How To chmod and what to do

[zxoltar]

have
tried to import the skin, but get the safemode errors.

went into
the admincp/basic settings and set the option to safemode on, and still
get safemode errors when trying to import a skin.

am trying to
import the midnightmetal skin.

the directions on invisionboard for
manually installing a skin are not working for ib v 1.1

Have asked
for help on invisionboard, but have recieved no response from them, so
thought I would try here.

the main thing I see is that their
directions talk about a template directory where the template files are,
but there is no template directory, just the file
template.html.

After some searching i found that the template.html
is 1 huge files with different sections that contain the code for each
template section under the admincp/template sets.

sure hope i
don't have to copy each section out individually and paste to the
template in the admincp, that will take days to do for each
skin

Thx for your time.

[M3NF]

Hi,
First thing i would say to try is check if safe mode is on or off,you can
check this by running the phpinfo.php script that came with your forums.
eg target='_blank'>http://www.YourURL.com/forumDIR/phpinfo.php (http://www.YourURL.com/forumDIR/phpinfo.php), look
under Configuration, PHP Core, safe mode and it'll say on or off.


Then check that all your folders are chmod right. check with the list
below on correct chmod.


Most ftp clients allow you to set
chmods. Open the root directory in your ftp client and use the following
information to set the chmods on your folders and files. If you do not
know how to set chmods in your ftp client, please read your ftp
client's help files.

Your download of Invision Board came with
an install guide in the ./install_guide/ directory and in that is some
instructions on what needs to be chmodded to what.

File Structure
and CHMOD values
Below is a listing showing the file structure and
recommended CHMOD values for the file (and in the case of directories, the
CHMOD values for the contents of the directories).
The CHMOD values are
not needed for Windows based servers and can be safely ignored. The CHMOD
values may vary from system to system, if in doubt, CHMOD everything to
0777.

./archive_in/ chmod 0755
./archive_out/ chmod
0755
./conf_global.php chmod 0666
./lang/ chmod 0755, chmod all
contents 0755
./Skin/ chmod 0755, chmod all contents
0755
./style_images/ chmod 0755, chmod all contents
0755
./style_sheets/ chmod 0755, chmod all contents
0755
./style_templates/ chmod 0755, chmod all contents
0755
./uploads/ chmod 0777

Most cases that is all you need to do
to correct the problem. Thou if it is not the problem i would say that
manual install would seam the next option, and yes this is a pain to do,
alot of the files you can copy directly into the right folders, and some
you can import from the admin control panels, but you still need to manual
enter some details also. As for what, i am sorry i not 100% sure on that
yet with 1.1. But if you still have no luck, plz do post back here, and i
will contact a few ppl on Invision on behalf of you, i am sure i may get a
better responce as i now the owner :P
Here's
hopeing that the problem is just the chmods setting, but i don't
believe it will be.
Well i wont say it be happy to hear from you soon,
as i am sure if i do, i be asking for help myself :)

Good luck