Title: Changing the codex?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Changing the codex?

 *  [lynds](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lynds/)
 * (@lynds)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-the-codex-1/)
 * I’ve been reading through posts, and can’t seem to find the answer to mine. I’ve
   uploaded several different themes that I like and was now trying to change my
   header to a personalized one. Well, it says that I need to “make the files writable”
   and then takes me to a page all about Codex. I am so confused. I’m fairly knowledgeable(
   I thought) but the stuff about codex is a bunch of mumbo jumbo to me! Can anyone
   help?

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 *  [jomik](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jomik/)
 * (@jomik)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-the-codex-1/#post-967344)
 * Using your FTP client, find the themes folder (wordpress\wp-content\themes) and
   change the permission to ‘777’. There is also an option to set the permissions
   for files and subfolders, make sure it is checked. This will allow wordpress 
   to modify the header image files. Refer to the documentation for your FTP client
   for details on how to change file permissions.
 * If you get this error message it is probably a good idea to check the file permissions
   for the uploads folder. If the wp-content folder is not writeable the uploads
   folder will not be created on your first upload and uploading will not work. 
   To fix this you can either create the uploads folder manually and set its permissions
   to ‘777’ or change the permissions for wp-content to ‘777’. Also note that some
   plugins may require the plugin folder to be writeable as well.

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