I have tried updating the page numerous times with no luck.
For grins I did a "sudo chown -R (html_user):(html_group) * " to make sure any new files have the right user.
The only log file that I see anything in is the /var/log/apache2/access.log. When I refresh the page I get:
127.0.0.1 - - [13/Dec/2013:23:03:37 -0500] "GET /nvjcyo/install/install/update HTTP/1.1" 500 3934 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:25.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/25.0"
127.0.0.1 - - [13/Dec/2013:23:03:37 -0500] "GET /nvjcyo/css/zuluru/layout.css HTTP/1.1" 304 226 "
http://localhost/nvjcyo/install/install/update" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:25.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/25.0"
127.0.0.1 - - [13/Dec/2013:23:03:37 -0500] "GET /nvjcyo/css/zuluru/look.css HTTP/1.1" 304 225 "
http://localhost/nvjcyo/install/install/update" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:25.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/25.0"
127.0.0.1 - - [13/Dec/2013:23:03:37 -0500] "GET /nvjcyo/css/cssplay_flyout_ltr.css HTTP/1.1" 304 224 "
http://localhost/nvjcyo/install/install/update" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:25.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/25.0"
127.0.0.1 - - [13/Dec/2013:23:03:37 -0500] "GET /nvjcyo/css/zuluru/debug.css HTTP/1.1" 304 224 "
http://localhost/nvjcyo/install/install/update" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:25.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/25.0"
127.0.0.1 - - [13/Dec/2013:23:03:37 -0500] "GET /nvjcyo/js/tooltip.js HTTP/1.1" 304 224 "
http://localhost/nvjcyo/install/install/update" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:25.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/25.0"
127.0.0.1 - - [13/Dec/2013:23:03:37 -0500] "GET /nvjcyo/js/placeholder.js HTTP/1.1" 304 224 "
http://localhost/nvjcyo/install/install/update" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:25.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/25.0"
127.0.0.1 - - [13/Dec/2013:23:03:37 -0500] "GET /nvjcyo/img/facebook.png HTTP/1.1" 304 201 "
http://localhost/nvjcyo/install/install/update" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:25.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/25.0"
I tar'd my directory and backed up my database before I did the update. Any suggestions on how to move forward would be greatly appreciated. (If you are looking to "fool proof" your software, I know I can help.

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