I think I may have fixed my problem.. maybe...
For those having similar problems with upgrading, I went onto my server and changed the directory name of my production install to opengoo1 (a quicky way of saving my info) and saved a backup of my database.
I then did a fresh install of 1.5.3 and got the famous 500 server error. I went back into the server and fixed the permissions that got screwed up:
/opengoo/
/opengoo/index.php
/opengoo/public/
opengoo/public/index.php
opengoo/public/install/
opengoo/public/install/index.php
EVERY single one of them was at either 644 or 775 meaning that they were non-executable or the 'group' had write permissions. They should all be set to 755. If you have the check boxes then it should look like this:
[X] | [X] | [X] |
[X] | [_] | [_] |
[X] | [X] | [X] |
So once that was taken care of, my 500 error went away and I was able to continue with the install.
I've also figured out the problems with the emails, but I'll address those in the proper thread. This morning I am going through the process of manually porting over the data from my old DB to the new one.
Here's keeping my fingers crossed...