Blank site and no dashboard after moving site from local install

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I'm working on my first site with Concrete5, coming from a Joomla background.

The site worked fine on a local install (WAMP). I uploaded the site files to a folder on my website:http://www.vwebdesign.net/development/prlife/...

Imported the database through phpmyadmin and adjusted the settings in config/site.php. I did not have pretty url's turned on and currently have no .htaccess file.

I get blank pages when I try to view the site or use the login or dashboard url's.

I tried adding these 2 lines to site.php, but still get the blank pages.

define('BASE_URL', 'http://www.vwebdesign.net');
define('DIR_REL', '/development/prlife');

vickiwatson
 
vickiwatson replied on at Permalink Reply
vickiwatson
Also set the indicated folder permissions to 777.
JohntheFish replied on at Permalink Reply
JohntheFish
Moving from WAMP to LAMP, did you convert the case of database tables?http://www.concrete5.org/marketplace/addons/database-case-sensitivi...

My utility Backup Voodoo integrates with this to make a complete case corrected files and database package.
http://www.concrete5.org/marketplace/addons/backup-voodoo/...
vickiwatson replied on at Permalink Reply
vickiwatson
Okay, I did just notice that my table names are all lower case.

After trying to install on a different server, I get the error -
Fatal error: Exception thrown without a stack frame in Unknown on line 0

I don't know whether that's related to the table names or not.

Researching this is diminishing my initial enthusiasm for Concrete5. I've read many posts about sites breaking after upgrades, moving from local to web servers, etc.

How reliable is Concrete5? I create quite a few sites and really don't want to get into a maintenance nightmare.