Hi i want to use google webmaster tools for my wordpress blog, however when i go and add the meta tag, i dont have permission. It saids: You need to make this file writable before you can save your changes. See the Codex for more information. I clicked See the Codex for more information and couldn't really get a straight forward solution. Any wordpress guru's here tell me which file i change the file attributes to, in order to edit the wordpress template and add the meta code. Cheers
If it is hosted by you (not wordpress) change permission of your template files to "666" via FTP and then try to edit it.
Exactly what Gursimran stated. It's good habit to change the permissions on the files when you upload a fresh new theme so you can edit them whenever you need to. WordPress's built in web editor is so much easier to use than going through the hassle of saving to your computer, upload to FTP ect. Good luck!
Yes, it depends on who is hosting your Wordpress website. Are you hosting with a Hosting company where you pay a monthly fee or do you use a free, 3rd party host? I will give you a description of how I do it on my Host, maybe it will help you. 1. Hosts companies usually provide you with a CPANEL (control panel). 2. Inside the CPANEL you usually have a FILE MANAGER (name on my host) where you can see the files of your Wordpress Blog 3. Inside the FILE MANAGER you should have a CHMOD option/button. 4. Click the CHMOD button, it should contain instructions on how to change permissions on your Wordpress files, if a file is not writable, you cannot modify it. 5. I usually change all my file permissions to 777 when I load Wordpress, make all my changes and then use a FIX FILE PERMISSIONS to restore the defaults.