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#1 2006-07-13 22:17:30
- fatpeoplearefat
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The backend seems to be missing a couple pages?
In the administration area under Content > Write and Content > Articles > Edit an article:
Instead of going to those actual pages it goes to the generic page that is just white with the dropdown giving you the options to go to every page in the back end and the little textpattern link and under it it says who you are logged in as. Anyone know how to fix this? I tried replacing a few files and tried figuring out if anything was missing with no luck.
Help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks a bunch!
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Re: The backend seems to be missing a couple pages?
Does anything show up with stylesheets disabled (Shift+G for Opera, View>Page Style>No Style for Firefox)?
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#3 2006-07-13 22:51:01
- fatpeoplearefat
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Re: The backend seems to be missing a couple pages?
I couldn’t find the View>Page Style. But I have a developer bar. If I disable style sheets it goes from the center to the left. If I try to edit the style sheet, then it says there isn’t one to edit.
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#4 2006-07-13 23:46:24
- zem
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Re: The backend seems to be missing a couple pages?
What kind of user are you logged in as? (Publisher, Editor, etc). Not all users have access to all tabs.
Check your diagnostics and see if it warns of missing files. Also check that the file checksums match. Pay particular attention to lib/admin_config.php.
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#5 2006-07-13 23:56:33
- fatpeoplearefat
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Re: The backend seems to be missing a couple pages?
I’m logged on as the first user in the system. In this case it would be admin and it is Publisher. The diagnostics don’t seem to be missing any files. Doesn’t throw any errors and checking it against that page matches perfectly. Any other ideas?
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#6 2006-07-14 00:29:19
- zem
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Re: The backend seems to be missing a couple pages?
Any plugins active? Disable them one by one and see if it makes a difference.
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#7 2006-07-14 03:07:45
- fatpeoplearefat
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Re: The backend seems to be missing a couple pages?
No plugins are active. How sensitive is the code to HTML and CSS alterations? I made some pretty large changes inside of the template editing pages. Do you think that would do anything to break the code and keep it from letting those 2 pages open up? Is there any where besides the diagnostics too to check for errors manually?
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#8 2006-07-14 04:15:27
- zem
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Re: The backend seems to be missing a couple pages?
I made some pretty large changes inside of the template editing pages. Do you think that would do anything to break the code and keep it from letting those 2 pages open up?
You tell me. Textpattern is tested with its standard CSS, javascript and HTML. Anything else is not really Textpattern.
What files did you modify?
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Re: The backend seems to be missing a couple pages?
Maybe you can turn on error reporting, if you didn’t close something. I guess the /lib/ head file: error_reporting(E_ALL);. Did you view the source too, to see if there are any textareas or content parts?
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#10 2006-07-14 04:59:49
- zem
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Re: The backend seems to be missing a couple pages?
Error reporting is always turned on in the admin interface.
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#11 2006-07-16 15:57:54
- fatpeoplearefat
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Re: The backend seems to be missing a couple pages?
zem wrote:
bq. I made some pretty large changes inside of the template editing pages. Do you think that would do anything to break the code and keep it from letting those 2 pages open up?
You tell me. Textpattern is tested with its standard CSS, javascript and HTML. Anything else is not really Textpattern.
What files did you modify?
I modified the default template page, the default archive page, textpattern.css, and the style sheet that your allowed to modify.
Is there a file just for the top bar of the admin area? Maybe the links are linking to the wrong place?
Also, what is the name of the main file that loads all the pages?
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#12 2006-07-17 01:26:58
- zem
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Re: The backend seems to be missing a couple pages?
I modified the default template page, the default archive page, textpattern.css, and the style sheet that your allowed to modify.
I’m confused. Did you edit .php files? Or did you just edit the page templates using the browser interface? (if the latter, it should have no effect on the admin interface. page templates and user-editable css is only used for public pages, not the admin interface).
Can you post your diagnostics please?
Also, go to the admin > site admin page, and check that you really are a Publisher.
Last edited by zem (2006-07-17 01:28:38)
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