I m feeling a bit helpess here. I have a blog but have no knowledge of php what so ever. I do not know how to handle any codes here. On top of that whenever I try to edit something I get this message "If this file were writable you could edit it." Can some one help me. I want to change the template of the website, add Rss feeds, install some useful plugins, have adsense code after evyer blog post. Can some one help me please. My blog is http://seocontentwriters.com/seoblog
I recommend hosting at DreamHost first off so you can pretty much do a one click install of WP. Always keep backups of any files you plan to modify in case something goes wrong. Did you just install this blog? If so, maybe re-install it and keep backups along the way. I just registered here so I can't post links.. send me a private message and I can send some links that might help
I think that problem can be solved by chmoding the themes foler and all the files under it. . . that will solve it. . .let me know!
Chmodding can be preformed by right-clicking on folders / files in your ftp client and selecting permissions or chmod and change your settings to 666 or 777 so the server can read them.
If you follow the instructions given here step by step, you should be able to do what you want http://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page
I suppose you are trying to edit your theme files. In order to do that, go to your FTP client, navigate to wp-content/themes folder, go to the folder with the theme you are using, select all the php files, right-click, CHMOD (or something like that) and check "writable". Must work.