Messed up permissions and virtuemart moving from localhost - Joomla! Forum - community, help and support

i'm feeling bit of newb here (and am, guess)...

i've been working on new joomla site, on localhost server (xampp). after fiddling while until had basic structure of down, , had figured out how set virtuemart way wanted (category module, payment , shipping methods, etc). @ point, last night, decided upload site remote server on subdomain further development (so not disrupt current static html site until new 1 ready go). used page reference upload: http://docs.joomla.org/how_do_you_copy_ ... te_host%3f

everything migrated remote server fine , navigation worked - except virtuemart. images weren't loading, either in front-end or back-end, , kept getting cookies errors. clicking through cart links inexplicably send me localhost site - decided must have gotten confused , component didn't know whether presiding on local computer or remote host. uninstalled , reinstalled whole component, thinking solve problem , i'd have re-do setup. after reinstalled virtuemart component found still having same problems (but settings , info lost haste!) so, went on google hunt answers.

i should add here.... while have been playing html web design quite time now, i've never been aficionado. not first time putting joomla site ground - it's first time setting subdomain , sql database remote host. i'm icdsoft - may not matter of i'm trying thorough , not leave out. may have done icdsoft control panel mess things further.

so, found couple of articles on virtuemart forums, 1 in particular: http://forum.virtuemart.net/index.php?t ... .msg188152. thought saying problem permissions on folders in server, logged in icdsoft control panel. within "file manager" section (which use until now, because use dreamweaver ftp client) there's option select file or folder , change "permissions" drop-down menu (which gives options of 440, 444, 400, 640, 644, 660, 664, 700, 750, 755, 770, 775) tried changing of permissions here 755, because that's continually seeing, wasn't changing on right level, file, folder, etc. 1 of posters in thread referred here mentioned looking @ error log server, couldn't find anywhere. after playing permissions , not having luck got frustrated , uninstalled component again. can see how badly mussed here messing settings don't understand. when try reinstall virtuemart, or extension matter, error:

jfolder::create: not create directory
component install: failed create directory.: "/home/hummblebee/www/joomla/components/com_virtuemart"

of course doesn't "components/com_virtuemart", whatever applicable.

i have replied thread referenced, because own stupidity seems have taken me clean 1 problem thought i'd better post whole story here in hopes take pity on me!

i did refer more various forum , wiki posts, linked ones seemed more important. have feeling original problem didn't understand permissions in database or something, , messed worse screwing folder permissions.

i'm sure i'm leaving out important bit of information. check thread in hopes of help!

my joomla test site located @ joomla.hummblebee.com. don't know if can make use of site virtuemart totally gone now, i'm beginning realize how don't know!

thanks in advance - , sorry long drawn-out post!

linnea hummblebee

follow these instructions reset permissions correctly:

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resetting permissions

turn ftp layer off , set files 644 permissions , folders 755 (if host runs suphp) , try installing again.

you can reset permissions connecting hosting account via ssh , issuing following commands in /public_html folder (on cpanel host). hosting providers it's /www or /html folder.

find . -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;
find . -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;