Blank page after Pre-installation checks#

Thanks. Nowhere in the installation instructions did I see that the connectors and manager folders (which seemed to be the problem) needed to be writable. Perhaps a note? Or was I the only one bitten by this.

Were you installing the Advanced distribution?

This note is on the installation instruction page:

If you get a blank screen or cannot proceed after clicking 'Install', verify these steps:

Make sure the directories "/[root]", "/core/config", "/core/packages","/core/cache", and "/core/export" are writable. (root will be the actual directory you are installing to.)

Make sure your php.ini setting sets memory_limit to 128M, and max_execution_time to 120

Ensure that MODx can create the manager and connectors directories; this is done by making the parents of those directories writable (since you can change where they are installed)

Post a message in the Revolution forum regarding your issue. State your server setup and installation info, and we'll try and help you find a solution.

No, I was installing the traditional distribution with the Basic Installation guide (as suggested on the installation documentation). In there it didn't mention neither root, manager, nor connectors needed to be writable. It didn't even mention /core/export and /core/import needing to be writable until the warning, which is different than from the advanced distribution it seems. This is all it says in the basic install guide:

If you get a blank screen or cannot proceed after clicking 'Install', verify these steps:

• Make sure the directories "/core/packages","/core/cache", "/core/import", and "/core/export" are writable.
• Make sure your php.ini setting sets memory_limit to 128M, and max_execution_time to 120
• Create a blank file "/core/config/config.inc.php" and make it writable. DO NOT COPY config.inc.tpl! Just make it a blank file!
• Post a message in the Revolution forum regarding your issue. State your server setup and installation info, and we'll try and help you find a solution.

See, no mention of manager, connectors, or root. It doesn't mention them before this point either.

You're right about the docs. I think the config.core.php files need to be writable in both distributions, so maybe the docs should be corrected.