In an attempt to assure naming compatibility and improve the organization of my site I have renamed my media folders using all lower case with no white spaces. There have been some glitches during this process, especially involving the Quix component that I have been using to get my site up and running quickly. After encountering an issue with the Quix image element being unable to access my folders and returning a 404 error (which Quix support is working on) I decided to rebuild the Quix pages using SP Pagebuilder.
I started rebuilding my pages by reviewing and reorganizing my article categories to match the current structure of my site. That process has also not gone well. I am finding that subcategories are not being listed under the proper parent category. At this point I am concerned that my site database has become so corrupted that the only practical way for me to fix my site is to rebuild it from scratch. I am not anxious to do this but if I have to do it I will do it on another Carlisle Chamber Orchestra alias URL or on MAMP. I will not install a quick-start package, just the helix template. I will also not install Quix, at least until I have a solid foundation backup that I consider useful. All my current backups include potential issues related to the installation and/or removal of unwanted content and templates.
I must say that I am very disappointed with encountering so many issues involving the renaming of files and folders in Joomla.