Step by step installation and upgrade instructions

Just wanted the newbies (like myself) to know that I’ve taken a few minutes to actually outline the installation and upgrade process, step by step. This should help those who need things spelled out in a little more detail.

http://www.lucidgreen.net/webbybooth/?p=7

Please feel free to Let me know if there are any glaring errors, my dignity thanks you!

anselm1109,

nice guide! i’m wondering though why the step #3 of the installation process is needed? if i recall correctly, i didn’t have to do it in order to install MODx.

3. Create a blank file called “config.inc.php” in the manager/includes/ directory of the folder you just unziped.

Nice work, anselm1109. Thanks!

Mats Wall
Fellow Newbie

Cassiel,

Thanks for the note on step three. I did a test install without creating the file and got an error message. But apparently it is specific only to Unix/Linux installs. I didn’t notice that before, I’ll clarify the steps.

anselm1109,

hmmm, that’s strange. my host is running linux. oh well, the important thing is that we got it up and running

I was just about to upgrade from .91 to .92... good document
Thanks.

Cassiel,

This is weird when I just did another install and when I got to the page which checks which files and folders are writeable there was this error:

Checking if manager/includes/config.inc.php exists and is writable: Failed!

For new Linux/Unix installs, please create a blank file named config.inc.php in the manager/includes/ directory with file permissions set to 777.

The install wizard wouldn’t let me proceed beyond this step without doing so. Can anybody more experience clarify this?

If you ssh into your server and type ’ls -l manager/includes/config.inc.php’ from your modx directory, what does it show?

Added as a reference in our FAQ now: http://modxcms.com/faq

running the said ls command on my file gives me this:

-rwxrwxrwx 1 bbooth bbooth 1450 Apr 30 19:24 config.inc.php

Okay, full disclosure time, I’m actually installing this locally on my mac. I haven’t actually taken the time to upload the files to my linux account and try it that way. I didn’t assume that it would make any major difference since, as far as I know, it’s close enough. I’ll try it now and see what happens.

By the way THANKS for linking to me from the FAQ.