im sorry to say im leaving xoops. it seemed like just what i was looking for. but, i had an error during an installation and when i asked the community in specifics what this message meant, i was pointed to a long list of faq questions that didnt apply to me. i didnt find an answer, and dont expect anyone to help me. i just wanted to say that you lost a customer because of the ill-support.
ps im currently looking at mambo
tamerlane

I am not running it on my own machine, its all uploaded. when i go to install, the greenlights appear, including the one that says mainfile.php is writeable. when i enter the info, it wont save the settings, it reports

"Could not write into mainfile.php. Please check the file permission and try again."

this is very annoying. the serve doesnt run linux, nor do i. any help is greatly appreciated