Wordpress permissions

[Harriers9]

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I had to re-install my Netbook site yesterday following a crash caused by GD Star.

Now I find that although I can submit a post and add plugins without any problem I can't modify my page layout via the themes editor.

I've done the perms over and over again using 755, 775 and 777 but still I get that warning: You need to make this file writable before you can save your changes. See the Codex for more information. The Codex is about as useful as a chocolate fireguard

Is this something that the host could sort out or is it something that I'm doing wrong?

[Jack Russell]

You can refer to article with more detailed information at How to make WordPress themes writable | Theme Lab

If you can already edit themes in the theme editor, and your files are still set to 644, don’t worry about this tutorial. If it works, it works - no reason to change it. Some hosts may differ depending on their server configurations.You may see different sources telling you to set everything to 777, which gives everybody full permissions. I wouldn’t recommend this. Although it would work, it may open up security holes on your site. The 666 permissions are just enough for the text files you’ll be editing.

[Harriers9]

Brilliant Jack.

That page has gone straight into my Wordpress bookmarks.

Ta..Phil...