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Hello everyone,

I am attempting to use filezilla to upload my files to my website. i am trying to follow along with the installation guide via link

http://docs.mybb.com/1.8/install/

I have purchased the domain, but every time it tries to connect in Filezilla client, it states the following

Status: Connection attempt failed with "EAI_NODATA - No address associated with nodename".
Error: Could not connect to server

Im new at coding in PHP and HTML and this may be a noob question

Try connecting with ftp.yoursite.com or just yoursite.com

Are they both the same?

what do u mean by are they both the same?

Yeah, as per my PM, you need to take a bit of a step back and research what you're doing. You can't just buy a domain and connect to it immediately, you need to set up the DNS for it, point the nameservers to your server, and wait for the DNS to propagate. The error you're getting is because the domain doesn't point to anywhere yet. Do you actually have hosting with FTP details provided?

ive got the DNS sorted out, but when changing file permissions in FIlezilla i get the following error

Status: Set permissions of '/httpdocs/Upload/cache/themes' to '777'
Command: SITE CHMOD 777 themes
Response: 500 'SITE': command not understood

what do i need to do to resolve this?

Here is a Screen shot of what i am seeing when attempting to install MyBB

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(2014-08-24, 12:10 AM)FallenReverend Wrote: [ -> ]ive got the DNS sorted out, but when changing file permissions in FIlezilla i get the following error

Status: Set permissions of '/httpdocs/Upload/cache/themes' to '777'
Command: SITE CHMOD 777 themes
Response: 500 'SITE': command not understood

what do i need to do to resolve this?

Here is a Screen shot of what i am seeing when attempting to install MyBB

[img][/img]

Hi fella, what web hosting are you using? Do they allow you to change file permission?

godaddy.com, and it allows me to do it in filezilla, but not for all of the files. ive ensure that my user profile has full access to all permissions, but it does not allow me to change it in Filezilla.

^ is it windows web hosting or linux / other web hosting ?
if it is windows then file permissions cannot be changed through filezilla (/ other ftp client)

when i try to change it it just shows up

Status: Set permissions of '/httpdocs/Upload/cache/themes' to '777'
Command: SITE CHMOD 777 themes
Response: 500 'SITE': command not understood

and its windows web hosting

IIRC, for windows server, permissions of files & folders can be changed through the file manager available at the
web host control panel. this link might help => Windows file permissions properties