diff --git a/e107_languages/English/lan_installer.php b/e107_languages/English/lan_installer.php
index 667eaf528..c62f35eeb 100644
--- a/e107_languages/English/lan_installer.php
+++ b/e107_languages/English/lan_installer.php
@@ -145,5 +145,9 @@ define("LANINS_103", 'Reviews');
 define("LANINS_104", 'Review Front Page ...');
 
 define("LANINS_105", 'A database name or prefix beginning with some digits followed by \'e\' or \'E\' is not acceptable');
-define("LANINS_106", '');
+define("LANINS_106", 'WARNING - E107 cannot write to the directories and/or files listed. While this will not stop E107 installing, it will mean that certain features are not available. 
+				You will need to change the file permissions to use these features');
+define("LANINS_107", '');
+define("LANINS_108", '');
+
 ?>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/install_.php b/install_.php
index b512ba38c..6a4713156 100644
--- a/install_.php
+++ b/install_.php
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
 |     GNU General Public License (http://gnu.org).
 |
 |     $Source: /cvs_backup/e107_0.8/install_.php,v $
-|     $Revision: 1.10 $
-|     $Date: 2008-07-08 21:09:13 $
+|     $Revision: 1.11 $
+|     $Date: 2008-07-09 21:38:24 $
 |     $Author: e107steved $
 +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 */
@@ -399,7 +399,8 @@ class e_install
 		$this->template->SetTag("stage_pre", LANINS_002);
 		$this->template->SetTag("stage_num", LANINS_007);
 		$this->template->SetTag("stage_title", LANINS_008);
-		$not_writable = $this->check_writable_perms();
+		$not_writable = $this->check_writable_perms('must_write');		// Some directories MUST be writable
+		$opt_writable = $this->check_writable_perms('can_write');		// Some directories CAN optionally be writable
 		$version_fail = false;
 		$perms_errors = "";
 		if(count($not_writable)) 
@@ -411,6 +412,15 @@ class e_install
 		  }
 		  $perms_notes = LANINS_018;
 		} 
+		elseif (count($opt_writable))
+		{
+		  $perms_pass = true;
+		  foreach ($opt_writable as $file) 
+		  {
+			$perms_errors .= (substr($file, -1) == "/" ? LANINS_010a : LANINS_010)."...<br /><b>{$file}</b><br />\n";
+		  }
+		  $perms_notes = LANINS_106;
+		}
 		else 
 		{
 		  $perms_pass = true;
@@ -710,19 +720,28 @@ This file has been generated by the installation script.
 		$e_forms->add_hidden_data("stage", ($force_stage ? $force_stage : ($this->stage + 1)));
 	}
 
-	function check_writable_perms(){
+
+	function check_writable_perms($list = 'must_write')
+	{
 		$bad_files = array();
-		$data = 'e107_config.php|{$CACHE_DIRECTORY}|{$UPLOADS_DIRECTORY}|{$FILES_DIRECTORY}public/avatars/|{$PLUGINS_DIRECTORY}|{$THEMES_DIRECTORY}';
-		foreach ($this->e107->e107_dirs as $dir_name => $value) {
-			$find[] = "{\${$dir_name}}";
-			$replace[] = "./$value";
+		$data['must_write'] = 'e107_config.php';
+		$data['can_write'] = '{$FILES_DIRECTORY}cache/|{$FILES_DIRECTORY}public/|{$FILES_DIRECTORY}public/avatars/|{$PLUGINS_DIRECTORY}|{$THEMES_DIRECTORY}';
+		$data = 'e107_config.php|{$FILES_DIRECTORY}public/temp/|{$FILES_DIRECTORY}public/logs/';
+		$data = '{$CACHE_DIRECTORY}|{$UPLOADS_DIRECTORY}|{$FILES_DIRECTORY}public/avatars/|{$PLUGINS_DIRECTORY}|{$THEMES_DIRECTORY}';
+		if (!isset($data[$list])) return $bad_files;
+		foreach ($this->e107->e107_dirs as $dir_name => $value) 
+		{
+		  $find[] = "{\${$dir_name}}";
+		  $replace[] = "./$value";
 		}
-		$data = str_replace($find, $replace, $data);
-		$files = explode("|", trim($data));
-		foreach ($files as $file) {
-			if(!is_writable($file)) {
-				$bad_files[] = str_replace("./", "", $file);
-			}
+		$data[$list] = str_replace($find, $replace, $data[$list]);
+		$files = explode("|", trim($data[$list]));
+		foreach ($files as $file) 
+		{
+		  if(!is_writable($file)) 
+		  {
+			$bad_files[] = str_replace("./", "", $file);
+		  }
 		}
 		return $bad_files;
 	}