How To Configure Joomla's FTP File System Layer

[alenxyzkh]

dude u saved my time alot thnx a million

[dovyduosius]

Hello, when i try to enable it i get this error

JFTP::write: Bad response

JFTP::delete: Bad response

All files ar chmoded.......

[tranthong]

thanks, it's helpful

[bjwanbie]

is anyone could helop me in doing a file system with the topic chosen "SSS (SOCIAL SECURITY SYSYTEM) INFORMATION SYSTEM"? please help me... I'm an I.T. student...

[NeeveW]

Thanks Alex. Another great tutorial.

[vilepium]

sir may i ask.. no offense sir. but what is the point of a FTP file?, i really dont have a clue.. is it jjust like a RAR file?... will i download FTP files faster rather than a normal download?... thank you..

[cyberguroo]

@vilepium hey "vilepium" I guess U really havent got well acquainted with all these features/functions of web-hosting, so 1st of all just try reading good books,cause your method of collecting Knowledge "by asking here and there" may be seeming a good shortcut but may not be truly beneficial in the long run.

[rickylyciw]

Thx. Good vid.

[glasfactor]

Thanx!!! You make it clearer!!!!

A great help and quite a significant step is to configure the FTP layer.

I could not update mine for 2 months as the setting root directory wasn't clear enough. Now I will have some fun!

[herrietheguru]

Alex, thanks a milion for your video. Although i only needed the last 20 seconds of the vid ;-). changing the rights of the configuration.php did it. Thanks again. Harold - Netherlands

[benmorgs007]

Hi thanks for the video. I have followed it but I am still getting jftp::write:bad response

an error has occurred! unable to open configuration.php file to write.

Any suggestions?

[middriftter]

alex i want to add my own music to my site do you have any ideas or a video that i may have missed that could help me with this problem..thanks

[sewmuchmoreMilford]

Alex is there any way once you've set up a joomla site to transfer it to another using FTP? I've been making a site on a different domain but didn't wantt to publish it until it was far enough along. Now I'm ready but it doens't seem to transfer

[alexwestconsulting]

using ftp will transfer the files, but not the db. also, the file configuration.php would have to be altered as well.

use a joomla module like Akeeba Backup to do it properly. that's what i use.

[evilsnakes1]

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[rajeshwar83]

hey i am getting error

JFTP::login: Unable to login

JFTP::write: Unable to use passive mode

An Error has occurred! Unable to open configuration.php file to write!

[goompapa]

Very good and clear. Thanks

[martijn385]

Hello I would like to ask you.: what I want to upload files to my site so that other people can download. what am I need here for? Thanks

[ShooRaynerDrawing]

Woah! Thanks Alex! making the root and tmp folders relative to Joomla was the answer - I was going crazeee!

[rockingkidz]

When i try to enable FTP its says

JFTP::write: Bad response

JFTP::delete: Bad response

help me

[zaenzaen]

Thanks MAn you saved me alot of time and taught me something for future success!

[tiagocanha]

hi alex, how do i install a new template? i ve downloaded a new template and its in a .rar file but when i try to upload and install at the joomla Control panel it takes ages and doesnt seem to progress, could i do it with ftp program? and to where should i upload it? and do i need to upzip it then? u could make a quick tutorial >D

thank you

tiago

[alexwestconsulting]

joomla does NOT accept rars, so the rar is either a container that contains other compressed archives, one being the template, OR you are using a pirated template that someone has packaged as a rar when they SHOULD have packaged it as a zip, in which case simply unrar it and then zip it yourself. You can NOT simply ftp up templates, they must be installed proper through joomla (unless you know how to edit the db directly).

*there should be a templateDetails . xml file in the root of the archive

[tiagocanha]

Lol PIRATED sounds good but this one is genuine, i think i ve done it now.

thanks alot for your help.

[tiagocanha]

just one thiing, at RocketTheme tutorials there is a video in which it explains how to install the rocketluncher and in that proccess he does not use the joomla extention instalation, even know u said it must be installed using joomla otherwise the database does not work?

[alexwestconsulting]

ahhhhh, right, rocketlauncher is like joomla plus all the rockettheme addons all packaged together and so it all gets installed when you install joomla.

[tzahry]

man, you are my hero :-D. Thnks!

[AlvarM]

FTP Root, U rule! I fought hours to solve it and now I did it in just 10 minutes, thanks!

[fedeliallalinea]

you are the man!

i was getting crazy! and all bcos of the FTP root!!!

[Alhaq47]

thank you man you are the allbest tuto makers , i have big problem with ftp root and the host and finally it's resolved by the super hero with host 127.0.0.1

thank you very much

[maksic87]

ty very much i wass about to brake my computer with a baseball bat. :))) ty very much helped a lot

[AussieDanceFestival]

Thank you! Wasted some time before seeing this video. I didnt get that the ftp path was relevant to the installation rather than absolute - all I had to do was delete public_html from the path and works a treat. Thanks for the video.

[diertac]

This worked like a charm. Found your video after Googling "Joomla template becomes unwriteable". Brilliant work, great tutorial. Thank you so much!

[computersolutions164]

I hate Joomla with a passion. Why because it is so restrictive and has no code editor of any kind. Personally I would not even ever entertaining using it for this very reason. You cannot alter the HTML code very easily so you are stuck with the defaults you are given. Give me a traditional web programming tool any day.

How do you get to the HTML code in a page, I want to change something for somebody. there is no way to do it.

[alexwestconsulting]

for sure, joomla is terribly frustrating to learn, especially for anyone who already knows how to make web sites. BUT, if you invest the time, you will be able to make sites that you simply can not do independently, or even with a tem with a reasonable budget/time constraints. I have much experience using standard commercial and free javascript/php "libraries" and the joomla versions, while not as "powerful" are waaaaay easier to get up and running.

[alexwestconsulting]

tem = team (sorry, typing on my asus n10j netbook)

[alexwestconsulting]

I also don't know what you mean by "no code editor". Joomla has many 3rd party code editors in addition to the included one. besides, the code editors are more for end users: Developers like me generally turn it off completely and use straight html. WHen you do that, the code is just as editable as any site, but becuase joomla with plugins is complicated, and because we didn't write it, it can be hard to find what you are looking for. But, like I said, it takes time and experience.

[dawdyand1]

thanks man ur a life saver

[PeepleTown]

Hey, thanks a ton for the video. I followed your instructs exactly, but for some reason I am still getting the error: The parameter file params.ini is unwritable! - When I change the permissions of that file it says it is writable, but then when i go to template manager and make an edit to the template I'm using it reverts back to unwritable. Anyone have a fix for this by chance? New to Joomla and love it, just need this fixed! :)

[imurphster]

Hi Alex, Thanks for the help, I got my host to re-set all the permissions and make sure i had ownership off them, this seems to have solved the problem! thanks again for your help, and keep up the good videos.

[mahoneko321]

Urghh! I just spent several hours working this all out, and now just AFTER I worked out how to do it, I find your video which explains it all more clearly than anywhere else on the net. Great video.

[imurphster]

Hi Alex,

Thanks for getting back to me.

I have followed yours step in the video, however when i go to global configuration, then sever thereis no ftp settings, is this because the layout is different in joomla 1.0? If so were will it be?

Thanks.

[alexwestconsulting]

urg, yes, you entirely right. ftp file system layer was added in 1.5 to "help" with situations like this. The problem is all about file permissions. When your host moved your files/folders, they either had the process take ownership of them, or their server is running in "safe mode", or both. I have also read the php 5 is better at coping with this than version 4, so check your php version.

[alexwestconsulting]

Again, 1.5 IS built to better cope with this situatation, but upgrading from 1 to 1.5 is NOT easy by virtue of many of your plugins/modules/components/tem­plate not being able to cross over. You COULD try salvaging your 1.0 site by demanding your host fix the problem the ownership problem, some hosts even have a control panel option to fix this, and I THINK you can run a chown command through a cron job, but not sure how, so ask your host. Sorry I can't be more help, I know how lame this is.

[alexwestconsulting]

Oh, and the other thing worth mentioning is the way unix/linux deals with file/folder permissions. When "someone else" owns your joomla files/folders you can not manipulate them, and you can not chown (change owner) without ssh (command line) or possibly through a chown cron job (again, ask your host), but you CAN change the file/folder permissions to let you in, even though this is NOT a secure way of doing things (just a workaround). Use an ftp client to chmod folders to 777.

[imurphster]

Hi Alex,

Can you use fantastico to upgrade from joomla 1.0 to joomla 1.5?

My site has been working find until my host updated there server, now i cant upload any files, folders or images etc, my host tell me "as far as we can see, nothing on the server is causing these issues with your installation, the errors look like code issues from within joomla" I am new to this and dont know were to start! I thought upgrading would maybe solve this problem? any advice?

Cheers.

[alexwestconsulting]

You can use fantastic to upgrade only if the previous installation is fantastico as well. And, upgrading Joomla core from 1.0 to 1.5 is no big deal, but many of the plugins will not transition smoothely, if at all. I guarantee that this is not the problem anyway. More than likely you need to set the ftp file system layer configuration again. Watch my tutorial on that topic.

[ognib311]

Freaking awesome - thanks so much for doing this! This solved my permission errors which were driving me nuts. Thank you!

[Animalcruelty21]

Dude your awesome! Thank you so much!

[ivan001]

Hi alex, nice vid. After hours trying, i found your video on youtube, i tried to do exactly what you said and it didn't work either. I can access and change files using the "test" account on Filezilla, but even after changing joomla settings the way you sugested, it won't change files permissions. It always returns "JFTP::write: Bad response". Also, my joomla only works with public read permission on configuration.php or any other file. looks like joomla is "Public" instead of "Owner".Any ideas?

[mileyjk]

Alex you saved me hours of frustration. Please keep the Joomla videos coming. I am creating my first Joomla website and your videos have helped me tremendously.

[GunzTehDuel]

On my Mp3 player when i turn it on it says

File system error

Then cuts off can someone help please

[wangor]

oh and if required should they be left as 777? or is that risky as in public accessing these files?

[alexwestconsulting]

That IS a good point. I bring it back down to 600 when I am done, but understand that I have to go back and chmod to 777 any time I want to make a change. Hacking someone's site and accessing their file system and configuration.php is no easy task and it can certainly be argued that anyone who manages to access your file system will have little problem accessing that file regardless of the permissions.

[alexwestconsulting]

Because Joomla effectively runs under the webserver "account", anyone who manages to gain access can do whatever they want. But yes, you SHOULD do what you can to mitigate the threat. MOST experts say to leave configuration.php chmodded to 644, but that STILL gives the "public" read permission, and configuration.php contains sensitive information such as the database user/password.  As such, 600 is even better, and if it still works (it should) 400 is best.

[wangor]

yeh thanks this is handy - though is it required that I set all files/folders that I want to write to to 777?

[amerwafiy2008]

dude where i can get free joomla template

[BurgBoard]

Dude you are the f'ing man. Thanks now I am able to install sh404sef.

[bigboy927]

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