I've just installed Joomla 1.6.1 stable. The first thing I installed was MC. I've attempted to make MC the default admin template but I get an error just after setting it as default:
Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'Exception' with message 'XML file did not load' in /home/rhis78/public_html/libraries/joomla/form/form.php:1704 Stack trace: #0 /home/rhis78/public_html/administrator/templates/rt_missioncontrol_j16/lib/rtparameter.php(47): JForm::getInstance('templateDetails', 'templateDetails', Array, true, '//config') #1 /home/rhis78/public_html/administrator/templates/rt_missioncontrol_j16/lib/rtcore.class.php(80): RTParameter->__construct(Object(JRegistry), '/home/rhis78/pu...') #2 /home/rhis78/public_html/administrator/templates/rt_missioncontrol_j16/lib/rtcore.class.php(65): RTCore->getTemplateParams() #3 /home/rhis78/public_html/administrator/templates/rt_missioncontrol_j16/lib/missioncontrol.class.php(32): RTCore->__construct() #4 /home/rhis78/public_html/administrator/templates/rt_missioncontrol_j16/lib/missioncontrol.class.php(26): MissionControl->__construct() #5 /home/rhis78/public_html/administrator/templates/rt_missioncontrol_j16/index.php(16): MissionControl::getInstance() #6 /home/rhis78/p in /home/rhis78/public_html/libraries/joomla/form/form.php on line 1704
i am getting the same error as well on j 1.6.3.. i also cant get back to the admin panel.. just gives this error no matter what i do.. even, mysite.com/administrator/
I un-installed MC. Upgraded to J1.6.3. Reinstalled MC from package downloaded today. Then I tried to make it the default admin template and I get the same error:
Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'Exception' with message 'XML file did not load' in /home/rhis78/public_html/libraries/joomla/form/form.php:1704 Stack trace: #0 /home/rhis78/public_html/administrator/templates/rt_missioncontrol_j16/lib/rtparameter.php(47): JForm::getInstance('templateDetails', 'templateDetails', Array, true, '//config') #1 /home/rhis78/public_html/administrator/templates/rt_missioncontrol_j16/lib/rtcore.class.php(80): RTParameter->__construct(Object(JRegistry), '/home/rhis78/pu...') #2 /home/rhis78/public_html/administrator/templates/rt_missioncontrol_j16/lib/rtcore.class.php(65): RTCore->getTemplateParams() #3 /home/rhis78/public_html/administrator/templates/rt_missioncontrol_j16/lib/missioncontrol.class.php(32): RTCore->__construct() #4 /home/rhis78/public_html/administrator/templates/rt_missioncontrol_j16/lib/missioncontrol.class.php(26): MissionControl->__construct() #5 /home/rhis78/public_html/administrator/templates/rt_missioncontrol_j16/index.php(16): MissionControl::getInstance() #6 /home/rhis78/p in /home/rhis78/public_html/libraries/joomla/form/form.php on line 1704
I ran into the blocked access to admin myself. Once you change the default and get the error, you can just use the 'back' button on your browser and then reset your default. If it's too late for that (), you can ftp in to the webiste and rename the template. I used an underscore before the name of the template folder. Then you should be able to access your admin website because the template load fails.
No clue what caused this, but you can fix via the database using phpMyAdmin or something, you just need to edit "jos_template_styles" table and set the bluestork template to 1 for home, and rt_missioncontrol_j16 to 0 for home.
BTW, the website I am testing this on is stock Joomla, live and has a fresh install with no other extensions or templates installed. If you'd like to look at it I can supply you with credentials.