Entered in the pg_hba.conf file

host all the.machine's.ip.address 255.255.255.255
and still gives me the error that it doesn't have an entry for the servers
ip.

Warning: Unable to connect to PostgreSQL server: FATAL: No pg_hba.conf entry
for host "machine's.ip" user postgres, database nm in
/var/www/html/crohns/phpBB2/db/postgres7.php on line 79
phpBB : Critical Error

Could not connect to the database

I would also like to know how to restart postmaster to reinitialize changes
if someone could help me out on that.

in need of help,
Dan

<snip>
> This is in the pg_hba.conf file
>
> www.websiteIamusing.com all themachine'sIP 255.255.255.255
> trust
>
> I am sure I need to edit something yet.

"host" is a keyword (for tcp/ip connections as opposed to keyword
"local" for local domain socket connections), it is not a hostname.
Try:
host all the.machine.ip.address 255.255.255.255

Cheers,
Steve