Need help with a few problems

[Guest]

For some reason when I go to change the text on my index.php it always gives me a line 13 error. I am using the File Manager option under Tools in the Administration part for my website. It doesn't even really matter if I change anything. If I just open the index.php page up and close it without changing a thing, it gives me an error. The only way I can change any text on the page is I do it in notepad and copy the text over. It's a real pain in the ass. Does anybody know why this is doing this?

 

Also, I keep getting this error on my mainpage:

 

Warning: I am able to write to the configuration file: /home/xvolcom1/public_html/includes/configure.php. This is a potential security risk - please set the right user permissions on this file.

 

I don't really know how to change this. Can soembody please help?

[Guest]

This is the code I have in my text in index.php:

 

define('TEXT_MAIN', 'Welcome to Performance Junkies. We offer a full line of Performance Parts and Accessories. We are currently under construction and it may take some time for us to list our large inventory. If there is something you can't find, please email us at [email protected].');

 

This is the error they give me:

 

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_STRING in /home/xvolcom1/public_html/includes/languages/english/index.php on line 13

 

Can somebody please tell me what is wrong here?

[GraphicsGuy]

On that parse error, it is probably due to the apostrophe in "can't". The apostrophe needs to be "escaped" by placing a backslash immediately before it. If by some chance that isn't successful you can do it using the character code like this can& #039;t (except no space between the & and #, I had to put the space in or the browser would have just replaced it with the apostrophe).

 

On the permissions issue, you can use your ftp program to change the permissions on those files to either 644 or 444 (depends on the server configuration). To change permissions in most ftp programs, right click on the file name and choose either "properties" or "permissions" (depends on the ftp program) and it will present you with a dialog to set the permissions.