You can change the file permissions on certain files, allowing PliablePress to edit those files. The two files that this applies to are in the pliablepress/custom/ folder; style.css and functions.php.

By making style.css writable, you can greatly improve the performance of your site (Your style options and custom CSS can be saved there, rather than put into your HTML page itself).

General Steps

This is actually very simple to do. The exact buttons to click depend on the specific FTP program you are using, but the general steps are:

1. In your FTP program (e.g. Filezilla, CuteFTP, Transmit etc.), connect to your server and browse to the wp-content>themes>pliablepress>custom folder.
2. Right click on the style.css file, and choose an option similar to one of the following: “File Permissions”, “CHMOD”, “Get Info”.
3. Now you should see a box with 3 numbers in it (e.g. 644). Change these numbers to 777 (755 may work for some servers), and save.
4. Repeat for functions.php (Also in the custom folder).
5. In your WordPress dashboard, you should go to the PliablePress > Style page and click the Save button. This will tell PliablePress to rebuild your newly writable CSS file now.

And that’s you done!

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