TOPIC: Manage Comments page link broken

Using v3.26 on beta site for several months now I've been very happy with the features, etc.

I recently used JoomlaPack Backup to archive my hosted site and restore it locally so I could make final changes before going live next week. After restoring the site locally all worked fine except for 2 problems:

1. Had a broken menu (and image button) link to one article that included JoomlaComments.

2. Had a broken link to the JoomlaComment Manage Comments page. When I click on it I get a blank page.

To fix the broken article link I ended up having to delete, then recreate the article (which correctly wiped out the comments for the previous article).

To try and fix the Manage Comments problem I uninstalled, then reinstalled v3.26 (NOT in "complete mode" so the database was left unchanged). No change, same problem. The link to the Manage Comments page looks right:
//localhost/joomla15/administrator/index.php?option=com_comment&task=comments

Any ideas?

(thanks in advance!)

Although i'm using the current Beta 1 of JoComment (native for Joomla 1.5), I also use JoomlaPack for a similar task as you - for a localhost<>livesite deployment system.

I have encountered a few problems with JoomlaPack restoring incorrect permissions no matter what I did - various random things on my restored site would be glitched up or just not work at all. I would suggest to use JoomlaPack in this way as it proved to be 100% error proof so far (for me):

1) Backup your site using either ZIP or JPA, doesn't matter
2) On the target site, ERASE the entire public_html folder (or in the case of XAMPP, the entire htdocs folder) to wipe your target webhost. This is important as the JoomlaPack "restore" will usually not overwrite certain files (PHP problem)
3) Upload the .ZIP or .JPA archive to your target webhost root, along with JoomlaPack's kickstart.php, and rename your .htaccess file to disable it
4) Run kickstart.php and select "FTP Extract Method" and DO NOT check the 'Restore Permissions' option < many webhosts (including my own HostGator, apaprently GoDaddy does it too) seem to not preserve the permissions correctly.
5) Fill out the FTP details of a root user. I use the same details that I have set up for my "Joomla FTP Layer" (from Global Configuration), works well. Continue with the Kickstart restore as normal.
6) If restoring on a Linux server, be sure to re-assign all your file/folder permissions for higher security before going live. Via SSH you can do it with:...you can also do it with a quality FTP client such as FlashFXP or SmartFTP - the former allows a recursive CHMOD, the latter supports a "Find all Files"/"Find All Folders" > CHMOD kind of option.

Infact, it might just be permissions. Make sure all your files are 0644 and all your dirs are 0755. JoomlaPack does wierd things with permissions.

JonusC,
It does sound like I'm seeing the same thing you did. I will definitely follow your guidelines to the letter when I copy my local site to the live server later this week.

Tomorrow I'll check permissions and hopefully I can get the local problem fixed.

I suppose I should also install the 4.0 beta of JoComment and test it local now--seems from yours and other comments it's pretty stable. My use of it in this particular site is not "heavy" so it'll probably be safe.

I very much appreciate your quick response.

Not a problem Chris I also raised these issues with the JoomlaPack team, apparently it's only on some webhosts so its not easily fixed.

The new JoComment Beta 1 seems well working. When I first started using the alpha, the main issues I was having were only visual though - especially a conflict with my Joomla template (taking inhereted styles that it wasnt supposed to for example) and I helped to improve the 'Modern' skin to hopefully make it look and work on as many templates as possible

But of course - make sure you follow the upgrade instructions, there are some special things in there of note.

EDIT: Also, before restoing with Kickstart on the target site, try erasing the database table to make it fresh. The JoomlaPack Installer does apparently drop all rows, but its good practice to have a fresh blank target site I think