Changes won’t save

  • I need to make some changes to me header.php.

    Simple changes, I am trying to change one of the links in my header bar, and also remove an li class from one of the links.

    Everytime I click “update file” the page reloads, and none of the changes I made stayed around.

    help.

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  • Did you get any messages at the bottom of the wordpress editor that said something like… “You need to make this file writable before you can save your changes. See the Codex for more information.” ?

    Make sure that header.php is writable by WordPress first. chmod 666 should do it. Or you might be able to change what you need to right from your ftp client. Don’t forget to put the permissions back to 644 when finished. You may also have to reload from the server or clear your browser cache and revisit your site to see the changes in the browser.

    [EDIT] I can’t seem to duplicate the symptom with just an errant file permissions. If it isn’t writable, the “update” button is just simply not available.. Are you seeing the changes present in the editor after updating, but not in the browser? If that is the case, then Ctrl+F5 or clearing the browser cache should do the trick.

    Thread Starter amandalucia

    (@amandalucia)

    No, I didn’t get any error messages.

    I also do not see the changes in the editor.

    I will check with my FTP client to make sure the permissions are correct.

    Thread Starter amandalucia

    (@amandalucia)

    So changing the permissions didn’t work. I ended up just changing the header.php and using my FTP client to change it.

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