Ok, no one can access my gallery

[MaverickLal101]

www.shwetatiwari.net/gallery

I am sure the folder is there

I was tweaking, adding plugins like copper ad (just moving the folder into plugins)
and suddenly boooooooom

I can't see anything...HTTP 403 Forbidden out of my own gallery

can you see? access?
what do i do?
i backed it up last night, a lot of new pics added since then so putting backup in is last resort...

Please help... new to coding so instructions for a dummy will help.

[Hein Traag]

Check the ftp settings for the gallery folder. If set to 755 you will be able to see the content of the folder and that means you can also see the CPG.

Cheers!
Hein

[Sami]

It seems sef_url plugin mess ...
- Go to your gallery root and delete(or rename) .htaccess
- Remove sef_url entry from database (xxx_plugins) with a mysql tool such as phpmyadmin

[Hein Traag]

It seems sef_url plugin mess ...
- Go to your gallery root and delete(or rename) .htaccess
- Remove sef_url entry from database (xxx_plugins) with a mysql tool such as phpmyadmin

[ot]
Sami, i'd like to know how you detected that.. ie teach me  , migt be usefull to me in the future.
Cheers!
Hein
[/ot]

[Joachim Müller]

403 errors are usually not related to CHMODing (you either have permissions or you don't have them on file system level), but to .htaccess restrictions. Common newbie mistake is applying .htaccess hacks and not undoing them if things go wrong, which subsequently lead to 403 forbidden messages. If the entire gallery folder says forbidden, this is usually an indication for the sef_url being used without the needed precautions. So in the end Sami probably just guessed, based on his great experience.

[Hein Traag]

Correct GauGau, that too is a cause of such problems. I replied with the solution i used on a friends CPG no too long ago.. he chmod the folder to 000 

Cheers!
Hein

[Sami]

- I've got 403 Forbidden point: it could be .htaccess
- S/he was trying plugins point: the only plugin that makes .htaccess is sef_url

BTW it's just a guess, let see her/his answer

[edit:]
This forums goes very fast ! I just comming to answer Hein's post and see gaugau's answer and ...
anyway I post it !!!

[MaverickLal101]

Check the ftp settings for the gallery folder. If set to 755 you will be able to see the content of the folder and that means you can also see the CPG.

Cheers!
Hein

It is 755 let me see the other replies
Thanks though was scared

[MaverickLal101]

It seems sef_url plugin mess ...
- Go to your gallery root and delete(or rename) .htaccess
- Remove sef_url entry from database (xxx_plugins) with a mysql tool such as phpmyadmin

Ok, I removed the dual??? htaccess files ... and it seems to be working...

ok, i know where php admin is  :-\ do i need to mess with it?

[Hein Traag]

Did you chmod the folder to 755 or did you edit the .htaccess ?

Cheers!
Hein

[MaverickLal101]

i just deleted the htaccess it didnt need chmoding



now m going to phpadmin to do the second thing cuz none of my pics are working... grrr plugins :-\ :'(

[Hein Traag]

Good luck with it MaverickLal101.

Cheers!
Hein

[MaverickLal101]

ok, yaaaaaaaaaaay

i didnt have to do phpadmin

just deleted it through my ftp filezilla.... delete

no m scared to do plugins...

ah well, u guys are here... and awesome

thank u thank u

[Sami]

That would be better if you delete the entry from xxx_plugins table cause next time that you upgrade your gallery sef_url will be there and then it will mess things up ... trust me

[MaverickLal101]

That would be better if you delete the entry from xxx_plugins table cause next time that you upgrade your gallery sef_url will be there and then it will mess things up ... trust me

See, I followed your instructions, found this particular coppermine database and then plugins in phpadmin but i didnt see sef_url entry to begin with... here is the snapshot...

Where is it?

Next time - attach the picture through the advanced options when you post - Hein

[MaverickLal101]

ok, i found it  under path

now how do i get rid of it 

[Sami]

there (under the image that you've posted) is a browse button push it and then click on red x behind the row that has sef_url