Dear bottleneck (& also ClaytonJames),
I, as suggested, have created the “1.htaccess” file using Notepad. The content of the file is
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
Then I uploaded the file using FileZila and renamed the file into “.htaccess”. I also changed the file permission to “777”.
I changed my permalink to “pretty” option and it worked just fine. Then I changed back the .htaccess file permission to “644”.
Now, everything seems to be working well.
Again, thanks for taking all the trouble helping me out; really appreciate it.