philjclarke:
I've given everything 0777 permission
Ummm.... Please check that you have followed the installation instructions properly. Only certain directories should be 0777. Don't want to teach basics but that comment left me wondering. :unsure:
Regards
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Extract from the Zen Cart installation instructions***: AVAIL HERE
Some folders and files need special "writable" permissions for use in Zen Cart. "Writable" typically requires 777 permission. (Your hosting company may only allow 755 as writable, and using 777 may cause blank screens when accessing your site. In that case, use 755. Ask your hosting company for direction.)
As such, you need to change the permissions on the following directories to 777 (read/write/execute). If your program allows you to set these permissions "recursively", choose that option.
/catalog/cache
/catalog/images
/catalog/includes/languages/english/html_includes
/catalog/media
/catalog/pub
/catalog/admin/backups
/catalog/admin/images/graphs
Note: open the catalog/images directory and change all of the subdirectories and their subdirectories to 777 as well. For example (this is a partial list):
/catalog/images/attributes
/catalog/images/banners
/catalog/images/categories
/catalog/images/large
/catalog/images/large/dvd
/catalog/images/manufacturers
/catalog/images/medium
/catalog/images/upload
NOTE: If you miss any of the images directories and subdirectories inside /images and try to use them later, you will get an error message that you cannot write to these directories.
As for other files, they can be CHMOD 644, or 444, depending on your webserver configuration. Folders don't usually get set below 755.