I'm trying to create a new style and I'm getting the following error: ubbthreads/admin/editstyle.php on line 89. It's saying failed to open directory and permission denied.

What should the admin directory permissions be set too?

I have mine set to 777.

It's not the admin directory that needs to be changd, it's the styles directory. Make sure you have it set to 777 as Rose stated.

Under the styles directory the files 1.php and 2.php would not allow me to change permissions. I got a message in my ftp client that said "550 could not change perms on 1.php. Operation not permitted".

I also went back and reuploaded the images directory but still no images show up in my forums.

Unless maybe the file was in use or you don't have rights yourself. IF you don't have rights to change it then you'll need to check with your host provider to gain proper access of your own site.

Not all hosts enable the chmod feature in FTP, if this is the case for you then you'll have to do it via the command line.

Well if it's disabled via FTP then the user probably does not have SHELL rights either. Then the host must provide through their control panel a method to alter permissions

I just contacted my hosting provider and they made some modifications and now I can change the permissions on those files. Unfortunately that didn't seem to solve my problem. I still get error messages when I try to create a new style and no images show up in my forums. When I try to create a new style I get the following at the top of the screen: (I've xxx'd out my user name)

Warning: opendir(/home/xxx/public_html/ubbthreads/images/general/) [function.opendir]: failed to open dir: Permission denied in /home/xxx/public_html/ubbthreads/admin/editstyle.php on line 89

Warning: readdir(): supplied argument is not a valid Directory resource in /home/xxx/public_html/ubbthreads/admin/editstyle.php on line 91

Warning: opendir(/home/xxx/public_html/ubbthreads/images/avatars/) [function.opendir]: failed to open dir: Permission denied in /home/xxx/public_html/ubbthreads/admin/editstyle.php on line 101

Warning: readdir(): supplied argument is not a valid Directory resource in /home/xxx/public_html/ubbthreads/admin/editstyle.php on line 103

Warning: opendir(/home/xxx/public_html/ubbthreads/images/forumimages/) [function.opendir]: failed to open dir: Permission denied in /home/xxx/public_html/ubbthreads/admin/editstyle.php on line 113

Warning: readdir(): supplied argument is not a valid Directory resource in /home/xxx/public_html/ubbthreads/admin/editstyle.php on line 115

Warning: opendir(/home/xxx/public_html/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/) [function.opendir]: failed to open dir: Permission denied in /home/xxx/public_html/ubbthreads/admin/editstyle.php on line 125

Warning: readdir(): supplied argument is not a valid Directory resource in /home/xxx/public_html/ubbthreads/admin/editstyle.php on line 127

Warning: opendir(/home/xxx/public_html/ubbthreads/images/icons/) [function.opendir]: failed to open dir: Permission denied in /home/xxx/public_html/ubbthreads/admin/editstyle.php on line 137

Warning: readdir(): supplied argument is not a valid Directory resource in /home/xxx/public_html/ubbthreads/admin/editstyle.php on line 139

Warning: opendir(/home/xxx/public_html/ubbthreads/images/news/) [function.opendir]: failed to open dir: Permission denied in /home/xxx/public_html/ubbthreads/admin/editstyle.php on line 149

Warning: readdir(): supplied argument is not a valid Directory resource in /home/xxx/public_html/ubbthreads/admin/editstyle.php on line 151

Warning: opendir(/home/xxx/public_html/ubbthreads/images/moods/) [function.opendir]: failed to open dir: Permission denied in /home/xxx/public_html/ubbthreads/admin/editstyle.php on line 161

Warning: readdir(): supplied argument is not a valid Directory resource in /home/xxx/public_html/ubbthreads/admin/editstyle.php on line 163

Warning: opendir(/home/xxx/public_html/ubbthreads/images/markup_panel/) [function.opendir]: failed to open dir: Permission denied in /home/xxx/public_html/ubbthreads/admin/editstyle.php on line 173

Warning: readdir(): supplied argument is not a valid Directory resource in /home/xxx/public_html/ubbthreads/admin/editstyle.php on line 175

Well it's still a PERMISSION DENIED error on all or most of that.

So the account you're using to edit them still does not appear to have permissions.

Review all the FOLDER and FILE permissions with an FTP client (if you can) and change per the Installation instructions for UBBT7

Then logout of the site on your web brower, delete cookies if needed, then log back in and try again.

I would use FireFox 2.x and not IE6 or IE7 as there are some known caching issues if setting on IE are not set correctly.

I tried the things you've suggested but I'm still getting those warning messages. All of my permissions check out OK.