Replaced Administrator folder and now asks for installation
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- Lourika
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I hope someone can help me
I have transferred from my test site to my root. I had trouble with the Admin menus - the drop downs would not work
So - from advice on the web I replaced the admin folder with a backup I have (2 weeks old)
Now when I access the site, it asks for installation/index.php
Please - can anyone help - why does it point to the installation folder that does note exist.
Can I undo this by changing something in the admin files or what could I do?
Please help - the site was launched today and I am already looking incompetent! - Last Edit: 14 years 8 months ago by Lourika.
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- JEM
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If you haven't already, try using Akeeba to move the site, it will take care of renaming all the paths and directories for you.
www.akeebabackup.com/akeeba-backup-for-joomla/index.html
(Of course you could search joomla.org for a solution for transferring the site but you should be able to get it right with Akeeba in 30 minutes or less.) - Thanks,
jim
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- Lourika
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Hi JEM, Thanks but I don't want to move the site, I have already moved it to the root.
It worked 100%
I had trouble with the dropdpwn menu problem and therefore replaced my Administrator folder! Now it is for some reason asking for installation/index.php - which it should not. The site ran perfectly except for the admin back end mess.
Please tell me - dis I kill my site by replacing the Administrator folder or why does it now thinks it is a reinstall? I just want to know how I can fix this?
Please help!
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- Lourika
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Or can I save the situation by reinstalling Joomla? Please help - or is there a way to replace the administrator folder with a default folder available from Joomla?
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- JEM
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I have transferred from my test site to my root. I had trouble with the Admin menus - the drop downs would not work
So - from advice on the web I replaced the admin folder with a backup I have (2 weeks old)Hi JEM, Thanks but I don't want to move the site, I have already moved it to the root.
It worked 100%
These contradict each other... the site is working 100% (front & back end) or it's not?
Or can I save the situation by reinstalling Joomla? Please help - or is there a way to replace the administrator folder with a default folder available from Joomla?
Why reinstall Joomla when you can just back up the working site from where ever it is and run the install on the server?
I recently redid a site on localhost and replaced a live site in 7 minutes 30 seconds, not my record for a replacement, should have been under 5 minutes but I made a mistake with the DB names so it took an extra 300 seconds... :shock:
You can dig and dig and try to troubleshoot what went wrong or what folder or file is causing while second guessing yourself, but I'd say go for it with Akeeba.
(Now there is the additional question of replacing a folder from a back-up, which can usually bail you out...)
Basically, we're here to help you with your template issues, but we really can't troubleshoot every issue you have for moving your site from here to there and figuring out what went wrong when you did this or that....
Really that's the best advice I can give, try Akeeba or keep searching for answers for whatever you did...
Don't mean to sound harsh here, but IMHO this could very easily be solved. - Thanks,
jim
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- Lourika
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Thank you JEM - I have restored my backup and asked the DNS administrator on campus to do the copy for me which took <1 second. (I could not get Akeeba to install.)
My admin menus still don't work and after a lot of reading and searching on numerous forums - no joy. I suspect it is a javascript issue - the mootools.js file do not load (according to what I can figure out)
As you said, this is not a joomla hep site but a template forum but I am still desperate. At the moment we have a working site (front-end only) with ZERO back-end capabilities, I can't even access the template files or modules from the back-end.
I am starting to think to create a .htaccess and point to my dev site - at least it works! Not a good solution but the updates are piling up and all I can do is stare dumbfounded at the front-end.
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- Lourika
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SOLUTION:
I have found the reason why the administrator menus were not working. Hopefully this can hel someone. On my server, there was a forced redirect from the /media folder and that was the cause for the javascript malfunction.
Thanks JEM and Brian for your responses - well, you learn something new everyday with Joomla!
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