hmmm.... permissions, CHMOD.... I'm sure someone mentioned that earlier in the post.... :cool:

:lol: yes im sure they did :P
only trouble was that when i chmodded the cache file it didn't seem to stick for some reason. dont ask me why. i think it must have been a problem with my ftp program, everytime i changed the permissions and then went up a dir. and then went back into the cache folder the permissions had reverted themselves. very very strange. but anyway problem solved at long last