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    Hello,

    I'm trying to make a copy of an existing website to my PC to work on it.

    I'm very new on MODX and I don't really know if there's any specific procedure to do that properly.

    So here's how I proceeded:

    - I installed a web server on my computer (WAMP)
    - downloaded all the files from the server to my computer
    - and import the DB

    But when I'm trying to access to the website, I get this error:

    Error 503
    Site temporarily unavailable


    Then, I went through the setup tool by selecting "Upgrade an existing install". But I've got few errors that I don't undertand on the next step:

    Checking PHP version: OK! Running: 5.6.25
    Checking PHP for zlib dependency: OK!
    Checking for SimpleXML: OK!
    Checking if memory limit is set to at least 24M: OK! Set to 128M
    Checking if sessions are properly configured: OK!
    Checking if C:/wamp64/www/matferbourgeat/core/cache directory exists: OK!
    Checking if C:/wamp64/www/matferbourgeat/core/cache directory is writable: OK!
    Checking if C:/wamp64/www/matferbourgeat/core/export directory exists: OK!
    Checking if C:/wamp64/www/matferbourgeat/core/export directory is writable: OK!
    Checking if C:/wamp64/www/matferbourgeat/core/packages directory exists: OK!
    Checking if C:/wamp64/www/matferbourgeat/core/packages directory is writable: OK!
    Checking if C:/wamp64/www/matferbourgeat/core/config/config.inc.php exists and is writable: OK!
    Creating connection to the database: OK!
    Checking to make sure safe_mode is off: OK!
    Checking for suhosin issues:OK!
    Checking if memory limit is set to at least 24M for zip extensions: OK! Set to 128M
    Checking if /homepages/37/d458558639/htdocs/ directory is writable: Failed!
    Checking if /homepages/37/d458558639/htdocs/manager/ directory is writable: Failed!
    Checking if /homepages/37/d458558639/htdocs/connectors/ directory is writable: Failed!


    Everything looks to be fine except the access to the homepages directory. What is that? I can't find out where this directory is located.

    This question has been answered by jaycee. See the first response.

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      Hi Jaycee,

      Welcome to the MODX forums!

      In your core/config do the paths for the site, manager and connectors folders reflect what you actually have on your local machine?
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        Hi LK,

        Thanks for your reply and your welcome.

        About your question: not at all. But it doesn't reflect what there is in the FTP Server neither.

        Following what I found on google: The "htdocs" directory seems to indicate a vhost location...

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              I'm going to guess that the web root for your WAMP server is /homepages/37/d458558639/htdocs/, and that that directory contains the MODX index.php file, and the core, manager, setup, and connectors directories.

              The error messages are telling you that /homepages/37/d458558639/htdocs/ and the directories below it are not writable because of either their permissions and/or ownership.

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                Quote from: BobRay at Jul 18, 2017, 03:02 AM
                I'm going to guess that the web root for your WAMP server is /homepages/37/d458558639/htdocs/, and that that directory contains the MODX index.php file, and the core, manager, setup, and connectors directories.

                The error messages are telling you that /homepages/37/d458558639/htdocs/ and the directories below it are not writable because of either their permissions and/or ownership.

                Welcome to MODX. smiley

                Thanks for your answser. I've solved my issue by installing MODX on a Linux server wich is easier to configure especially about the directory rights.
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                  I'm glad you got it sorted. smiley
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