Sorry, I wasn’t explicit about the problem. Yes, I need to be able to upload files to this folder but I get an error that it is not allowed.
Here are the contents of .htaccess from s2member. I’m using the free version if you want to test with the plugin.
<IfModule env_module>
# No GZIP for script-based file downloads.
SetEnv no-gzip 1
</IfModule>
<IfModule rewrite_module>
# Enable symlinks (required for rewrites).
Options +FollowSymLinks
# Enable rewrite and configure base.
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
# Initialize all environment variables we're using below.
RewriteCond %{ENV:s2member_file_download_setup} !^complete$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ - [E=s2member_file_download_wp_vdir:0,E=s2member_file_download:$1,E=s2member_file_stream:0,E=s2member_file_inline:0,E=s2member_file_storage:0,E=s2member_file_remote:0,E=s2member_file_ssl:0,E=s2member_file_download_key:0,E=s2member_skip_confirmation:0,E=s2member_file_download_setup:complete]
# Handle virtual directories, common on multisite networks.
RewriteCond %{ENV:s2member_file_download_wp_vdir_check} !^complete$
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^(?:GET|HEAD)(?:[\ ]+)(?:/)([_0-9a-zA-Z\-]+/)(?:wp-content/)
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ - [E=s2member_file_download_wp_vdir:,E=s2member_file_download_wp_vdir:%1,E=s2member_file_download_wp_vdir_check:complete]
# Handle streaming download requests via the rewrite engine.
RewriteCond %{ENV:s2member_file_download} ^(.*?)(?:s2member-file-stream/)(.+)$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ - [N,E=s2member_file_download:,E=s2member_file_download:%1%2,E=s2member_file_stream:,E=s2member_file_stream:&s2member_file_stream=yes]
RewriteCond %{ENV:s2member_file_download} ^(.*?)(?:s2member-file-stream-(.+?)/)(.+)$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ - [N,E=s2member_file_download:,E=s2member_file_download:%1%3,E=s2member_file_stream:,E=s2member_file_stream:&s2member_file_stream=%2]
# Handle inline file requests via the rewrite engine.
RewriteCond %{ENV:s2member_file_download} ^(.*?)(?:s2member-file-inline/)(.+)$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ - [N,E=s2member_file_download:,E=s2member_file_download:%1%2,E=s2member_file_inline:,E=s2member_file_inline:&s2member_file_inline=yes]
RewriteCond %{ENV:s2member_file_download} ^(.*?)(?:s2member-file-inline-(.+?)/)(.+)$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ - [N,E=s2member_file_download:,E=s2member_file_download:%1%3,E=s2member_file_inline:,E=s2member_file_inline:&s2member_file_inline=%2]
# Handle storage specifications via the rewrite engine.
RewriteCond %{ENV:s2member_file_download} ^(.*?)(?:s2member-file-storage-(.+?)/)(.+)$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ - [N,E=s2member_file_download:,E=s2member_file_download:%1%3,E=s2member_file_storage:,E=s2member_file_storage:&s2member_file_storage=%2]
# Handle remote authorization requests via the rewrite engine.
RewriteCond %{ENV:s2member_file_download} ^(.*?)(?:s2member-file-remote/)(.+)$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ - [N,E=s2member_file_download:,E=s2member_file_download:%1%2,E=s2member_file_remote:,E=s2member_file_remote:&s2member_file_remote=yes]
RewriteCond %{ENV:s2member_file_download} ^(.*?)(?:s2member-file-remote-(.+?)/)(.+)$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ - [N,E=s2member_file_download:,E=s2member_file_download:%1%3,E=s2member_file_remote:,E=s2member_file_remote:&s2member_file_remote=%2]
# Handle SSL file requests via the rewrite engine.
RewriteCond %{ENV:s2member_file_download} ^(.*?)(?:s2member-file-ssl/)(.+)$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ - [N,E=s2member_file_download:,E=s2member_file_download:%1%2,E=s2member_file_ssl:,E=s2member_file_ssl:&s2member_file_ssl=yes]
RewriteCond %{ENV:s2member_file_download} ^(.*?)(?:s2member-file-ssl-(.+?)/)(.+)$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ - [N,E=s2member_file_download:,E=s2member_file_download:%1%3,E=s2member_file_ssl:,E=s2member_file_ssl:&s2member_file_ssl=%2]
# Handle file download keys via the rewrite engine.
RewriteCond %{ENV:s2member_file_download} ^(.*?)(?:s2member-file-download-key-(.+?)/)(.+)$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ - [N,E=s2member_file_download:,E=s2member_file_download:%1%3,E=s2member_file_download_key:,E=s2member_file_download_key:&s2member_file_download_key=%2]
# Handle confirmations having beek skipped via the rewrite engine.
RewriteCond %{ENV:s2member_file_download} ^(.*?)(?:s2member-skip-confirmation/)(.+)$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ - [N,E=s2member_file_download:,E=s2member_file_download:%1%2,E=s2member_skip_confirmation:,E=s2member_skip_confirmation:&s2member_skip_confirmation=yes]
RewriteCond %{ENV:s2member_file_download} ^(.*?)(?:s2member-skip-confirmation-(.+?)/)(.+)$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ - [N,E=s2member_file_download:,E=s2member_file_download:%1%3,E=s2member_skip_confirmation:,E=s2member_skip_confirmation:&s2member_skip_confirmation=%2]
# Cleanup variables not used in this request. Looking for
0
values.
RewriteCond %{ENV:s2member_file_download_wp_vdir} ^0$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ - [E=s2member_file_download_wp_vdir:]
RewriteCond %{ENV:s2member_file_stream} ^0$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ - [E=s2member_file_stream:]
RewriteCond %{ENV:s2member_file_inline} ^0$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ - [E=s2member_file_inline:]
RewriteCond %{ENV:s2member_file_storage} ^0$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ - [E=s2member_file_storage:]
RewriteCond %{ENV:s2member_file_remote} ^0$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ - [E=s2member_file_remote:]
RewriteCond %{ENV:s2member_file_ssl} ^0$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ - [E=s2member_file_ssl:]
RewriteCond %{ENV:s2member_file_download_key} ^0$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ - [E=s2member_file_download_key:]
RewriteCond %{ENV:s2member_skip_confirmation} ^0$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ - [E=s2member_skip_confirmation:]
# Put everything together now and process the internal rewrite.
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ %{ENV:s2member_file_download_wp_vdir}?s2member_file_download=%{ENV:s2member_file_download}%{ENV:s2member_file_stream}%{ENV:s2member_file_inline}%{ENV:s2member_file_storage}%{ENV:s2member_file_remote}%{ENV:s2member_file_ssl}%{ENV:s2member_file_download_key}%{ENV:s2member_skip_confirmation} [QSA,L]
</IfModule>
<IfModule !rewrite_module>
<IfModule authz_core_module>
Require all denied
</IfModule>
<IfModule !authz_core_module>
deny from all
</IfModule>
</IfModule>
Thank you for taking the time to look at this. I appreciate it!