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    Hey all, finished my site on MAMP, uploaded files and folders via ftp, and export/imported the SQL DB.

    I keep getting "Site temporarily unavailable" errors...

    Tried following these instructions: http://rtfm.modx.com/display/revolution20/Moving+Your+Site+to+a+New+Server
    but I think it's quite unclear


    Change File Ownership

    Sometimes the group and user ownership will change when moving from one host to another. Make sure that the files are owned and accessible to the web server. You will have to check the server configuration to ascertain the correct settings, or simply ask the host for the details. A simpler method may be to simply look at the ownership placed on the tar.gz file when it was uploaded to the server. FTP software will almost always set the proper ownership on an uploaded file.

    Writable: 777 or 755?

    Some of the folders need to be may writable. Depending on the security configuration of the service this may need to be 755 or 777. The tar.gz file should retain the old server permissions -- but those may not work on the new server.

    To which user do I need to change the file ownership? What is the name of MODx as a user on the server/filesystem?

    Which files need changed permissions? I can't give everyone full access to every file, right? I did it for a test-scenario (give EVERY folder and file 777 permissions) so that's not the problem...

    Help would be greatly appreciated.

    Using latest modx revo.