{"id":6104,"date":"2010-10-05T15:45:02","date_gmt":"2010-10-06T00:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rosalindgardner.com\/blog\/?p=6104"},"modified":"2011-03-09T19:19:09","modified_gmt":"2011-03-10T04:19:09","slug":"cant-see-your-htaccess-file","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rosalindgardner.com\/blog\/cant-see-your-htaccess-file\/","title":{"rendered":"Can&#8217;t See Your .htaccess File?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>I know how frustrating it is when you've logged onto your server using WS-FTP and can't for the life of you find your .htaccess file.<\/h3>\n<p>You KNOW it's there.<\/p>\n<p>You've seen it from your cPanel interface.<\/p>\n<p>But because using FTP for transfers is easier, you want to be able to see it there too.<\/p>\n<p>Well, your file might be hidden because dot (.) files are system files which are normally hidden to protect them from being viewed by nepharious types&#8230; or newbie webmasters that muck and make a mess of them.<\/p>\n<p>That's not you, so I'll tell you how to make your .htaccess file visible using WS-FTP.<\/p>\n<p>1. 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