I'm trying to get vanilla installed on our website, and its root will eventually be http://www.bailriggfm.co.uk/members/forum/, and I've gone successfully through the install, but now I cant load any of the pages because I get the error 'Error Message: Failed to import file "controls/index.php".
Affected Elements: Page.Import();'.

I reckon it's something to do with permissions, but I've tried everything I can think of from re-installing it (several times) and even 'chmod -R 777 forum/'.

I still get the same error...

Any ideas?

What that message means is that for some reason the controls/index.php page isn't being included properly.

There are a couple of things you can do to figure out exactly what's wrong. First of all, the actual include is done in library/Utility.Page.class.php, and here is the function that does it:

function Import($FileName) {
	if (!@include($FileName)) $this->Context->ErrorManager->AddError($this->Context, "Page", "Import", "Failed to import file \"".$FileName."\".");
}

The first thing I'd try is removing that @ symbol in front of the include statement so that you can see what the actual error is (the @ symbol prevents errors from being written to the screen). Give that a go and tell us what happens...

"Warning: import(controls/index.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /usr/web/radio.lancs.ac.uk/pages/members/forum/library/Utility.Page.class.php on line 47

Warning: import(): Failed opening 'controls/index.php' for inclusion (include_path='/usr/web/radio.lancs.ac.uk/include/:/usr/share/php/:/usr/share/pear/') in /usr/web/radio.lancs.ac.uk/pages/members/forum/library/Utility.Page.class.php on line 47
A fatal, non-recoverable error has occurred

Technical information (for support personel):

Error Message: Failed to import file "controls/index.php".
Affected Elements: Page.Import();
For additional support documentation, visit the Lussumo Documentation website at: lussumo.com/support"


^ was echoed when i removed the @ sign. controls/index.php does exist.

Thanks for your help and I'd really appreciate more...:)