Newbie problem: Can't edit dashboard on a shared host

I have installed a copy of emoncms on a shared host (https://github.com/emoncms/emoncms/archive/master.zip c69bfa31e9390e20546b2abf4a852e25c8bbf9cb). It is getting a data feed from a Raspberry Pi setup just fine and is logging the data. The feeds and the visualzations work. I just cannot edit dashboards. I can create new ones and delete them (in name only). When I click on the editor button, the screen clears to a bar containing three buttons: configure, delete and not modified. The editor background does not come up. This seems like a configuration error or something, but I don't know what to do. Any help will be appreciated.

[This appears to be related: http://openenergymonitor.org/emon/node/10153 - Moderator (RW)]

kirkcarlson's picture

Re: Newbie problem: Can't edit dashboard on a shared host

Problem solved.

My shared host provider is rather picky about the permissions on files. Having the group write permission caused some files to not load. I turned all of the group write permissions off and now the dashboard editor works as it should.

rbreuss's picture

Re: Newbie problem: Can't edit dashboard on a shared host

Kirk, I have the same problem you desribed. Could you provide me more details, how you solved this? I tried some permission changes, but with nos success. Which permissions did you set for folders and which for files? 755/644, or others?

kirkcarlson's picture

Re: Newbie problem: Can't edit dashboard on a shared host

Directories were set to 755 and the files within are set to 644.

I am using the .htaccess file supplied with emoncms. It may be something in that, or the shared host doesn't allow something in it.

It worked for me. I know that doesn't necessarily help you.

rbreuss's picture

Re: Newbie problem: Can't edit dashboard on a shared host

Thanks, Kirk. I have the same settings (755/644) and .htaccess provided with emomcms. Strange is, that my old emoncms 8.0.8 installation at other hosting of the same hosting provider is working properly. 

Guys, is here around some guru, who could say, what is wrong with my emoncms 8.5 installation?

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