Question Questions about editing CSS files, installing Kunena, Apache security, Joomla ... and a few other things

Hey all..

So.. in the Kunena template manager.. i cant edit the css files. they all see in red letters: unwritable.

Then.. i tried to just reinstall Kunena. But then it gives the error:

9themestore, thanks for the quick answer. You know what the above error means?! I can't edit the css files in the template manager of Kunena, cause it gives red error signs "unwritable".

Edit: Oh.. and trying to reinstall Kunena give the next error:

Kopying failed
JInstaller: :Installation: Kopying file /home/deb47108/domains/wheelblog.nl/public_html/tmp/install_4de0c3f3676bb/kunena.php to /home/deb47108/domains/wheelblog.nl/public_html/components/com_kunena/kunena.php failed

I really don't know what to do..
Afaik all files of Kunena are on chmod 777 in FTP and are owned by myself.

My website is www.wheelblog.nl , forum is www.wheelblog.nl/index.php/forum/index

Bastard wrote: In the Kunena template manager ... i cant edit the css files.

Although you can edit Kunena CSS files - and although someone told you that you should edit CSS files - my advice to you is do not edit Kunena CSS files and please do not try editing those files using the Kunena Template Manager. There are a dozen good reasons that I could give you to explain why you should not edit the Kunena template files directly. If you have 15 minutes I would be happy to explain them to you personally.

Very simply, the easiest and (in my personal opinion) best way to adapt Kunena to your website's theme is to apply the changes that you want to make in your Joomla site template CSS file. I will repeat that, just in case you don't understand what I mean: your Joomla site template CSS file.

In your case, I am referring to the file www.wheelblog.nl/templates/templatewheelblog/css/template.css

The most effective way to edit CSS files is to copy the file ( www.wheelblog.nl/templates/templatewheelblog/css/template.css ) to your PC. Use a simple text editor (like Notepad, for example) and make your changes. Upload your changed file to your site. (You will need to force a page refresh in your browser to see the changes - CTRL+SHIFT+R in Firefox). If you change your site template CSS then all future updates of Kunena will work without you having to change anything in future. Simple, quick, easy, effective.

Bastard wrote: trying to reinstall Kunena give the next error

There are three ways that you can install Kunena and it depends on which way you used. Have you read K 1.6 Installation Guide . Which method did you use to install Kunena?

Bastard wrote: All files of Kunena are on chmod 777 in FTP ...

What you are basically saying is that anyone in the world can edit, change, delete, upload or do anything they like to your site. No matter what other advice you may receive, the Kunena team does not encourage CHMOD=777 under any circumstances ... ever! Please read Securing Kunena . Folders/files should not be owned by you, they should be owned by Apache:Apache (talk to your webhost).

I explained what you needed to change to adjust your colour settings the other topic you wrote. It's simple. Add to the end of your Joomla site template file ( www.wheelblog.nl/templates/templatewheelblog/css/template.css ) the following: Do not change the file ../components/com_kunena/template/default/css/kunena.forum-min.css ... ever! If you feel the need to change the Kunena template CSS file then change ../components/com_kunena/template/default/css/kunena.forum.css and use the minify procedure documented in Minified CSS . Every time you change any Kunena file (those that are included with the original installation) you will have to reapply those changes again when you upgrade. That's why I never change any files in the ../components/com_kunena folder. Simple, quick, easy, effective.

Ok.. things make more sense for me now. Altho it's still weird its all on unwritable and I did the reinstallation before with succes.. now it gives errors. that's why i chmodded 777.

I will rechmod en try some things you told me.

I'll let you know how things gone.. thanks a lot!