Title: Installation failed, cannot edit php code
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Installation failed, cannot edit php code

 *  Resolved [lisaking2010](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lisaking2010/)
 * (@lisaking2010)
 * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-failed-cannot-edit-php-code/)
 * Hello,
    I tried to install WordPress 3.0, but got the following errors. The first
   erros was without deactivating the plug-ins:
 * Could not create directory.: /public_html Installation failed
 * And this error was with deactivating all the plug-ins:
 * “this file couldn’t be replaced”: /public_html/wp-admin/css/wp-admin.dev.css
 * It seems that 3.0 was partially upgraded and now I cannot edit the php code. 
   Also, do I need to change the permissions of my directories before I upgrade 
   the software?
 * I was going to try manually upgrading, but the files dates look to be updated
   already.(?)
 * Thank you in advance.

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 *  Thread Starter [lisaking2010](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lisaking2010/)
 * (@lisaking2010)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-failed-cannot-edit-php-code/#post-1603915)
 * Below was the same issue that I was having… problem solved. Would be nice if 
   there was more of a substantial support system for WP.
 * [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-edit-theme-pages-in-wordpress-281?replies=8](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-edit-theme-pages-in-wordpress-281?replies=8)

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