Newbie Install:: Page not Found (index.php I assume)

Ok, story goes like this:
I only have Cpanel access (no SSH)
uploaded the standard (8Mb+) zip, unpacked it, moved folders up one level from the modx-2.0.0-beta
learned the hard way that I needed "PDO" and got that sorted out
set the required folders to chmod777 [I assume when doco says writeable they mean really writeable?]
> not so fond of webroot being 777 by the way
setup mysql db user and database
ran the - pretty nice! - \setup\ stuff and eventually got past those screens
can login to the \manager area Ok (using Chrome is this OK?) [also learned IE6 is useless at \manager!]

But at this point if I go to the public website address all I get is "Page not Found"

Is this normal? Do I keep going? (if so where? and what?)

Is this Beta stable enough to use for a small personal website? I was impressed by what others have achieved and wanted to jump up to something more "modern" in capabilities. I don’t however have much time and virtually no knowledge of javascript (some basic php knowhow)

Requested info. - sorry I forgot:

, Server OS: Linux
, Server Version: 2.6.18-128.1.1.el5.028stab062.3 #1 SMP Sun May 10 18:54:51 MSD 2009 x86_64
, PHP Version: PHP Version 5.2.11
, MySQL Version: Client API version 4.1.22
, is pdo_mysql installed: YES (now)
, your Browser type and version: Firefox 3.5.2 and/or Chrome 3.0.195.25


, and any other environment data we should know.
Configure Command ’./configure’ ’--enable-bcmath’ ’--enable-calendar’ ’--enable-exif’ ’--enable-ftp’ ’--enable-gd-native-ttf’ ’--enable-libxml’ ’--enable-magic-quotes’ ’--enable-mbstring’ ’--enable-pdo=shared’ ’--enable-soap’ ’--enable-sockets’ ’--enable-zip’ ’--prefix=/usr/local’ ’--with-apxs2=/usr/local/apache/bin/apxs’ ’--with-bz2’ ’--with-curl=/opt/curlssl/’ ’--with-curlwrappers’ ’--with-freetype-dir=/usr’ ’--with-gd’ ’--with-gettext’ ’--with-imap=/opt/php_with_imap_client/’ ’--with-imap-ssl=/usr’ ’--with-jpeg-dir=/usr’ ’--with-kerberos’ ’--with-libdir=lib64’ ’--with-libxml-dir=/opt/xml2’ ’--with-libxml-dir=/opt/xml2/’ ’--with-mcrypt=/opt/libmcrypt/’ ’--with-mhash=/opt/mhash/’ ’--with-mysql=/usr’ ’--with-mysql-sock=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock’ ’--with-mysqli=/usr/bin/mysql_config’ ’--with-openssl=/usr’ ’--with-openssl-dir=/usr’ ’--with-pdo-mysql=shared’ ’--with-pdo-sqlite=shared’ ’--with-pic’ ’--with-png-dir=/usr’ ’--with-pspell’ ’--with-sqlite=shared’ ’--with-tidy=/opt/tidy/’ ’--with-ttf’ ’--with-xpm-dir=/usr’ ’--with-xsl=/opt/xslt/’ ’--with-zlib’ ’--with-zlib-dir=/usr’

SOLVED!

Such a worry-wart me

I needed to create a page (resource/document/whatever)
Got it, rtfm

Thanks. I’ll be back I’m sure.

Quote from: maxad at Oct 07, 2009, 04:21 PM

set the required folders to chmod777 [I assume when doco says writeable they mean really writeable?]
> not so fond of webroot being 777 by the way

This is actually because of a bug in the beta-3 traditional package and will only be necessary for setup purposes on the advanced install in beta-4. It doesn’t have to be 777, just depends on your server configuration; just as long as it is writable by the PHP process. Either way, once setup is complete, you can set the permissions back except on the core/cache/, core/packages/, core/import/, and core/export/ directories and their contents; these need to remain writable by the PHP process.

We’ll be writing some detailed documentation on how to better secure your Revolution installations in the near future.