[Michael Morris]

Originally Posted by Mikhailtech

Michael - it's now working.

This is probably something I missed earlier in the thread, but my host helped me figure out what was wrong. I have a custom name for my admincp directory (for security reasons) and I had to go back and update all the installx.php files to reflect this accordingly. I know a lot of people have specific names for their admin directories. It's up to you, but you may want to make a note about that - that if you have a custom admincp directory name, you'll have to manually enter it into all of the installx.php files.

I will change this with RC2 - it is a significant issue. I'm sorry I overlooked it and appreciate your patience with this matter.

Also, a question about the Joomla install. During the install, it told me to make a bunch of directories writable. According to my host, having some of these writable opens my server up to attacks. Do these directories need to remain writable once the installation is complete?

They need to be writable at the time Joomla is installing or uninstalling modules and components. You can chmod them to be unwriteable most other times - though be aware that vJoomlaRecentThreads and vJoomlaWho'sOnline won't be able to cache results if you do (they will not publically error when this occurs though).

For best security you can make the directories unwritable except when you are installing or uninstalling modules, mambots and components in the vJoomla admininstrator.

And finally, you said you need to make copies of the images, clientscript, and cpstyles folders and place them in the joomla directory (root for most websites). Does this mean that any time changes are made to any of these folders (such as during vb version upgrades) I will need to re-copy the folders again?

If you have a Linux or Unix server you have the alternative of creating a symbolic link to those directories. If you do this you must include an .htaccess file with the Allow Symlinks directive turned on AND the server needs to be setup to parse that .htaccess file (most are). The creation of symbolic links is a fairly technical process.

EDIT: would you prefer support/issue questions to be posted here or in the vJoomla forum?

Either location is fine by me, I check both regularly.