newbie54

podz: thanks for the help. my current host support staff was stumped by the problems and I needed to make some progress. I took your suggestion and went with ASO. My only regret is that they didn’t automatically send me an IP address so that I could work on the site immediately. Tight deadline.

Sure, I’m stuck. Would appreciate it.

Just switched to Classic. Same problem with every theme I try:
https://www.biblein90days.org/blog/

Yes, we see the first “Hello World” post.
No, I can’t edit it.
Yes, the url is: https://www.biblein90days.org/blog/
Thanks!

As best I can tell, the install went fine. I’ve done it twice from scratch, with same results.

Again, I am a newbie, so am struggling through this.

I have found the .htaccess file, but it was in the ROOT directory of the site, rather than in the root directory of WordPress.

Essentially, while I’m developing the blog, its root directory is at https://www.sitename.com/blog/.

.htaccess is found in the https://www.sitename.com/ directory
This file contains comments refering to FrontPage (site currently has FrontPage extensions)… and does NOT refer in any way to the Blog root directory (www.sitename.com/blog)

WordPress main files are located in the /www.sitename.com/blog directory

Any leads would be appreciated.

jtlnet.com

Guess I should add that problems persist. Still CANNOT save replies or changes to configuration, whether or not logged on as Admin with level 10.

Thanks anyway for the help.

I’ll probably delete everything and start over.

Was able to access permissions through host server software. Directory settings in general are as below:

USER Group World

Read X Read X Read X
Write X Write Write
Execute X Execute X Execute X

Per “Changing File Permissions” notes, I made /wp-content GROUP WRITEABLE.

Does this still make sense that this is a PERMISSIONS problem?

(Thanks to everyone for your help).

Windows XP Pro

Well, I’m not sure where to go from here. I’m sure this is great software, but I’m almost 24 hours into my 5-minute installation, and this is frustrating. My FTP client doesn’t set permissions, but I am seeing something that suggests that these files really are —RW—- anyway. Not sure what a reasonable next step is.

Sorry, the page linked says:

(There is currently no text in this page)

Are you saying it is a permissions issue with the Web host? With MySQL?

What I mean by “updates to configuration” is that nothing I do from within WordPress is saved. For instance, I was able to upload several themes into the appropriate directory and view the site with the different themes applied, but when I go to Theme Editor, I receive the following comment:

“If this file was writable you could edit it.”

And, when I try to respond to a comment, nothing appears in the blog, nor are any messages awaiting moderation. I’ve tried both SAVING AS DRAFT and PUBLISH.

I’m the administrator and have level 10 status (READ/WRITE etc.).

Thanks for your help!

Thanks. I was trying to EXECUTE within the FTP software… everything worked fine from the browser. EXCEPT… I can’t post or edit comments. Think I’ll read the Installing WordPress link above. Thanks again to all.