Joomla, "403 Forbidden"

LouTheDesigner

New Member
Okay, so this is my first time installing Joomla, and I'm pretty sure I've left out some minor step.

When I try to access the folder on my site into which I have installed Joomla, I get a "403 Forbidden" message. All of the files have been uploaded successfully. Is this because I have installed it into a subfolder? (www.ficodesigns.com/joomla). The /joomla is the name of the folder into which I installed the joomla files.

Thanks in advance.
 

Matthew

New Member
I think that you need to chmod some files, so changing the permissions. Go back over the installation manual, until you find something about changing permissions of certain files.

There could be something else that is wrong, but I am pretty sure it is because you have not set appropriate permissions.
 

horrorshow75

New Member
Depending on which ftp software you use you can do it through that. Just right click the folder on the server and choose chmod or permissions, sometime it's under properties it really all depends on the ftp client. You'll probably want to 775 the joomla folder.

This equates to something like
Owner - Read, Write, and Execute
System - Read, Write, and Execute
Public - Read
 

LouTheDesigner

New Member
thanks guys,

I've been using CyberDuck lately for ftp(which I love), but I think I'll have to switch to CuteFTP to change the permission.
 

Matthew

New Member
I don't think you would want to do the whole folder. It should actually just be a file named something like config.php.
 

Matthew

New Member
Told ya you should not have done it ;) Though I am lost what you should do know, hopefully horrorshow75 can fix the issue.

edit: posted a second after lol
 

horrorshow75

New Member
This is what I see...

The server encountered an unexpected condition which prevented it from fulfilling the request.
The script had an error or it did not produce any output. If there was an error, you should be able to see it in the error log.

worst case scenario...chmod back to what it was and we'll go from there. But I can say that it doesn't appear to be a permissions issue anymore.
 
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horrorshow75

New Member
Fantastico would chmod the files for you, I think.

I'm not sure. It may for joomla but I know I have installed other apps in the past to play around with and recall having to chmod some files. So I think it depends on how the installer is setup and I don't know if that is setup by the host or if fantastico is an off the shelf same for every host kind of thing.
 

LouTheDesigner

New Member
You did go through the installation file didn't you?

I'm not exactly sure. What I have done is this. I set up a new database on my web server. Then I downloaded the latest version of Joomla. Then I uploaded all of the joomla files to my web server. What do I do from there? How do I get to the installation file?
 

LouTheDesigner

New Member
It turns out that I just didn't have cgi enabled. But hey, it's working!. Time to embark on a CMS adventure while watching Burn Notice. Thanks for the replies everyone!
 
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