First... you didn't set the chmod stuff correctly. You've got a bunch of world readable/writeable (777) directories, which is a big security no-no. It means anyone can put a file in those folders, or worse, change/infect a file already there. I'm sure the install instructions might have told you to do that, but that's because it makes it "just work" if you're running it on your own machine with no other users, and aren't worried about security. But here, with our setup, there's really no reason that anything should ever be even readable by anyone else, much less writable. That is in numeric/chmod terms, the last two numbers (which represent group and world) should always be 0. Now, that aside, the problem with the actual error you're getting is that the scripts are using short php open tags. This problem came up in a few other threads as well... bottom line is programmers were lazy and used the shortcut "<?" instead of the full "<?php" in the scripts. I looked at the file giving you errors, and the first tag is proper, but later ones are the short version. You basically need to search/replace all "<?" and put in "<?php" for any php files. Be careful with your search, so you don't accidentally replace the "<?" part of "<?php" and end up with "<?phpphp" Probably safest to search for "<? " with the included space to be sure.