Anybody used the cash cow guide to adsense wealth by Stephen Crooks

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I am currently working through the Cash Cow guide to Adsense Wealth and have a question regarding permalinks on wordpress blogs. I have tried to find a way to contact Stephen to ask a question about something that i don't understand but there does not seem to be a link anywhere in the book to do this. I have tried clicking a link to the Cash Cow website but the site will not open. Does anybody know how i might contact Stephen.
The problem that i am having is that in his book he states that to customize a permalink structure i need to do the following.
In the custom structure tag on Wordpress it says to type the following.
/%category%/%postname%/
It then goes on to say to change the permalink structure you need to make the htaccess file on your domain writable.
Open public_html
Right click on htaccessfile
Click on properties from the menu
in the permissions box enter 777

This is the file opened

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress


There is also a warning box that states after editing is complete then the permissions must be set back to unwritable 644.
My question is what parts of the file do i edit and what do i type in the file.
Any help will be gratefully received

regards

Kim
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  • I assume you have found the file on the server, right ? It is called .htaccess and often it is set as hidden, so you need to force your FTP program to show hidden files.

    Now you have two possibilities:

    1. Set the file permissions to writable (777) and Wordpress will handle it automatically. Within your FTP program, just right click on the file and look for "File Permissions" or "Properties" or something like that. Check all checkboxes for the file permissions or just type "777" into the input box. Go back to wordpress admin, choose your structure format and press "save". WP will then write everything that is needed in the .htaccess file.

    2. Do it yourself. Just download the file to your computer (or "Right click > Edit file" if your FTP program allows direct editing of files. Just add this block to the end of the file and save it

    # BEGIN WordPress
    <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteBase /
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
    </IfModule>

    # END WordPress

    Upload the file back to the server

    The new links structure should work by now Now set the .htacces file permissions back to 664 so it can not be changed by scripts and you are done
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    • Thanks for the reply, much appreciated
  • Hi Kim,

    Sorry, I have only just found this thread. I am the author of the guide, did you manage to sort out your problems okay and are you still having problems with the support email? I am suprised you are having problems with the support email but I will look into it.

    Once you have changed your permalink structure you should then change the permissions back again to 644


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    • The question that i am really asking is really twofold. One is in the customize permalink structure on wordpress. I have typed in /%category%/%postname%/ in the custom structure part as stated on page 43 of the manual. Is that how it should stay and what exactly does it mean. The other part to my question is what editing do i need to do in the htaccess file after setting permissions to writable.
      I look forward to your comments
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  • Hi Steve, been working with the ebook too. How many visitors do you think should I have each day to get to $20 per day? I just started with just 10-30 visitors per day.
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    Anybody used the cash cow guide to adsense wealth by Stephen Crooks

    I am currently working through the Cash Cow guide to Adsense Wealth and have a question regarding permalinks on wordpress blogs. I have tried to find a way to contact Stephen to ask a question about something that i don't understand but there does not seem to be a link anywhere in the book to do this. I have tried clicking a link to the Cash Cow website but the site will not open. Does anybody know how i might contact Stephen. The problem that i am having is that in his book he states that to customize a permalink structure i need to do the following. In the custom structure tag on Wordpress it says to type the following.