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Uploaded files for 'Fit on Page' plugin per below instructions...

- Unzip/Unrar, upload inc/plugins/fitonpage.php, jscripts/fitonpage.js and
inc/languages/english/fitonpage.lang.php to the respective directories on the server
- If you have any other language packs besides the default, upload those as well.
- Activate the plugin from the Admin Panel, Plugins section
- Setup options from settings page.

Now get following error messages when click on just about anything at Dashboard...

First got...

Forbidden
You don't have permission to access /forum/admin/index.php on this server.
Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

Then got...

Internal Server Error
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.
Please contact the server administrator, [email protected] and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.
More information about this error may be available in the server error log.
Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

Set chmod/777 for /forum/admin/index.php ... no luck.

When login to forum, test post is gone.

Must be time to reinstall mybb ?

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No you don't need to reinstall because of these errors...

Look in your server error log to see if it says what is actually triggering the errors.

(2011-04-02, 12:54 PM)MattRogowski Wrote: [ -> ]No you don't need to reinstall because of these errors...
Look in your server error log to see if it says what is actually triggering the errors.

Thanks much for the reply and suggestion.
Am somewhat of a novice at this unix/linux thing (what little have done has been with unix)... where should we look for the server log (screenshot attached) ?
Also, only uploaded the 3 'Fit On Page'(FOP) files noted in 1st post.
Should we be uploading any other files that came with the FOP downloaded zip file ?
Am really new at this 'plugin' thing.
Thanks again for your help.
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Have you tried removing the FOP files again? This should restore functionality to the rest of your forum while you figure out what went wrong.

Worked with HostMantis support and turned out to be an admin/index.php permissions problem.
Dont know what it was because they reset it to 755 from whatever.
They also indicated 755 is a typical chmod setting (ie 777 is too risky), and I think working from their cPanel, rather than our ftp client (WS_FTP95, wer oldies), is better at least for chmod and 'searching' for files like 'error_log' (which didnt exist).
This 'forum' creation thing is turning out to be a loooong learning curve, but am glad for HostMantis and MyBB support... even though sometimes we seem to get 'hints' :)
Plugins and Themes are next on the list.
1st to see how 'fit on page' works and go from there, I guess.
Thanks again to all for your help... and am sure, future help !

./admin/index.php only needs to be 644, not 755. 644 is standard for files, 755 is standard for folders.

(2011-04-02, 10:18 PM)MattRogowski Wrote: [ -> ]./admin/index.php only needs to be 644, not 755. 644 is standard for files, 755 is standard for folders.

Thank you for the feedback/info.
Really appreciate the support !