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Hi everyone,

I hope someone can help me. I've had a read through the forum but don't see an answer to this particular problem.

Everything on my pre-sinatll check seems fine, with the exception that
I have the following text in the Permissions box:

Permissions
/home/envigour/envigour-www/blog/ Not writable

Now, I changed the name from serendipity to blog on my site, so it'll live at http://www.envigour.com/blog

I can't actually see a file called /home/envigour/envigour-www/blog/, although the directory and all subdirs are definitely in envigour.com/blog

Am I totally scr*wing this up before I've even started, or have I just missed something basic?

If it makes any difference, I'm using v0.8.1 and using Cuteftp Pro 7 to load the files.

Many thanks in advance!!

You must do what the box tells you - use your FTP utility to set 777 write permissions to that "blog" subdirectory.

Regards,
Garvin

Hi Garvin,

My apologies, I didn't make my OP clear.

I have tried to do this but for some reason it doesn't seem to be working.

In Cuteftp, I click on the /blog directory, and then set CHMOD to 777 for the blog directory. This seems to work OK according to the ftp dialog box, but when I refresh the installation check page for Serendipity it still shows the settings as incorrect.

The it seems to be a problem of your FTP client or how your Directory structure/Server permissions are setup.

You can usually get a "ls -la" output from FTP clients that tell you the permissions of the directory; if Serendipty tells you it's not 777, then it definitely isn't 777

Maybe you can try SmartFTP and see if that works out?

Regards
Garvin

i've heard changing permission using ftp programs doesn't really change it. are you able to chmod on the server?

I'm not very familiar with CuteFTP, but I do know that SmartFTP will allow you to chmod your directories and files - provided the account you are logged in with allows that.

In SmartFTP, its a simple matter of right clicking your directory or file and choosing Properties/CHMOD and then applying whatever settings you want.