Title: Permalink HELL! please help
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Permalink HELL! please help

 *  [ak86](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ak86/)
 * (@ak86)
 * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-hell-please-help/)
 * Hi guys, I’m new to wordpress and have recently installed it on shared hosting.
   I want to change my permalinks to month/title format. I tried to upload a .htaccess
   file to allow permalinks (method detailed bellow). When trying to access my site
   now I get an internal server error and no area of the site works (i cant even
   access my dashboard) If I remove the .htaccess file, the site should work but
   of course permalinks will deliver a 404 error.
 * When changing Permalinks under Settings on the dashboard, it became apparent 
   that there was either no .htaccess file on my server or wordpress could not communicate
   with it if it did exist. WordPress suggested a code to use and displayed it on
   my dashboard I copied and pasted the code into a new .htaccess file:
 * <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}!-
   f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . /index.php [L] </IfModule
   >
 * There was no other code existing or added in the .htaccess file. When this did
   not work I tried another method copied from a 3rd party support site:
 * # BEGIN WordPress
    <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteCond%{
   REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . /index.
   php [L] </IfModule> # END WordPress
 * Pretty much the same code right? still no success! my web host insists that .
   htaccess files are alterable, they also notify me that the server is running 
   on a linux platform if this is any help ( Ive read somewhere that it needs to
   be a linux platform for .htaccess to work in this way) also worth noting that
   my web host will not allow uploading directly to the root directory. all root
   files should be uploaded in a subfolder called “public_html” this is where I 
   uploaded word press and the .htaccess file, when a browser is pointed to my website,
   public_html is treated as the root directory. does this mean the “RewriteRule”
   should be altered to index.php/public_html?
 * Also worth noting that I uploaded my .htaccess file in ASCII mode as htaccess.
   txt and then changed the name. Is this a problem? Also I have changed the file
   permissions to 640.
 * I think I’ve given you all the information I can. If theres anything I’m missing
   please let me know!
 * Thanks in advance guys
 * Adam
 * [http://www.airpunch.co.uk](http://www.airpunch.co.uk)

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 *  Thread Starter [ak86](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ak86/)
 * (@ak86)
 * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-hell-please-help/#post-1087362)
 * > all root files should be uploaded in a subfolder called “public_html” this 
   > is where I uploaded word press and the .htaccess file, when a browser is pointed
   > to my website, public_html is treated as the root directory. does this mean
   > the “RewriteRule” should be altered to **index.php/public_html**?
   > > My mistake guys! I mean public_html/index.php
   > > Any suggestions?

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