Installing modx

Hey all. Nice to be here. I'm new to modx, but have some programming experience, not so much concerning websites however.

I'm trying to play around with it, but have already gotten stuck... before I even began.


Here's my situation: I have a hosting provider with PHP and I can create MySQL databases,
so I think it should work. I transferred the unpacked modx-2.1.3-pl folder per ftp into my html folder online.

However,

http://mywebsite.com/modx-2.1.3-pl/install
doesn't seem to exist.

http://mywebsite.com/modx-2.1.3-pl/
gives me
"503 Error
Site temporarily unavailable."
(red bakcground)

http://mywebsite.com/modx-2.1.3-pl/setup
gives me
"FATAL ERROR: MODX Setup cannot continue.
Make sure your /home/www/web123/html/modx-2.1.3-pl/core/cache directory exists and is writable by the PHP process."

The /core/cache directory does exist in my modx folder.
The only file in there is ".gitignore". How do I make sure the folder is writable by the PHP process ?


Thanks

You will find that your FTP sets the permissions on the folders to not writable by anyone other than the owner and php will be running as a different user to the FTP user.

Is this on a shared hosting account or a VPS or your own server.

If VPS or Own Server you need to change the file permissions so it is writable or the owner ship to the account php runs under.

If shared hosting then you need to contact your host.

This is more of a hosting problem than a ModX one but if you tell us your host and the server environment we maybe able to help you out.

Depending on the host, you may be able to change the permissions on the core/cache directory in cPanel.

BTW, as you probably have figured out, your last try (using http://mywebsite.com/modx-2.1.3-pl/setup ) is the correct one.

This is my hosting package http://www.hoststar.ch/en/hosting/starentry.html
I'm based in Switzerland.

I will contact my host then, since I didn't find any folder permission options in my control panel.
Will get back to you guys once I know more.

You should be able to change the permission via FTP/SFTP client (chmod), or if you have SSH access as well.

The option to change them should be available through a "permissions" button or link in File Manager.

Ah ja, das funktioniert jetzt übrigens
"Wir haben Ihnen jetzt PHP 5.2 als CGI Aktiviert."

Danke euch!