Problem with write permissions when uploading site

[Simonlee]

ok,
have created a new file /public_html/shop with permissions set as 755

it has not created a file for cgi, so i am adding a new file set with in /shop called cgi-bin, with permissions set to 755

[Southwest Test]

That's correct, if you mean the folder anyway (as opposed to 'file') - the permissions on the 'cgi-bin' folder should also be 755, yes

[Simonlee]

do i need to create an /acatalog folder too?
as this is suggested in many threads ive read and i find if i don't do this it creates an /acatalog folder inside the cgi-bin

[Southwest Test]

No, I don't believe so... although to be honest it's been so long since I went through all this that I can't remember with 100% accuracy

But I would leave it for now, as I'm pretty sure Actinic creates that for you when you run Network Setup - and if not (and you get errors) you can always create it manually later

Create your new FTP account, set the home directory as your new 'shop' folder, re-enter all your new settings into Network Setup/Wizard, etc in Actinic, and let us know the result!

[Southwest Test]

Incidentally, I strongly recommend using the Wizard initially, and ticking the box 'Configure New Network Settings'

I feel this will minimise the possibility of erroneous settings relating to your old setup details, which are now no longer valid of course

I would also leave the 'Confirm Each Setting' box unticked, for now at least

[Simonlee]

ok thats all set up,
the new ftp is directed at the new folder /shop.

next step is the fun part of actinic settings...lol

is this correct?

HTTPPROXYMODE 0
HTTPPROXYADDRESS
HTTPPROXYPORT 80
HTTPPROXYUSER
HTTPPROXYPASSWORD
FTPPROXYMODE 0
FTPPROXYADDRESS
FTPPROXYPORT 21
FTPPROXYUSER
FTPPROXYPASSWORD
SCRIPTID 1
SCRIPTEXT .pl
SMTPHOST smtp.sweettreats.es
WEBSITEURL http://www.sweettreats.es
IGNOREPASSIVEERRORS true
USERELATIVECGIURLS false
PATHTOPERL /usr/bin/perl
USEENHANCEFTP false
FTPCLIENTTIMEOUT 15000
FTPRETRYDELAY 3000
FTPSILENT false
FTPMAXRETRIES 3
FTPCONNECTTIMEOUT 25000
SMTPAUTHREQUIRED false
SMTPUSERNAME xxxx@sweettreats.es
SMTPPASSWORD xxxxx
COMPRESSIONPACKETSIZE 1024
COMPRESSEDUPLOAD true
CATALOGURL http://www.sweettreats.es/acatalog/
ONLINESTOREFOLDERNAME acatalog
CGIBINURL http://www.sweettreats.es/cgi-bin/
PATHFROMCGITOCATALOG ../acatalog/
CODEBASE ./
FTPHOST 94.136.40.103
FTPUSERNAME new ftp username @sweettreats.es
FTPPASSWORD xxxxxxxx
PATHTOCGIBIN /cgi-bin/
USEPASSIVEFTP true
FTPPATHFROMCGITOCATALOG

[Simonlee]

Incidentally, I strongly recommend using the Wizard initially, and ticking the box 'Configure New Network Settings'

I feel this will minimise the possibility of erroneous settings relating to your old setup details, which are now no longer valid of course

I would also leave the 'Confirm Each Setting' box unticked, for now at least

ok i will fun that now

[Simonlee]

online store folder name, should i leave that as Acatalog?

[Southwest Test]

Yes, that should be fine, for now

You can change it later when your shop's up and running, if you like

[Simonlee]

ok next directory

cgi-bin Directory
/cgi-bin/

web root Directory
/

is this correct?

[Southwest Test]

Yes, that's all OK

[Simonlee]

ok here we go, the first error lol

after clicking next from setting up the directories i have an error message reading>

an erro accurred while sending HTTP request to the server.
perhaps your network is down or web server is down.

Server is not down as i can see it in ftp and can see the folders etc.

any ideas?

[Southwest Test]

Try closing and restarting Actinic (sounds daft I know) - you might have to re-enter the new settings again having done that unfortunately

Also, can I confirm that you left the online store folder name as 'acatalog' ??

My earlier reply about that was a bit confusing, sorry about that... I've edited it now... it should be 'acatalog' - not 'shop' or anything else

[Simonlee]

lol yes i read that after i changed it so when back and changed back to acatalog.
I thought i was going crazy as i was sure it said to change it to shop lol lol

ok will restart actinic and try again.
back in a few minutes

[Simonlee]

ok done that, closed it down, restarted and restarted the wizard again,
Same error message comes up