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File manager not loading after moving site

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    gordonas Reply #1, 13 years, 2 months ago
    After I moved to a new server and solved many of the problems, the only thing I still can't find is this. "Files" tab isn't loading. It only shows "media" folder and nothing else. Modx version is 2.2.8-pl. If I press the "MODX Browser" icon, I can see all the folders but not the files. Hosting is a VPS.

    Any ideas?
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      sottwell Reply #2, 13 years, 2 months ago
      A few things to check.

      Double-check the paths and URLs in the config.inc.php file.

      Manually empty the core/cache/ folder.

      Clear your browser's cache and cookies for the domain.

      Upload the setup folder from the original MODx zip archive and run setup in upgrade mode.
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        gordonas Reply #3, 13 years, 2 months ago
        I noticed something more. Images whith greek characters in the path or/and with greek names are not loading anymore. I don't if this has something to do with resources tree also.

        paths are ok. cache cleared or/and deleted. Same with browsers cache.

        Upload from the original archive is not possible anymore since I've allready upgrade to last version...
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          sottwell Reply #4, 13 years, 2 months ago
          Ah. When you moved the site, did you set the new database to have the same charset and collation as the original?
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            gordonas Reply #5, 13 years, 2 months ago
            The problem with the resources tree not loading solved by disabling "Use Multibyte Extension".

            Now I can see at my Filesystem tree that all folders that had greek names are blank and images with greek names are renamed to "image001", "image002" etc.

            I think I set the new database with the same charset. Do you think I should try to delete the new database and import again the old one?
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              sottwell Reply #6, 13 years, 2 months ago
              You can certainly do that. Make sure to check the database, using phpMyAdmin, to make sure that its charset and collation matches the original. Usually when creating a new database its charset and collation is latin-1, and latin_1_swedish_ci by default.
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                gordonas Reply #7, 13 years, 2 months ago
                I tried to delete database and import again with no result. Charset and collation are correct.

                The problem is that when some folders with Greek names in "assets/images" are blank now. When I try to rename them to the original (greek) name I get this message "Please specify a valid directory"!!!

                Is there a setting I can look in the database to correct the problem? For some reason modx doesnot recoginze greek names in files or folders.