myGallery dont work :(

[fredarn]

I have tryed to follow these guidelines:
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/60714?replies=25

What do this means: "upload mygallery to the plugins folder
create a folder called 'myfotos' inside the 'wp-content' folder
chmod the 'myfotos' folder to 777
activate the plugin"

What is chmod? and whats up with 777?

PLease tell me how i can get this to work (i am a noob :crash: )

see http://golfsiden.net/php/?page_id=37 (it is where i am trying to add the gallery)

I use WordPress...

[Dan Grossman]

What is chmod? and whats up with 777?

In Linux, every file and directory has a set of permissions that controls who can read, write and execute that file. chmod is the command that modifies those permissions, and 777 is an octal representation for those permissions, indicating that anyone can read+write+execute that file.

There are a couple ways to go about doing what's being asked...

- Your web hosting control panel might offer a file viewer that lets you change permissions
- You can FTP in to your server, and execute the command over FTP. How you do that depends on the program you're using
- If you have shell access, SSH in to your server and type "chmod 777 <filename/directory>" at the command prompt.