[pmwiki-users] Problems migratinng PMWiki Instance

[Petko Yotov]

It could be indeed a problem with access rights: both the server process and  
the PHP interpreter need read permissions on the pmwiki files, and  
read/write/scan (sometimes labeled execute) permissions on the directories  
wiki.d and uploads. OTOH, if the skin works, it could be other thing.

It could also be a PHP compatibility issue: recent PHP 5 versions behave  
differently than older ones and we had to adapt PmWiki to work with these.  
Upgrading in this case should help. Read the page Upgrades before:

  http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/PmWiki/Upgrades

See also http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/PmWiki/Troubleshooting .

Petko

Nop writes:
> I have used PMWiki for several years and I was quite happy with it. Now I  
> had to move the Wiki to a different provider and something went wrong.
>
> The Wiki shows up at the new URL, but there is no content visible. If you  
> select edit, the passord is accepted, but the field remains empty. But if  
> you select history, the correct history of edits is shown.
>
> I copied all files to a windows machine by FTP and uploaded it to the new  
> webspace. The files are all there, but PMWiki does not show them - except in  
> the history. Sidebar is missing, too. But site logo and skin configuration  
> are working.
>
> I had a look at http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/Cookbook/RestorePmWiki and made  
> sure to follow those instructions, but it does not make a difference.
>
> It looks like some sort of file access rights or global (path) configuration  
> problem to me, but I was unable to find it.