Title: Theme Editing
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Theme Editing

 *  [chifu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chifu/)
 * (@chifu)
 * [19 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-editing-2/)
 * I am using the Michael Heilemann theme and would like to make a few edits to 
   my blog. I would for instance want to add my google tower to the side bar but
   at the bottom of the theme it says:If this file were writable you could edit 
   it.
    What can I do to successfully edit my blog? Can somebody please help me?

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 *  [A2JC4life](https://wordpress.org/support/users/a2jc4life/)
 * (@a2jc4life)
 * [18 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-editing-2/page/3/#post-503836)
 * Chifu, if the theme editor says that your files are not editable, it is because
   of the way the permissions are set for the file in the web host itself. I’m a
   relative newbie, so I can’t recall which numbers are what, but basically if you
   are able to go into where your files are hosted (the place you initially uploaded
   them), each file should have a three-digit number connected with it. A 555, 666,
   777, or some combination thereof (667, etc.). Those numbers indicate whether 
   the file is readable and/or writable by the owner, the world, etc. You need to“
   change permissions” in there, to make the file writable, or else WordPress can’t
   write to the file from your user interface.
 * I’m not sure who all has to have write access, though – maybe someone more experienced
   can answer that.

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## Tags

 * [editing](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/editing/)
 * [writable](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/writable/)

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 * Last reply from: [A2JC4life](https://wordpress.org/support/users/a2jc4life/)
 * Last activity: [18 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-editing-2/page/3/#post-503836)
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