Permalinks/.htaccess file

  • Hi,
    I am using a custom template for my blog. I want to change my permalinks (from “ugly” to “pretty” to include the date/post title). I can select to change the permalinks on my WP menu, but once it updates it then says to update my .htaccess file (and gives me the code). I have looked everywhere in the template folders for this file and have had no luck. Any sugggestions? My blog is through Network Solutions. Do I need to contact them? Thanks.

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  • Thread Starter wilsjacq

    (@wilsjacq)

    PS-I’ve read through the Codex documentation, but I guess I *still* need help…

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    The file should be in the same directory as your wp-login.php file.

    If there isn’t one there, create a file with a plain text editor, enter the code that WP gave you, and save the file as htaccess . Once you’ve done that, upload it to the same directory as your wp-login.php file and rename it to .htaccess .

    Thread Starter wilsjacq

    (@wilsjacq)

    Sorry for the basics, but where do I find the wp-login.php file? Here are the list of files I have (from Appearance>Editor>Theme Files):
    Theme Files
    Templates
    404 Template (404.php)
    Archives (archive.php)
    Comments (comments.php)
    Footer (footer.php)
    Header (header.php)
    Main Index Template (index.php)
    Page Template (page.php)
    Search Results (search.php)
    Theme Functions (functions.php)
    home.php (home.php)
    l_sidebar.php (l_sidebar.php)
    myheader.php (myheader.php)
    myheader1.php (myheader1.php)
    r_sidebar.php (r_sidebar.php)
    Styles
    Stylesheet (style.css)

    Also, once I’ve saved the code in plain text editor (I understand all of this), how do I upload it? (Do I need something like FileZilla, or can I just upload the file from my folders directly into WP? If directly, how/where do I do this?)

    Thanks.

    It’s in the same folder as the WP core files and the wp-content and wp-admin folder. And, yes, you need to use something like Filezilla.

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