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Hey meherenow9,
can you double check the permissions? It sounds like the "webserver" can't traverse the directories. In my limited experience I have found that giving www:www ownership to the directories to be helpful.
My site uses 770 permissions for /uploads & /templates_c & /cache. The files are set to 644 with the exception of the security module changes and the mainfile.php which is 444.
Also, is debugging turned on? If so are you seeing any php errors?
Good Luck
EDIT: all other directories on my server are 750 permissions.