I have reinstalled (not from scratch) and no luck! I'm still getting a forbibidded 403 error. HEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLPPPPPP! :)

can you give us a insight to the output of phpinfo.php so we can see the settings from your server. And please check all the permissions. Also check if you have the root htaccess file in the root of your dolphin.

My permission now are back at default 644 and 755 since I did a back up upload via dreamweaver. Yes, the .htaccess file is there. It all started when I changed permission on Ray's Chat. All was good up until then! Ray is a bastard. LOL

Should I do complete reinstal data base and all? The site is only days old an dnow members!

I have done a full upload of the latest version and am getting the same error message when I go to install it - I get,

Forbidden

You don't have permission to access / on this server.

Additionally, a 403 Forbidden error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

Now I dont really know much PHP but I have looked into the .htaccess file on the root of the server and it says:

Deny from all <FilesMatch "^.*\.php|.*\.html$"> ForceType application/x-httpd-php-source </FilesMatch>

I have no idea why it should say deny all? I take it this is why I am getting the 403 error message.

Can anyone tell me please what should be in the .htaccess file?

With Many Thanks

Beamar

Don't touch the default .htaccess file that comes with dolphin. If you can't even get the installer to run that would suggest your host is not compatable with the dolphin script.

Make sure your host meets all of dolphins server requirements. http://www.boonex.com/trac/dolphin/wiki/DolTech

Thanks very much for your fast response. I have 2 other istes al working beautifully with older versions of Dolphin. I have downloaded the latest version to try it on another site before upgrading my other 2 sites. I am glad I did. I know that the server is OK and compatible for the software, and I havent touched the .htaccess file, and as I say I have no idea why it should deny all from accessing the install?!?!

A bit pointless, because I cant even finish the installation.

Any further info/advice would be great.

Regards

Beamar

Wait a minute, this went over my head last i looked.

That is in the .htaccess file???

That is no where to be found in the .htaccess file that comes with dolphin.

Upload it again. If you have it unpacked on your desktop computer then compair that file with the copy thats on the server. That deny from all line is definitely not in the .htaccess file that comes with dolphin.