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BUT, it did fail first on my Mac, and worked on my PC (at work) and failed again my my Mac. Shall I try it on an a different browser on my Mac?

Now I too feel dumb, I tried the upload feature for the first time last night and received errors (like it can’t find the path…), I think it related to my chronic permissions/404 problem. I still can’t click on the Akismet plugin option without getting the dredded 404 error. blah

Gotcha, the config file is always sensitive. I’ll watch it.

Thanks Otto42, that kind of detailed information is what I think I need. I will set these tonight and let you know how it goes, I have a feeling this will do it!

Thanks again. ??

So far, my most ADDR.com has helped a little and deferred further assistance to Askimet.

Akismet.com hasn’t responded to my 2 requests made last week.

So, any ideas from you WP experts out there as to why I would get a 404 error when I try to configure my Askimet plugin?

I have asked ADDR.com and Askimet TWICE for help with no response (well ADDR says to ask Askimet for help). HELP!

If I can ask, what were the permissions, for which files?

UPDATE – Thanks to Trent, I contacted my host ADDR.com and they magically (with my admin info and API key) got Akismet working. BUT, now, if I go to the Askimet plugin configuration page in the Dashboard and click on the button, I get the dreaded 404 page again. What is going on?

Thanks Otto42, I will try that tonight, and sorry to highjack Sweetweb’s thread, but it could be his/her issue too!!

On a related subject, what is the recommended permissions setting for the .htaccess file? 660, 711, ???

TIA

Bump (again, sorry)

I still want to solve this issue; I do want to start using Akismet and/or Spam Karma. I noticed that my WordPress folder (where everything is) did NOT have it’s own .htaccess file. So, I added blank .htaccess textfile to see if that would help. Changing the permissions of the .htaccess file did have an effect on which 404 page appears, but I still CANNOT apply my valid API key.

1) What should the .htaccess permissions be set at?

2) If it is not fixable, should I reinstall WP?

3) If if is fixable, what should I try?

HELP!

I too have done this, but I used Blogger (before I saw the WP light!). I convert the AIFF files into mono .M4A fornat using iTunes and registered with the iTunes store to serve them as Podcasts. Each 30 minute (or so) sermon is about 10MB. The main church site is at https://sierravistacc.com with a link to the podcasts. I bet you can do the same thing with WordPress!

This could help me, what should the settings be for permissions on .htaccess?

Thanks Trent, now a newer issue. I tried to add “Spam Karma” since Akismet was not working. It too had some missing pages – it couldn’t find this or that. If I added a comment errors would appear in the post, so I took SK out completely. So, I think I have a bad WP install. How do I reinstall (start over?) without losing the edits I did to my theme? That would explain things, I think…

Well, crap, should I reinstall? Everything else is working the way it should, I think. https://music4now.com/wordpress/

Blah…..