Right, i've been trying (unsucessfully) to upgrade my gallery to the latest official version. I've unpacked all the files etc in the correct places, but i hit a problem when trying to run through the installer. I get to step 2 (system checks), then it fails on the storage permissions section. I've tried chmodding the folder/subfolders from within my ftp program, and also from within Cpanel, both to no avail. I've also tried running chmod.php from lib/support/, also with no luck. I have recently moved servers, and from what i've read this could be the issue? Any help is much appreciated, as i've been tearing my hair out over this.
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if you upgrade to the current nightly snapshot instead of to 2.2.1, you'll get more information reported about the storage file check.
it will list what files/dirs have incorrect permissions or are missing.
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Documentation: Support / Troubleshooting | Installation, Upgrade, Configuration and Usage
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Hi there, thanks for the prompt reply, but i have now sorted the problem. the security of the new server is higher than that of the old one, and thus i was not allowed to chmod certain files. this has now been resolved though.
another question i have - when i first set up the gallery, i didn't specify my g2data folder outside of the gallery folder (i didn't quite understand what i was doing). this has now prompted me to move it though; how would i go about this? i know i can just transfer the data over to the new folder, but what do i have to alter to tell the gallery that it has been relocated? is it just a case of altering the path in the config.php file to point to the new absolute location outside of the public_html folder?
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see:
FAQ: How can I move my storage folder to another path?
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Documentation: Support / Troubleshooting | Installation, Upgrade, Configuration and Usage
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Ah excellent, thank you! i missed that when i skimmed through the topics.