Question : Change folder permissions - Fedora 13

Hi, I have a folder which is read-only to all except the root. I wish however to make it a 'normal' folder which can be written to/read by anyone. I tried

  chmod a+w myfolder

which appeared to work until I opened the folder and it was empty! So I've reinstalled it and am back to square one...

Please tell me the necessary command.

Thanks very much

Answer : Change folder permissions - Fedora 13

chmod -R a+rw myfolder