There may be a "show hidden files" or "show System Files" option in cPanel's File Manager that's hiding the .htaccess file. In any event, with the System Setting off, you don't want an .htaccess file so you should rename it if possible (you may be able to do that in your FTP client).
All my installs have a hard-coded path to the core (ending in a slash) in the workspaces path field (rather than {core_path}), but I may have done that myself, or maybe Setup is supposed to replace what you have, or what you have is find. I'd leave it alone.
There are so may things that could cause a 500 error that it doesn't tell us much. See if renaming .htaccess gets you anywhere.
You might also see if there is a MODX error log: core/cache/logs/error.log and if so what's in it. Your Apache logs might also be informative and checking the Network information in Chrome dev. tools when Setup runs might also tell you something (if you want to PM me the site URL, I can check that for you).
I'm reviewing my core/config/config.inc.php and all the database stuff is still the old items.
the $database-server, and the $database_user (assuming the name I see as user in the phpMyAdmin is correct and the way it needs to be.) It's like User: mydomain1@localhost
The database name is the same
the $database_dsn, which looks like a path is different.
$database_dsn isn't a path, it should look like this except that instead of addonsnew, it should have the value in the $dbase variable above it:
$database_dsn = 'mysql:host=localhost;dbname=addonsnew;charset=utf8';
The charset value should also match the variable above (and the charset of the DB).
Yes. I'm just in the process of discovering what the connection settings to the database should be. I have the file that tech support worked on from which I can grab the details.
In regard to the invisible .htaccess – I was just speaking with tech support and he could see the file. He renamed it for me. Must be a Mac Safari issue. I might need to set up my Fetch application to connect in order to see it in the future. Or get Chrome. I could swear that I can see it at skytoaster in their cpanel. The invisible htaccess file might just be a goDaddy issue.
Hi bob. Installation Summary... All Green Checks! Yahoo.
Logged in successfully to the manager and everything looks intact. Tomorrow I will do the upgrade to 2.2.14.
Thank you so much for you assistance. Your advice and feedback really helped a lot. And... I've learned a little something new.
