Hoe Do I Set Permissions After a 1-Click Install?

I have Installed Dolphin 6.1.6 using a c-panel 1-Click install.  It now seems permissions were not set correctly.

I have encoountered 2 issues so far:

1)  When I try to edit any .css file in the CSS Styles Editor I get the message that the .css is not writable.

2) The NEW BLOCK and NEW ITEM fields are greyed-out in the Fields Builder.

I have seen a Permissions chart at http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/731/21042038.png

However I cannot find the actual page, with the tabs shown containing additional instructions, or its link to helpful info about permissions.

Is that chart available online, and how can I reset permissions using that chart now that Dolphin is already installed? 

Thank you.

hey fella,

when you use the one-click installer, you will not see the file permission settings, this is all done in the background for you. as for the new item and new block being dimmed out, does this mean you cannot drag it up to the active area and create either of these functions?

what browser are you using?

Regards,

DosDawg

Reference Dolphin v6.1.x permissions after install ..... 

HTH
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"When I try to edit any .css file in the CSS Styles Editor I get the message that the .css is not writable"

This is a permissions problem, but one you aren't likely to set correctly by following the install charts (unless it addresses this particular issue).

If you want to edit your CSS files from the admin panel you will need to set the CSS folder(s) for your template(s) to writable (777)

Then you will need to set any individual CSS file you wish to edit from the admin panel to 666

666 is the mark of the beast, which is one reason why I don't set anything to writable that I don't have to. It's a security risk at best. At worst - you have one of the devils disciples hacking your site and showing it off to all of his little kiddie demons. There are huge hacker sites dedicated to just this type of thing.

It is far easier IMHO to use an FTP program like FileZilla to edit these files directly. You just have to set up a default text editor for the program => right click on a file => choose edit => edit the bugger => upload it back to your server.

That said, there are other (supposedly easier), ways to do this through FireFox which I (admittedly), haven't tried.

I'm getting older and I kinda get stuck in my ways. :P

Maybe some others can point you in the right direction regarding FireFox. Who knows, if they are convincing enough - I may even give it a try myself!

= D

Thanks all for your replies.

DosDawg:  Yes, I cannot drag them up into the active area.  They just return to their inactive locations.  Seems to be browser independent (no difference in IE7 or Firefox). 

RumpyBumpy: Thanks for the chart.  Is there a script I can run that will take me through the permissions setup process, or is manually using something like c-panel file manager to access each item the only way to do this?  Also, what are the "Reverse Permissions" it mentions would preceed this?

theguypc: Thanks for the heads-up on permissions issues.

TO ALL:  I can edit .css in FileZilla as suggested, but how do I fix the New Block and New Item issues?  Which file in the chart would set the permissions for those, or is this a different problem?

Thank you again.

go by hand file by file folder by folder and make sure each has the proper permissions

You can upload and use the install folder and calling it in a browser EI: www.site.com/install/index.php as it will show you whats not right immediately in a broswer window

the first set of permissions sets up an install state

the reversal sets them into a  working state ....just go thru both so you don t get confused.