I am pretty new to Concrete5. I had really big problems to install C5.

I had the same issue as in here (blank page after install, config/site.php empty):

http://www.concrete5.org/community/forums/installation/blank-page-o...

i have tried locally and on my host (delete site.php and empty the database many many times).

I can say that this version from a blank install does not work.

Finally, I got to make a clean install with the previous version 5.3.3.1
and it works perfectly on the first try!!!

Then i uploaded 5.4.0.5 over the current version 5.3.3.1 and did the upgrade and it works perfectly.

From a newbie'point of view on C5:

1°) It is difficult to install C5 and that is not helpful for C5 development, for having this install issue. I was going to
quit...

2°) The upgrade process is not automatically detected. That would helpful Hint: make it a redirect if detecting new version installed (by checking a file for example).

3°) There is definitely an issue with this new 5.4.0.5 version since with 5.3.3.1, it is working perfectly!