Upgrade from 1.11.1 to 1.11.4 can't edit pages

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Re: Upgrade from 1.11.1 to 1.11.4 can't edit pages

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Did you actually try this: http://forum.cmsmadesimple.org/viewtopi ... =3&t=64546 ?
In long threads like this one I never know if people actually read it all an try all suggestions... :P Maybe people could state all steps they already took before... (duh, this is just me daydreaming...)

PS: and, btw, I don't think guestbook is up to date with recent cmsms versions...
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Re: Upgrade from 1.11.1 to 1.11.4 can't edit pages

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Jo Morg wrote:PS: and, btw, I don't think guestbook is up to date with recent cmsms versions...
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Re: Upgrade from 1.11.1 to 1.11.4 can't edit pages

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Rolf wrote:
Jo Morg wrote:PS: and, btw, I don't think guestbook is up to date with recent cmsms versions...
Yeah, it does work in latest cmsms release!
Sorry! I stand corrected. 8)
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Re: Upgrade from 1.11.1 to 1.11.4 can't edit pages

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Jo Morg wrote:Did you actually try this: http://forum.cmsmadesimple.org/viewtopi ... =3&t=64546 ?
I did try this, got as far as deleting the files and changing the first template, after which I could edit pages associated with that specific template. When I tried to edit other templates it wouldnt save the modifications, just printed a mixed up page with some nes articles.

I then tried to manually empty cache during edit mode on, but this didnt help.

I also checked that my menu manager is not cacheable.

After this I uploaded the deleted stylesheet-files back to the server.

So I think I've tried most of the workarounds now. Gladly I have a working webpage, just hope some cure will appear before I have to update my pages.

Thanks for all help this far and I'm sure you specialist can figure this one out soon!
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Jo Morg wrote:Did you actually try this: http://forum.cmsmadesimple.org/viewtopi ... =3&t=64546 ?
Yes I did. This caused the error message displayed, because cmsms did not find the "stylesheet"-object.

But IMHO no template whatsoever should crash the backend, as it shouldn't be interpreted there in the first place.

A tip: I edited templates - having no other way left - via phpmyAdmin directly in the database.
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Re: Upgrade from 1.11.1 to 1.11.4 can't edit pages

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@Mats Helge

Both TreeManager and Forum have most likely NOT been upgraded to work with the latest versions of CMSMS...
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Re: Upgrade from 1.11.1 to 1.11.4 can't edit pages

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There is a clear stability-issue here.

I have just the same problem, now the cause is in a UDT that is functioning normal but blocks the ability to edit the template, or add a page.

This phenomena is only there since 1.11.4.
Just mentioning "I cannot produce the error so it does not exist" is not a way of solving problems.

I hope someone will start seaching in the code, what has changed since 1.11.3 to 1.11.4, how come that some smarty-code blocks the edit functionality. I am very willing to assist in finding the cause.

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Other than the (long deprecated) {stylesheet} tag (Deprecated around the 1.8 series, we stopped shipping it a long time ago, and now it no longer works). This is probably caused by badly written UDT's executed from a page template or the page content itself.

1.11.x uses the smarty parser to parse page templates to find content blocks. This gives us the advantage of using template inheritance, or simply defining content blocks inside of GCB's.

In 1.11.1 UDT's were not loaded in the admin interface. They were replaced with dummy plugins. However, this caused problems with stylesheets that used UDT's and the wysiwyg editors, along with other problems. So we had to enable this in 1.11.4. Unfortunately, that means that your UDT's must be clean, and smarter than they were before.

However, there is always an error message somewhere. And has has been said before, you need to find it. Once you find the error messages you will have a much better idea as to how to solve your problem.
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Re: Upgrade from 1.11.1 to 1.11.4 can't edit pages

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Hi,

I will put debug mode on and see what comes out, This will be done in about 4 hours when it is night here.
In the meantime I will use a testinstallation on the same kind of host with debug on. There I found the cause of the problem.

What i have is a UDT called {mobildetect} without "e" to prevent mixup with terms that I should not use.
The code in the UDT is

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@include("Mobile_Detect.php");
$detect = new Mobile_Detect();
if ($detect->isMobile() && isset($_COOKIE['mobile']))
{
$detect = "false";
}
elseif ($detect->isMobile())
{
header("Location:http://www.taxigerhard.at/index.php?page=mobil");
}
which incorporates a PHP Script from google
http://code.google.com/p/php-mobile-detect/
so I trust it to be of enough quality.

Still this blocks the normal functionality of CMSMS.
Now as you can hardly call this "coding" done by me I would say there is a problem within CMSMS 1.11.4.
Just for the record, I used to be a systemmanager for VaxVMS so I have had a lot to do with software that broke systems.

I appreciate the achievements made by the devteam and CMSMS is the best CMS I know for small to mediumsize websites. Since about half a year however, I am getting very carefull making updates for customers because of problems like this. Sometimes choosing for a slower pace in updates is good for stability.

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Jan
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Re: Upgrade from 1.11.1 to 1.11.4 can't edit pages

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Hi,

with
$config['debug'] = true ;
in config.php

I had hope to see some information but I still get a beautifully white page when trying to save the template.
Now somewhere there must be a way to get some error that tells me what is wrong here. I am open for every experiment.

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Re: Upgrade from 1.11.1 to 1.11.4 can't edit pages

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I looked at the server error log and did find no useful information.

Without the backend showing anything, it is very hard to get the error messages - may be there is a trick, which the wiser-than-me know (no irony, this is really necessary to solve somehow).

Also it would be useful to define, what exactly separates a "clean" UDT from a "not so clean" one.

Or build in some UDT-test that throws an error message before the backend output is killed??? (I'm of very basic proficiency.)
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Did you try to 'run' the UDT from the admin interface?
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Re: Upgrade from 1.11.1 to 1.11.4 can't edit pages

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Maybe that can help carry investigations a bit forward:

The 1st file is the template that seems to cause the backend to go on strike:

http://dominik-lenne.de/cmsmsfiles/my_template.txt

The 2nd file is what cmsms 1.11.4 delivers when be clicked on "edit page"

http://dominik-lenne.de/cmsmsfiles/home ... ssible.txt

Remark: The frontend is working flawlessly! Only the backend, which actually doesn't use the template (only loads it as said above for some reason) is puzzled.
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Re: Upgrade from 1.11.1 to 1.11.4 can't edit pages

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Replace {stylesheet} with {cms_stylesheet} on your template.
dlen wrote:* I replaced every existing {stylesheets} with {cms_stylesheets}
Well it is still on the template. ???
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Re: Upgrade from 1.11.1 to 1.11.4 can't edit pages

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I am very sorry for that - I somehow loaded the wrong file up. I corrected it. But it makes no difference concerning editing pages.

Another information which might be of importance: i updated from 1.10.3 directly to 1.11.4 by copying the full-install-file and running upgrade.php.

I checked, that there is no use of {stylesheet} in the whole site by searching for the string and looking how it is used - only in commenting texts referring to it being deprecated.

I uninstalled the Guestbook and AVPlayer - modules to no avail.

Also, as additional info, I installed multilanguage capability according to
http://www.i-do-this.com/blog/25/Anothe ... CMSMS-Page. Don't know whether this affects the problem.
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