Welcome to Elgg!

The data folder can be placed anywhere, but not in the same directory where Elgg is installed.

For example, we do this:

/var/www/app/www/   // Elgg root

/var/www/app/data/  // Elgg data

- where /var/www (in Linux/Apache) or htdocs (in XAMPP/WAMP) is the web server's root folder. Put HTML, PHP, CSS, and other site files there so the server can find and serve them to visitors via HTTP requests. Without files in this folder, the website simply won't load.

Elgg docs:

https://learn.elgg.org/en/stable/intro/install.html

Create a data folder https://learn.elgg.org/en/stable/intro/install.html#create-a-data-folder

Subdirectory https://learn.elgg.org/en/stable/intro/install.html#i-installed-in-a-subdirectory-and-my-install-action-isn-t-working

Videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kY_U3USWX0

So, at the moment i have my installtion like this :-

/www/domainame.co.uk/G/      This is where my files are stored.

The other folders i have are:-

>Backup
>Logs
>mail
>Stats
>sys
>tmp
>www

Where would i place my data folder from the above folder?

Thank you 

>Backup
>Logs
>mail
>Stats
>sys
>tmp
>www

> data  // here's

Don't forget about the permissions 

Directories must be executable to be read and written to. The suggested permissions depend upon the exact server and user configuration. If the data directory is owned by the web server user, the recommended permissions are 750.

https://learn.elgg.org/en/stable/intro/install.html#create-a-data-folder

That is what i thought where the Data folder should go. But, for some reason i am not able to create a folder for the data.

I may have to contact my host and get them to create it for me.

I will keep you in the loop as to what happens - Thank you 

I may have to contact my host and get them to create it for me.

This is the best solution.

But you can also try this:

go to your >www folder and create 2 folders:

- elgg - Elgg root installation (any name for folder)

- data - Elgg data directory

I have tried that,  and i get an error message sayig that the folder does not exist

What did you enter in the data directory's field?

UPD: On the installation form

I entered /DATA

The error i get is Your data directory /www/domain.co.uk/Data does not exist.

Please use the full path to your data directory, e.g.:

/www/domainame.co.uk/G/data/

Watch a process on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kY_U3USWX0

I have tried using the path to my Data directory which is > /www/DATA

This is not working also. The error i get is this > Your data directory /www/DATA does not exist.