphinpointsa.co.za/wp-content/plugins/article2pdf/contributed/pdftemplates/))[
   function.opendir]: failed to open dir: not implemented in /home/www/dolphinpointsa.
   co.za/wp-content/plugins/article2pdf/article2pdf.php on line 871

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 * Last activity: [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-article2pdf-template-directory-not-writeable/)
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