Quote Originally Posted by irishshopper View Post
One parts gives details of files that need changed to 777 another part never mentions this. Both parts talk about editing the 2 configure.php files with the new database details etc which has been done.
The configure.php files are usually set to read-only, so making them writable is necessary before being able to save changes/edits made to them. "777" is a "globally writable" permissions mask, hence the mention of 777. Use whatever is needed by your server to make the files writable. Usually 755 is sufficient nowadays. Your hosting company can tell you what the correct number is.