Forbidden 403 error when trying to view uploaded images

Hi

I have permissions set to 775 for folders and 644 for files and have set the user to my user and group to www-data for these files and folders.

However, I still can't view images that I have uploaded (they appear as broken) and when I visit the files and folders through the browser I get the 403 error.

Any ideas? I'm stumped.

Also, I can;t now seem to access my phpmyadmin page either. I checked the .htaccess file and it has my ip allowed.

Thanks