WISB Cool Theme? Which theme is that? Are you using elgg 1.8?

Rodolfo Hernandez

Arvixe/Elgg Community Liaison

Hi koomar,

I had the same problem as yours, and when I contacted Byethost free hosting support, they said it's impossible to write files outside their htdocs folder.

So what I did instead, is the following:

1. Install elgg in a subdirectory within the byethost's htdocs folder (i.e. in /htdocs/elgg)

2. Create the data directory within the the htdocs folder (i.e. in /htdocs/elgg-data)

3. Configure .htaccess in /htdocs/elgg and uncomment the RewriteBase line, so that the URL Rewrites will work properly.

4. Protect your elgg-data from unauthorized access! Create an .htaccess file within /htdocs/elgg-data so it contains the following:

Order deny,allow
Deny from all

That will protect elgg-data from being accessed from the browser.

You will now be able to access the elgg site at http://site.at.byethost.com/elgg.

Now, what if they access http://site.at.byethost.com (without the /elgg)? It's pretty simple.

Create an .htaccess file within /htdocs containing the following:

DirectoryIndex elgg/index.php

So that when you access the site without /elgg, it automatically redirects to the /elgg.

Just sharing what I did to make it work, and hope it helps.