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I think I have exhausted forum posts and documentation, and have been at this for approx 6 hours, so getting desperate, and would be extremely grateful for any assistance.  I am trying to move civicrm 3.0.2 in Joomla! 1.5.15 installation to a new host. 

I have followed: http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC/Moving+an+Existing+Installation+to+a+New+Server+or+Location

and this thread: http://forum.civicrm.org/index.php?action=search2

Tried deleting this:  media/civicrm/upload/Config.IDS.ini
Also tried modifying it to show correct paths

Set civicrm_domain config backend to null
Visited <siteurl>/administrator/index2.php?option=com_civicrm&task=civicrm/admin/setting/updateConfigBackend&reset=1

Tried copying new values directly into civicrm_domain config backend
Visited <siteurl>/administrator/index2.php?option=com_civicrm&task=civicrm/admin/setting/updateConfigBackend&reset=1

Still get this:

Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'Exception' with message 'Please make sure the IDS/tmp folder is writable' in /home/building/public_html/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/packages/IDS/Monitor.php:187 Stack trace: #0 /home/building/public_html/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/CRM/Core/IDS.php(139): IDS_Monitor->__construct(Array, Object(IDS_Init)) #1 /home/building/public_html/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/CRM/Core/Invoke.php(78): CRM_Core_IDS->check(Array) #2 /home/building/public_html/administrator/components/com_civicrm/admin.civicrm.php(49): CRM_Core_Invoke::invoke(Array) #3 /home/building/public_html/administrator/components/com_civicrm/admin.civicrm.php(22): civicrm_invoke() #4 /home/building/public_html/libraries/joomla/application/component/helper.php(162): require_once('/home/building/...') #5 /home/building/public_html/administrator/includes/application.php(136): JComponentHelper->renderComponent() #6 /home/building/public_html/administrator/index.php(67): JAdministrator->dis in /home/building/public_html/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/packages/IDS/Monitor.php on line 187

Grateful for Help?

Did you:
empty your template cache directory? -- /media/civicrm/templates_c/
reset the config backend (very important):
http://<joomla_site>/administrator/index2.php?option=com_civicrm&task=civicrm/admin/setting/updateConfigBackend&reset=1

if you're not getting menus, that's usually an indication that your resource url setting is incorrect. the reset link should get that going. also check global settings > resource urls.

with your database in place (and duly backed up), you could try installing civi v3 on top of the existing installation. that might correct whatever settings are still causing issues. if you've made custom mods to files you'll want to make sure you have those ready to-implement.