1. All of the external files (logs, cofig, etc) MUST be relative to the projeqtor install base, i..e if you have installed projeqtor in /var/www/html/, then all the files must be in a directory under the projector directory.

No, this is not mandatory, and is a security leak.
Config, documents directory, attachements directory and log files should be out of web reach.
For instance, with
- web as /var/www,
- projector on /war/www/projeqtor,
I usualy
- logs in /var/wwwFiles/logs
- attachments in /var/wwwFiles/attach
- documents in /var/wwwFiles/documents
- config in /var/wwwFiles/config/parameters.php
But you must ensure that php user has write rights to there folders.

2. When you get the login screen and it returns "invalid password" or something similar, you need to go into the DATABASE, to Table "Parameter", find "dbVersion" and change it to "V5.0.x" (without " ", and x being the last version digit, i.e. 2 or whatever you have loaded).

This should ne be mandatory.
In most cases, when login fails despite correct login/password, cleaning browser cache and deleting cookies should be enough to fix.

Hi,

My apologies for the confusion - I was not able to get my system working any other way . I will try to change it to use the settings you outline in your post.

I had no success in getting mine to log in with browser cache and cookie clearance, and the majority of other similar posts on this subject it was said that the database version needed to che checked/changed in the parameters table.

Cheers.

it was said that the database version needed to che checked/changed

Checked : yes, it is a good hint for me to know wehter install or migration was successfull
Updated : it can be a workaround, but should only be considered at last chance. Any other solution should be tested first (direct update of database is always a bad idea)

Hi,
Thank you for your answers.
I will still make the installation.
All my files projeqtor are under /var/www/html.
I find that the versions 4.x.x had less tips to know.