Permissions error on plugin activation

  • Firstly apologies if this has been covered before but I have spent an age searching without success.

    Second, I need to give a bit of background which may seem irrelevant at first, as there are other issues I am struggling with which have led to this particular issue.

    I am trying to set up a multilingual social networking site using BuddyPress and SitePress (WPML). I got the content multilingual ok, but not the core system and buddypress theme (login messages, theme links, etc). I read somewhere that I needed to install the local version of WP for the default language – Catalan (a regional/distinct language in Spain).

    Having done so, the first problem was the config.php file was not created properly, and I had to edit the db login manually. More seriously, when I go to install plugins, either automatically or manually, on activation I get a “You do not have permission to access this page” – or rather the Catalan version of this message.

    And I am then blocked from the whole Admin/dashboard. If I delete the plugin folder, access returns.

    Can anyone shed some light on this, and where, if necessary I can manually change permissions?

    Thanks!!
    Arthur

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  • Thread Starter Arthur

    (@aahkendall)

    Update, for those experiencing similar issues: I think it’s a WPML plugin issue, as I’ve gone back to qtranslate and it’s worked straight out of the box.

    I was hoping WPML would work, as I prefer the options and look and feel, plus it seems to be more closely integrated with the core WordPress platform. But qtranslate is the only decent multi-language plugin I’ve managed to get to work on any site and does a good job of the basics.

    Thread Starter Arthur

    (@aahkendall)

    Update, for those experiencing similar issues: I think it’s a WPML plugin issue, as I’ve gone back to qtranslate and it worked. However, I now have what I assume is a Permalinks error as none of the page links work…

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