Need Forum Help

[haggisbo]

yesterday i bought a domain from godaddy.com
downloaded filezilla to upload files to my site!
downloaded phpbb3 to create my forum HOWEVER i cannot change the php files to 666/777 etc like im supposed to!
i keep seeing things about how i need to be on linux?

any help? thanks!

[lisa]

What platform did you choose for hosting? I'm not sure about a Windows platform but if you're on linux you should be able to right click the file in FileZilla and I believe the option is "Properties" or "File Settings" (can't remember) and then you can CHMOD from there.

I don't have FileZilla anymore so if someone could refresh my memory that would be great.

[haggisbo]

it just keeps saying, command not understood

[lisa]

Then I would contact your host and switch to Linux. You may be on Windows platform.

[KevinCamon]

Lisa, this might sound like a stupid question, but what is the difference between being on windows or linux? why does it matter? Are we just talking about the platform of the server? What are the benefits?

Thanks

Kevin

[redstone]

here hope this helps i did a google and came up with this catch scrole it down and see ( 500 'SITE chmod 666 file.txt': command not understood )
hope this helps I am no expert at all here is how to fix it>http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache...gl=us&ie=UTF-8

you will see that sentence in color

[lisa]

Originally Posted by KevinCamon

Lisa, this might sound like a stupid question, but what is the difference between being on windows or linux? why does it matter? Are we just talking about the platform of the server? What are the benefits?

Thanks

Kevin

If I may be completely honest, I have no idea. I just know hosts used to only offer Linux only, then in the last few years the Windows platform became an option. (Yes, it is the platform of the hosting server). I have always used Linux so I just stick with what I know.

If you Google "Linux vs. Windows" I'm sure there are some technical answers out there but for the average customer I was always told there isn't much difference. But since you're having trouble CHMOD-ing, I just assumed it was because you weren't on Linux.

Anyone else know?

[jaressloo]

Basically, there is no difference between Linux and Windows when it comes to developing STATIC sites. In other words, if your sites are strictly HTML and CSS, then it doesn't matter which host you use.

If you want to create a DYNAMIC site, then that's when your OS on your server starts to matter. PHP is native to Linux, therefore if you see someone's site running php, then it's a good chance that it's Linux. ASP and ASP.NET is native to Windows.

You CAN run PHP on Windows, but since it is not native to Windows, I would question it's true compatibility.

You CANNOT run ASP or ASP.NET on Linux.

So, basically, as stated before, if you're simply hosting your basic STATIC website with Linux or Windows, the server's OS is irrelevant!

[lisa]

Thanks for that clarification jaressloo.

[KevinCamon]

Thanks Lisa & Jaressloo!

This is the answer that I was looking for. I totally understand the difference between the two and now it will help me make better choices when choosing a platform.

Thanks again

KevinCamon