Solving The Wordpress ‘you need to make this file writable’ Error Message

It depends on your web hosting service, but sometimes when I try to edit the theme on a new Wordpress self-hosted blog, I get this error message..

‘You need to make this file writable before you can save your changes’

Here’s a short video on how to solve this problem, by setting the theme file permissions so editing is allowed.

 

PS..  It’s also the first time I have used the Viddler video hosting service, so I am trying that out, too.

8 responses to “Solving The Wordpress ‘you need to make this file writable’ Error Message”

  1. Lee McIntyre says:
    November 20, 2008 at 11:42 pm

    Hi Kevin

    Great video from one of my favourite marketers :)

    Being a non techy I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve hit this error and been totally perplexed about what to do next.

    Thanks for the great video!

    Lee McIntyre

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  2. admin says:
    November 21, 2008 at 12:43 am

    Hi Lee,

    It’s always good to help a favourite student :)

    All the best

    Kevin

    Reply
  3. Totontli says:
    March 10, 2009 at 6:54 pm

    Great Job, Kevin. Thanks a lot.

    Reply
  4. ken edwards says:
    March 31, 2009 at 9:23 pm

    thanks kevin — i’m wordpress newbie and i was starting to get frustrated by a permissions problem. you got me out of the jam!

    – ken

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  5. fellibonni says:
    August 28, 2009 at 2:40 am

    Thank you so much for sharing.

    I have been frustrated this issue.
    Now it’s been solved beautifully thanks to your kindness.

    Reply
  6. Neal says:
    January 24, 2010 at 4:45 pm

    You saved me hours and hours… thank you!!!

    Reply
  7. George says:
    February 9, 2010 at 6:39 pm

    Just saved me a HUGE headache…worked like a charm:) Thanks MUCHO!!!

    Reply

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