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Moving site from local machine, to web host. Can not get it to work. Please help!

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    Jason Monette Reply #1, 7 years, 8 months ago
    Ok, I made a site on my local machine that works just fine. I did a back up of my database and uploaded all the files in the public_html folder to my host (BlueHost). I followed the instructions that I found here

    https://rtfm.modx.com/revolution/2.x/administering-your-site/moving-your-site-to-a-new-server

    When I try to run setup I got a 500 error, so I uploaded all the setup files again. I am able to select the language, move past welcome to the modx installation page, get to install options page and select upgrade current installation, and hit next...then I get a 500 error

    The www.helpinghandsdevelopmentcenter.com page isn’t working

    www.helpinghandsdevelopmentcenter.com is currently unable to handle this request.
    HTTP ERROR 500

    So I ran the test_config.php script to see what it told me, it told me the following:

    Error
    The following errors were detected:

    /home2/helpinx0/public_html/connectors/browser folder does not exist!
    /home2/helpinx0/public_html/connectors/context folder does not exist!
    /home2/helpinx0/public_html/connectors/element folder does not exist!
    /home2/helpinx0/public_html/connectors/layout folder does not exist!
    /home2/helpinx0/public_html/connectors/resource folder does not exist!
    /home2/helpinx0/public_html/connectors/source folder does not exist!
    /home2/helpinx0/public_html/connectors/workspace folder does not exist!

    and when I just go to the domain name I get this error


    Fatal error: Call to a member function parseProperties() on a non-object in /home2/helpinx0/public_html/core/model/modx/modelement.class.php on line 524

    any help would be appreciated
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      Andy Tough Reply #2, 7 years, 8 months ago
      When updating paths in the config files I sometimes forget to update the three additional files listed in the instructions:
      The main one is: /core/config/config.inc.php

      The three additional files that need updating are:
      /config.core.php
      /connectors/config.core.php
      /manager/config.core.php

      Could that be the problem?
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        BobRay Reply #3, 7 years, 8 months ago
        In addition to andytough's excellent suggestion, check the connectors path in core/config/config.inc.php. Make sure it is correct and ends with a slash.

        While you're there, check the other paths and URLs as well.

        Also, if you transferred the local .htaccess file, the RewriteBase line could be an issue.

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          Jason Monette Reply #4, 7 years, 8 months ago
          Ok, I got it to work. Not sure why it worked, but here is what I did.

          I uploaded all my files, imported the database. Ran the setup program for MODX, but created a new data base. Once the set up was complete, I edited the config file to point to the imported data base. That got me working. Maybe you guys can tell me why smiley
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            BobRay Reply #5, 7 years, 8 months ago
            My guess is that Setup corrected your connectors path and maybe other paths as well, though I don't know why setup wouldn't run for you at first.

            Maybe you transferred one or more of the config files or the .htaccess file from the local site?

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              Yulianita Reply #6, 7 years, 8 months ago
              Quote from: andytough at Aug 15, 2016, 03:53 PM
              When updating paths in the config files I sometimes forget to update the three additional files listed in the instructions:
              The main one is: /core/config/config.inc.php

              The three additional files that need updating are:
              /config.core.php
              /connectors/config.core.php
              /manager/config.core.php

              Could that be the problem?

              Hi andytough, I think BobRay says that you should look into the file config.inc.php and search the connectors path line, looks like this:

              
if (!defined('MODX_CONNECTORS_PATH')) {
    $modx_connectors_path= '/home/content/79/11842279/html/nameofyousite/connectors/';
    $modx_connectors_url= '/connectors/';
    define('MODX_CONNECTORS_PATH', $modx_connectors_path);
    define('MODX_CONNECTORS_URL', $modx_connectors_url);


              Be sure the path is right.

              Hope this help. wink
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