apache Forbidden

So make sure that that path actually exists and then check the permissions. You need to make sure that the user the webserver is running as has access to that directory.

Note that it is customarily a directory named public_html , and not a file named public.html.

I just decided to scrap the site and use a stack script to rebuild. Now i can paw thru all of the correct things done vs what my nebie self did. Also signed up for backup service. Site was basically a test stite for some frameworks I was palying with.