I noticed this as well. It seems that when I downloaded 5.4.1 it unzipped concrete5.4.1 but included a top level with nothing in the folders. concrete5.4.1/concrete contains all folders with files but no site.php in the config folder.

So do I need the site.php file and where do I find it?

well the empty folders up top are actually for overrides.
Everything within the /concrete directory is actually the "brains" of concrete5 and if you copy one of those files up a level and change it concrete5 knows to use your custom copy instead. That way you can customize the system and still be able to upgrade.


why site.php would be missing is a bit beyond me though. /config/site.php isn't there?

Ok - thanks, the folder structure makes more sense now.

But, there is no site.php in either config folder - is this a required file? I used the download of C541 to populate my host directory. I'll download again and see what I get but its a real time-killer to ftp this many files to the host. Could I just copy the site.php file to the concrete folder if I find it?

Just downloaded C5.4.1 from the C5 server and there is no site.php file in the main or sub config folders >????

The site.php file gets created when you install. After you install [site-root]/config/site.php will get created and it'll really only contain your database connection info and a randomly generated encryption key.