Setting permissions did something goofy- HELP!

[LisaT]

I was trying to change the text in index.php and so went into file manager as instructed on the default home page text.

I was told that I needed to change the permissions to alter the file in the languages/english directory, so I went into my FTP programme and tried to do that. Now I can't get into my catalog at all. The home page for my site gives me a page not found and then-

 

Fatal error: Failed opening required 'includes/languages/english/index.php' (include_path='.:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/961/jupiter2/www.jupiterandsuns.co.uk/public_html/catalog/index.php on line 33

 

The permissions for the english directory are now returned to 644.

 

and going into file manager produces lots of the following:

 

Warning: stat failed for /home/961/jupiter2/www.jupiterandsuns.co.uk/public_html/catalog//includes/languages/english/.. (errno=13 - Permission denied) in /home/961/jupiter2/www.jupiterandsuns.co.uk/public_html/catalog/admin/file_manager.php on line 181

 

Please help as I am new to osCommerce and this disaster has brought me out in a cold sweat!!

[Guest]

you should download all your files and edit locally, then ftp the files back to the site. using the file manager can screw them up. go back and set permissions on the includes/languages/english directory to 755. what else did you change?

[LisaT]

you should download all your files and edit locally, then ftp the files back to the site.  using the file manager can screw them up.  go back and set permissions on the includes/languages/english directory to 755.  what else did you change?

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Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

Major panic was happening.

I didn't change anything else. Honest! What's the point in the File Manager if it screws things up?

[Guest]

you can view the files, however you are better off to make changes locally with a php editor (free, search using your favorite search engine for a php editor)