Upgrading to 2.0 and can't go any further. Help please!

[HollowbeadRanch]

Ok, I am trying to upgrade my forum to the 2.0 this is the screen shot of where I am at now (I had to take 2 screen shots to show everything that I am seeing):





I have all of this information, and have put it all in, but when I click connect or continue it just refreshes that page???  Can someone please help!  Thanks in advance!

[HollowbeadRanch]

Also, I can make those pics bigger if they need to be bigger for everyone to see them better.  Thanks again!

[adbrad]

could you make the pics bigger as they are difficult to read thanks

[HollowbeadRanch]

How's this

[HollowbeadRanch]

Forgot to add that the forum address for this is www.GoatFarmCentral.com  I don't know if that makes a difference or not 

[adbrad]

have you typed all details even your forum admin details at the bottom
your site isn't working at mo

[HollowbeadRanch]

Yes, I filled in all the fields and everything, when I click continue or connect it just refreshes the page and looks exactly like you see it now.  The site isn't working right now because of the upgrade... this is why I am trying to figure out what is going wrong with this submission??

[Tyrsson]

The second screenshot is asking for FTP login info, not that which you use for the forum itself.

The second (lower) fields is for your forum login info.

[adbrad]

right if you wanted to pm me with the details i could give this a go for you i helped another member yesterday and he was well pleased

[HollowbeadRanch]

yes, that is what I have been putting in.  I even had my Host provider look at this to make sure I was putting in the right information?  It isn't giving me an error message just refreshing the page.  Earlier when I put in the wrong FTP install path it gave me an error code in red.  Now I don't get any error codes with the information I have put in, it just refreshes the page and doesn't go any further??

[Tyrsson]

At the listed url I am getting a 500 internal server error when trying to access the site root. Can you please post a link to a phpinfo file.

What is a phpinfo() file?

[HollowbeadRanch]

I thought that I uploaded what you are talking about to my server, but now I don't know how to find the link to it.  I have no clue how any of this works and am still learning alot...  Sorry, I know this is like you talking to a brick wall... any further advice?

[Tyrsson]

The file should ideally be in the root of your hosting space. Can you connect via ftp and find the location of the file?

[HollowbeadRanch]

hey, when I clicked where it says:

"The upgrader can fix any issues with file permissions to make upgrading as simple as possible. Simply enter your connection information below or alternatively click here for a list of files which need to be changed."

when I click there is says this:

"The following files need to be made writable to continue:  /home1/goatfarm/public_html//Settings_bak.php "

[adbrad]

you need to change the permissions on that file locate it via ftp on you server right click it and choose chmod or permissions and type in 777

[Tyrsson]

With the before listed 500 internal I would suggest using 755.

[adbrad]

With the before listed 500 internal I would suggest using 755.

thanks couldn't remember the other number thanks also i think the 500 error is because upgrade.php is still present on the server

[Tyrsson]

upgrade.php should not cause a 500. It would cause a notice to be displayed to the admin user upon login but should not throw an error. In this case I would suppose the 500 is due to overly lenient permissions being set during the attempt to upgrade (but that is just a guess).

[KensonPlays]

whenever you don't need a install or repair_settings or upgrade.php, I would either make another folder and move them there, or rename them. That should be more secure...

[adbrad]

whenever you don't need a install or repair_settings or upgrade.php, I would either make another folder and move them there, or rename them. That should be more secure...

i just delete them as unless you put them in a password protected directory the public can still access the file