Hi,
I have installed and populated the database and uploaded all the files. I have edited the conf.php file with the information for my site and files. I have double checked the permissions on the directory that contains drupal. I checked the php.ini file and it meets the requirements specified in the install document. But everytime I go the the directory to login for the first time I get a Forbidden Access error.
I have installed numerous other databases and cms' and never had a problem. I am sure it is something I am missing but I can't figure it out. I have read the faq's, and I think every post concerning this issue but still don't seem to be able to resolve it.
Here are the settings in conf.php I am using:
$db_url = "mysql://my_user_name:my_password@localhost/my_database";
$base_url = "http://www.christianfamilyhost.com/community";
Every other database I have installed has used localhost but I don't know if the database actually resides on the same server and I do not have root access to execute the commands I read about in the various posts.
I have renamed the htaccess file and get the following errors:
Warning: main(includes/common.inc): failed to open stream: Permission denied in /home/christia/public_html/community/index.php on line 4
Warning: main(): Failed opening 'includes/common.inc' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/christia/public_html/community/index.php on line 4