ScottyChoc

Is it possible to change permissions in a local wordpress environment?

Thanks so much for the quick response! I will get to work on this…

I solved the problem by changing the setting for “Front page displays” to static page and choosing the page the gallery is on.

Thanks for the reply,
today I moved my local install to a live site to test some stuff. I was able to use pretty links with no problems and all of the links updated automatically. I guess my main concern was that I was going to have to fix every link but WordPress is so smart its not even an issue. big relief!

Thanks for the reply deep4project,
I have found the httpd.conf file, it resides in

Applications/MAMP/conf/apache/httpd.conf

However, the LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so line is already uncommented, so I can’t understand why I am still getting the “You should update your .htaccess now.” error.

Is the solution the same thing for a local install? Are there any tutorials for this? It seems like a relatively common problem but I’ve been pulling my hair out over this. I’ve only found a lot of vague info on editing .htaccess which I haven’t been able to accomplish. I’m running MAMP 2.0.5 on Mac OS 10.6.8. Thanks

Thanks for the responses, this gives me a great place to start!