Title: .htaccess help Last modified: August 18, 2016 --- # .htaccess help * [spaceboog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/spaceboog/) * (@spaceboog) * [21 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-help/) * my permalinks wont work and i have noticed that i need to edit the “.htaccess” file… but i can not find it. What is it? Where is it? any help would be great thanks Viewing 10 replies - 1 through 10 (of 10 total) * Thread Starter [spaceboog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/spaceboog/) * (@spaceboog) * [21 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-help/#post-135410) * do i need to make the folders myself for the archives? and i created a .htaccess file by just pasteing the info given to me… is that it? * [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/) * (@podz) * [21 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-help/#post-135414) * WP will create the .htaccess code itself. Options > Permalinks paste the suggested default structure into the higher box click button on bottom right Code will appear at base of page * Right click in that box Select All Copy Paste into Notepad * Save as “htaccess.txt” Upload to server change it’s name to .htaccess * Job done 🙂 * And archive folders ? Nope, WP handles all that. * Thread Starter [spaceboog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/spaceboog/) * (@spaceboog) * [21 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-help/#post-135421) * i did the text thing and now when i click any permalinks to a archive i get the following error: The page cannot be found The page you are looking for might have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable. * Thread Starter [spaceboog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/spaceboog/) * (@spaceboog) * [21 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-help/#post-135425) * i also noticed that i can not set the permission to 666, but its set at 777 is that a problem? please help i created the file as a text file, then uploaded and changed its name… why wont it work thanks * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [21 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-help/#post-135447) * No, 777 is very bad. 777 makes .htaccess readable, in a browser, by everyone. If you used .htaccess to password protect certain directories on your site, everyone would be able to view the password. Please read this for how to set permalinks and get around certain problems: * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks](http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks) * Thread Starter [spaceboog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/spaceboog/) * (@spaceboog) * [21 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-help/#post-135588) * i got this message from my server company: “It’s a windows server and you can’t use .htaccess You have full permission at your webspace” * so now what do i do for permalinks? i tried using index.php but i get the error that says: no input file… please help.. * [deydas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/deydas/) * (@deydas) * [21 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-help/#post-135589) * If you are using Apache, .htaccess should work but it won’t work on IIS and other. First confirm from your host whether you are using Apache or not. If you are using Apache, and .htaccess still does not work, you might want to use the AccessFileName Directive to force Apache to look into .htaccess. More info is here: [http://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/core.html#accessfilename](http://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/core.html#accessfilename). * Thread Starter [spaceboog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/spaceboog/) * (@spaceboog) * [21 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-help/#post-135590) * i read that and they have mentioned apache… but i dont know what to do with [http://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/core.html#accessfilename](http://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/core.html#accessfilename) i have no access to my stuff other than via ftp… * [doctorvee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/doctorvee/) * (@doctorvee) * [21 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-help/#post-135592) * I have a separate problem with the mod_rewrite stuff.. * I changed my permalink structure to /%year%/%monthnum%/%postname%/ . I changed my .htaccess file, and everything seems to be okay apart from the calendar links which all point to [http://www.doctorvee.co.uk/%yea](http://www.doctorvee.co.uk/%yea). Does anybody know what’s up? * [unclesam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/unclesam/) * (@unclesam) * [21 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-help/#post-135703) * I seem to be having the same problem. In my case, the permalinks template indicates/% pos (because I have /%post-id%/ in the template). I think, it cuts the link somewhere, or something Viewing 10 replies - 1 through 10 (of 10 total) The topic ‘.htaccess help’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 10 replies * 6 participants * Last reply from: [unclesam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/unclesam/) * Last activity: [21 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-help/#post-135703) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics