Step 3 tells you to use your FTP program to change permissions (chmod) certain files to certain settings if you want to do certain things.

Do you already have a database to stick b2evolution into? You need the files (which you've got) and a database. Assuming you've got a database to use you will need to know the database password, the username for that database, and maybe the database name. Yeah: all three of those. Plus "localhost" which it defaults to so that's an easy one.

Anyway using your FTP program find your conf/_basic_config.php file and change permissions (chmod) it to 666. You check or uncheck boxes to make the numbers change. One box is worth 1, the next is worth 2, and the third is worth 4. That's a maximum of 7 eh? So you use the 9 boxes to make 3 6s.

Now go to yourdomain/yourpath/install/index.php and you should be able to tell b2evolution the login connection info for your database. After you do that it will install all the tables and stuff it needs to become your blog engine.

Anyway using your FTP program find your conf/_basic_config.php file and change permissions (chmod) it to 666. You check or uncheck boxes to make the numbers change. One box is worth 1, the next is worth 2, and the third is worth 4. That's a maximum of 7 eh? So you use the 9 boxes to make 3 6s.

Hello, I'm new to b2evo, but I really like what I see so far. It seems I have it installed properly, except that I get this error when I click on "Files".

    * The blog's media directory «media/blogs/a/» could not be created, because the parent directory is not writable or does not exist.
    * The blog's media directory «media/blogs/b/» could not be created, because the parent directory is not writable or does not exist.
    * The blog's media directory «media/blogs/links/» could not be created, because the parent directory is not writable or does not exist.
    * You don't have access to any root directory.

I tried to follow your directions through my ftp client. I went to blogs/conf/_basic_config.php and changed _basic_config.php's permissions to 666. I still get the error when I click on "Files". I'm a noob at all unix/code! Thanks in advance for any help!

That file gets permissions set so you can edit it while installing b2evolution. In the original post in this thread look at the third * in item #3 to see what you got to do to be able to create media directories so you can upload stuff.