[Suite] Upgraded on a test site. No layout, just text on white page.

[kiyagi]

Hello,

I have done the following to copy my site to a test location to test out the upgrade.

1. Copied live forum files into a /vbtest directory.
2. Gave it a SQL database of its own, and imported SQL from the live forum.
3. Modified config.php to point to the new database and path.
4. After verifying a proper functional copy, disabled all products and plugins.
5. Uploaded 4.0 files and ran upgrade.php
6. Upgrade indicates everything was completed successfully.

Now, the test site shows a white page with no layouts, but links and text that would be normally on the vBulletin 4.0 Publishing Suite (http://www.risen-guild.org/vbtest).

Was there something I should have done differently, or a way to fix this?

[Trevor Hannant]

Try the following:

- Delete the old default style (styleid '1') from AdminCP > Styles & Templates > Style Manager
- Check file path in AdminCP > Options > Settings > Site Name / URL / Contact Details (I note that all your links and image paths point to /forums)
- If you have any htaccess redirects, rename them and check that this is not impacting
- Check your settings in AdminCP > Settings > Options Server Settings and Optimization Options > Friendly URLs (You may need to adjust these)

[southernlady]

Also check the CMOD permissions on all your folders/files. That's what caused my issue. Liz

[kiyagi]

Thank you.

I did #1 (delete old styles) and #2 (point to /vbtest), and it looks like it's working!