Hi, Here's a progress report in case you care. Thanks to some advice about using binary mode to transfer my big SQL file, I was able to populate the production MySQL database with all the data from the development site. Yay. I now have my site up, but I didn't use the latest Drupal update. I used the old files. I couldn't solve the 500 Internal server error problem that was holding me back once I got proper access. I'm sure it has to do with file permissions. There just wasn't enough time before my deadline. I don't feel too badly about not updating to the newest Drupal, because I discovered that I had a number of unused modules in the development environment. I'm glad I didn't bring them over. I can add the ones I need one at a time in production, and test them to make sure that all is well. The next things I have to do in no particular order are: * Really understand once and for all how file permissions work and how to manipulate them. * Either learn how to update the GD package in PHP or install a version of PHP that supports the version the Drupal installation needs. * Update Drupal core to the latest version and make it work this time. * Install the Drupal modules that I need that make it very convenient to maintain the site like Backup and Migrate. * Set up either cron or the poormanskron module. * Modify Apache so that it supports the Drupal Clean URL's feature. * Make sure that MySQL is secured properly. It may already be secured properly, but make sure. * Check the robots.txt file to make sure that it's configured correctly. It may be, but check. * Send the initial group of users their information so that they can browse and report issues. * Correct content as needed. * Start to roll out the rest of the users information. * Set up the backup schedule. * Check to see what I need to do to maintain Apache if anything. * Clean up some files I left that I don't need to have on the system. * Put together a better JAWS environment for doing this work, possibly Cygwin and OpenSSH. * I can do a lot of this stuff in parallel. * Document the whole thing. I have a good start on this. * Celebrate having learned all of this stuff. Jim ________________________________ This e-mail and any attachments to it are confidential and are intended solely for use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately and then delete it. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not keep, use, disclose, copy or distribute this e-mail without the author's prior permission. The views expressed in this e-mail message do not necessarily represent the views of Highmark Inc., its subsidiaries, or affiliates.