SOLVED Joomla 3.2.0 Stable Version + Gantry 4.1.18
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- Empowermom
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Evaluation for RT Development Team:
I am working on a new site offline and have been experimenting with different RT Templates prior to production. I am running Joomla 3.2.0 Stable Release. I had several versions of the same site installed with identical content, extensions and modules installed (and yes, some are not RT extensions). The only thing different about each site was each had a ddifferent RocketTheme Template. Each site template had been upgraded to the new RT version 3.2 and was running smoothly. I backed the sites up on Tuesday night.
Wednesday morning, I noticed there was a new version of Gantry. I first upgraded all my extensions for each site then made a backup. Then I installed Gantry 4.1.18. Each site quit working with the same problems. Things weren't functioning. I could no longer style the templates. Displays and layouts went kaflooey. In short, pretty much everything blew out! I spent the better part of the day searching the forums here and with each extension provider trying to troubleshoot this phenomenon. I could probably write a book on what I tried to fix this thing. LOL!
Thursday morning crept up on me quickly and I was still troubleshooting, determined to find out what was wrong. By Thursday afternoon, I had removed ALL add-on extensions, plug-ins and components completely. All that was left was the Joomla core, my content, the Gantry framework and the RT template for each site.
At that point, I switched to the default Protostar template, uninstalled the RT template and left the Gantry framework installed. I put back a couple of core modules for testing. I still had problems.
I removed the Gantry framework and the Joomla core started functioning again. With that last action, I have finally determined that Gantry's framework in version 4.1.8 is the culprit.
Fortunately for me, all I had to do was reinstall the backups for each site (which contained Gantry 4.1.17). I have now upgraded ALL my extensions and everything is running smoothly again. RT is working and playing well with others.
Thanks for the adventure and getting my brain juices flowing, but, I.M.H.O. I don't think Gantry 4.1.18 should be included in any template bundles until the kinks are worked out and it should be "recalled."
Thank God for Akeeba (again)!
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- Brian Shea
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good to know.
Quick question though... did you clear the cache in Joomla? And the browsers?
I know it's a basic question, but sometimes it's something simple we forget... and it's not mentioned in your steps above.
I've overlooked that a few times and it drives me nuts. One thing I found nice about the 3.2 upgrade was that it looked like it automatically purged itself. At least on the one site that I tried it on (and that I can remember).
Also, I remember with several migrations from j1.5, I had to run the rokupdatesclean plugin. Though, probably not related, I just wanted to mention it.
What would be helpful is if all extension installs, especially updates, gave an option for clearing cache after install. -
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- Empowermom
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Yes, I should have mentioned that, but like I said, I could write a small book on the last two days. I took copious notes but didn't think anyone would want the "book", just a basic troubleshooting cheat sheet. LOL!
I always clean out ALL cache, less, fof, tmp files for site (and check them manually to be sure they are clean), plus clear browser files, ALL history, plus recycle bin and run a sweep on the computer just to be sure some junk files aren't interfering.
It was Gantry's new version that mucked everything up this time. I duplicated it on several sites so I'm sure on this one.
Hope a MOD catches this one. I think it's important to note for the DEV Team.
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- Don White
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Having the same issues... fortunately it is with a new install. Using 3.2 Stable and have placed 4.1.18 Gantry as the update to 1.17 and the Edit Style on my Templates won't function. Same condition on all of the Templates I tried that were 3.2 Approved. All with RocketTheme. (Hexeris, Corvus and Ocilas)
I tried to uninstall and re-install using the older Gantry and that didn't work. I did remember to clear out cache and clean out temp files after each attempt.
Being a novice to Gantry and Joomla what is a easy way out of the dilemma ? Like to stay with 3.2 Joomla. Maybe the order in which I'm doing things is off...
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- Roeland_A!
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Can you try a fix for the gantry plugin that Andy suggested:Actually quick fix is to edit line 276 in the gantry system plugin and replace with this:
$link = pq('td > input[value=' . $gantry['id'] . ']')->parent()->next()->find('a[href*="com_templates"'); - *Karma comes in many forms, my personal favourite is the random saucepan from the sky* J.Spencer 17-02-2009
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- socoweb
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- I too am having issues with both Gantry and Joomla 3.2. I have tried the fix suggested. It did fix the issue i was having in the back admin area, so that the view template "eye" and other links work as they are supposed to. However I am receiving a blank screen when I try to access the front of my site. I have removed modules and still I have a blank screen.
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- Don White
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Roeland_A! wrote:
Can you try a fix for the gantry plugin that Andy suggested:Actually quick fix is to edit line 276 in the gantry system plugin and replace with this:
$link = pq('td > input[value=' . $gantry['id'] . ']')->parent()->next()->find('a[href*="com_templates"');
Editing Line 276 (adding) in the Gantry.php with that code didn't work. Was that the right Plugin file to edit ?
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- socoweb
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I believe that is the file to edit for the "eye" problem in the backend. Which I also had. However, my other problem is that my site is nothing but a blank page. firebug shows this:
<html>
<head></head>
<body></body>
<html>
that is all. nothing lse. I've reinstalled the framework. updated the template and still nothing. If I change the template to protostar, it works.
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