[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by zooki

HI, no im not on Windows server, it is a linux server. Although it is clustered.

i am not sure about local_file_root and local_file_root_settings

my files are in a folder off the root, so they are in a folder called files/

I get the following error:

The following setting(s) are invalid
upload_dir : /files
Directory /files (/mnt/Target01/var/www/files) doesn't exist and I can't create it

Its got the wrong address to my root... I know what the correct path should be, LDM is missing part of the address

how would i configer it? I have no clue either.

EDIT:
OK, i got it to work, what i did was edit the local_links_init.php ....... should i be editing the local_links_init.php ? what else can i use apart from the document_root? I tried adding a line underneath in the part you meant to define your own document root. It works now.

I think you've probably taken the best approach. If the environment variable DOCUMENT_ROOT is not pointing at the right base directory for your site, then you'll et the problem you reported. Editing local_links_init.php is fine - just remember what you did in case you ever upgrade to a new version of LDM.