correct chmod:
directories: 755
files: 644
that other post told you what not to use, but didnt tell you what you should have instead :), so.. since you didnt say exactly what you did do, i can only suggest the proper permissions.
My ftp program sets the permissions dependent on what options I check and I am getting 744, not 755.
I would love to tell you exactly what I did but I have NO clue. 🙁
All I remember is trying to change the chmod settings first on the one file and then on the entire directory. Does that help? I am clueless and try to leave this kind of stuff alone when possible for just this reason but I wanted to avoid getting hijacked again.
It’s really frustrating, my husband is deployed overseas and plans to use my journal to keep up with me and the kids while he is away and I just can’t figure this out. 🙁
Hi,
I also have had many problems with CHMOD and most of the times also don’t understand what’s going on exactly.
But I think I sorta figured it out now…
First you CHMOD 755 the main directory where WordPress resides
CHMOD in your ftp-program probably gives you a screen with 3 groups:
User, Group, Other
underneath each of them you probably see:
Read, Write, Execute
To CHMOD the directory WordPress resides in you tick on the following:
User: Read, Write, Execute
Group: Read, Execute
Other: Read, Execute
Then you go into the main directory and you select the 3 directories wp-admin, wp-content and wp-includes and you also CHMOD 755 them (exact same settings as above
Then you select all files (so without the directories) and you perform a CHMOD 644 on them:
User: Read, Write
Groups: Read
Other: Read
This at least allows you to access your blog normally and enables you to write posts.
