[Angelos Konstantinidis]

eventually, I don’t know what the problem was, but I decided to upload everything from ubuntu instead of windows. Hopefully I have managed to do it without any problem…

[Angelos Konstantinidis]

I tried to upload interface.js with WinSCP and I get the following msg:
Copying files to remote side failed.
Virus Detected and Removed: PUA.Script.Packed-1

However I checked the file with avast and no threat found…

[Angelos Konstantinidis]

thanx hnla! it was very helpful the link about the file permissions.

I created the .htaccess file using notepad++ and I copied there the code as suggested. However, when I upload the .htaccess file on the root directory, and try to save or move away from the page I see a blank page and the message:
“
Internal Server Error
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.
Please contact the server administrator, helpdesk@thess.sch.gr and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.
More information about this error may be available in the server error log.
“
When I remove the .htaccess file everything goes back to “normal” again, so obviously there is a problem here…

[Angelos Konstantinidis]

Thanx intimez and Paul. I select settings->permalinks and then a common setting like the second (date and name) or third (month and name) but when I click “Save Settings” there is a message (in greek this is the translation) on the bottom of the page that “if the .htaccess file was writable then save will be automatically be completed, but it seems that it is not. Here are the rules mod_rewrite that you must enter into the .htaccess file.

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]

“

So, I cannot save settings and I cannot find .htaccess file. I have manually (I uploaded the folder with filezilla) installed buddypress, because there was a problem with automatic installation. Maybe it is the “same” problem again…

I also tried to create the “.htaccess” file as Paul suggests but since I have windows xp, it is impossible to create a file without a filename.
I tried to make the “/” folder writeable also (I give you the procedure I followed). I logged in with filezilla and I right clicked on “/” folder. Then I clicked on file properties and I ticked “write” on owner, group and public and I also selected to apply this setting to subfolders.
Unfortunately, the problem remains

[Angelos Konstantinidis]

thanx for replying intimez and Paul. I use Filezilla, and I have enabled have enabled the option to show “hidden files”. However I still can’t find the .htaccess file under the “/” folder.

What do you mean by enabling “pretty permalinks” Paul?