Set File & Directory Permissions
Unix & Mac Servers:
You must set the following permissions on the UBBâ„¢ files and directories. You can use your FTP software to set these permissions. For exact information on setting permissions in your FTP client, see the documentation included with that program.
includes/ directory: set permissions to 0777
files within the includes/ directory: set permissions to 0666
sessions/ directory: set permissions to 0777
templates/compile directory: set permissions to 0777
templates/ directory: set permissions to 0777
cache/ directory: set permissions to 0777
cache_builders/ directory: set permissions to 0777
cache_builders/custom/ directory: set permissions to 0777
files within the cache_builders/custom/ directory: set permissions to 0666
styles/ directory: set permissions to 0777
files within the styles/ directory: set permissions to 0666
tmp/ directory: set permissions to 0777
gallery/ directory: set permissions to 0777
directories within the gallery/default directory: set permissions to 0777
this is what i have done permissions wise!