XF 1.4 Problems with setting permissions and installing

Delly

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I purchased Xenforo today and am in the process of getting it all set up with BlueHost. After a few phone calls with them, I'm now at a place where the following instructions are confusing:

3. Setting Permissions

Once the files are finished uploading, you must set permissions (or CHMOD) several places. This is necessary to ensure that XenForo can write to those parts of your server. You can usually do this with your FTP client.

  1. In the set of files and directories you just uploaded, you will see 2 folders: data andinternal_data.
  2. These two directories must be set to world writeable (CHMOD 0777) or give the IUSR_ Full Control in Windows.
Keep your FTP client open; you may still need it for the next step.

I've completed the MySQL information and somehow don't have this part completed yet. When I read these directions over the phone to the tech person at Bluehost, he was saying that some of it's not relevant because the numbers are different.

Maybe it's because step 3 is messed up, step 4 isn't working. :eek: I typed in the www.yoursite.com/community/install (but used my own site name) and I kept getting an error message saying there were too many install redirects. BlueHost says it's a problem with Xenforo but I'm thinking it's because my step 3 is wrong.

I'm VERY new to this and need some more clearer and precise directions if at all possible. Thanks much!
 
One last question for now....

In the setup options, it's listing my website as http// but, it's an https// account. Can I go change that or will it matter?
 
You will need to install a certificate on the server and make a few changes to get https working.

Have you purchased a certificate?
Yes, I have purchased one certificate and pointed it at this domain. I own four domains but this is the one I want to use it for. I just did that this evening. I'm told it could take up to 24 hours to work.
 
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