SOLVED: Installation problem - site down for maintenance

[jalasju]

Hi!

CMSMS Version: 1.11.13

I've installed many CMSMS-systems in the past. Now, after couple of years I need to do it again.

After transferring the files via FTP, I checked that the installation part starts fine. Then I went forward to the checking page and I followed these steps - https://www.astutium.com/tutorials/watc ... ormat=text - to change the proper file permissions and create the config.php-file with permissions 777. After that, I refreshed the settings checking page and only got "Site down for maintenance".

When this happened I deleted all the files from the server and uploaded them again, but now I changed the file permissions right after upload - and I didn't get the installation page at all.

Can someone please help me or even push to the right direction. Thanks in advance!

EDIT: I just used Filezilla and everything went fine. Thank you!

[velden]

It shouldn't be that hard. Proper File/folder permissions should be set and that's about it.

BUT, when using FTP for uploading make sure you use a decent client (e.g. Filezilla) and that transfer mode is set to 'binary' for all file-types.

Further, when starting the install in some of the first steps you can do a checksum verification. Do that too to make sure files aren't corrupted during transfer.

[Jo Morg]

Just as an additional tip: sometimes, when an upgrade goes sour, CMSMS leaves a file (named SITEDOWN) in <cmsms_root>\tmp\cache that causes this "Site down for maintenance" message to appear. This file is usually removed automatically by CMSMS after a clean upgrade. Check for this file existence and try deleting it.
HTH