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Wordpress css and file permissions

by smokey99
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Hi Folks,
What am I doing wrong?

I am trying to make a small change to the style.css of a wordpress site through the editor. (theme 2010, WordPress 3.3.2)

I went into my control panel, changed permissions for the style.css sheet to 0777.
When I go back to the wp editor and refresh the page, I still see nowhere to save any changes I make and still get the
"
You need to make this file writable before you can save your changes. See the Codex for more information."

I know I could download, modify and upload the style.css but I want to be able to let someone else make the changes to the theme, and they are unfamiliar with ftp or control panel.

Thanks for any help you can offer.
#css #file #permissions #wordpress
  • Profile picture of the author Kingfish85
    Originally Posted by smokey99 View Post

    Hi Folks,
    What am I doing wrong?

    I am trying to make a small change to the style.css of a wordpress site through the editor. (theme 2010, WordPress 3.3.2)

    I went into my control panel, changed permissions for the style.css sheet to 0777.
    When I go back to the wp editor and refresh the page, I still see nowhere to save any changes I make and still get the
    "
    You need to make this file writable before you can save your changes. See the Codex for more information."

    I know I could download, modify and upload the style.css but I want to be able to let someone else make the changes to the theme, and they are unfamiliar with ftp or control panel.

    Thanks for any help you can offer.
    You need to change them back to 644. Also, how is someone editing "stylesheets" unfamiliar with FTP? I'd question any developer or designers expertise if they are "unfamiliar" with FTP.
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    • Profile picture of the author smokey99
      What permission does the file need to make the css file writable though the WP theme editor?
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  • Profile picture of the author bhmseoservices
    Set your permissions like this:
    Folders: 775
    Files: 644
    Uploads folder: 777

    I've been using those since 2010 and i haven't had a problem with writing or executing my problems or files.
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  • Profile picture of the author smokey99
    Thanks bhmseoservices.
    I just tried those settings too, but I still see no way of saving the settings when I edit the .css sheet :-(
    Weird
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  • Profile picture of the author tq
    I would check the ftp editor to see what your files are being saved as before uploading them. if your using ftp software?

    look under transfers for Binary or ASCII, in most cases ASCII is what you need use.

    I have found the wordpress theme editor does not seem to edit the css files. I had this issue today as a matter of fact. I did not look into the reason it just did not show any changes I made so I used my ftp editor. filezilla and worked fine
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