Modules not activating

[EdelweissD]

Hi,
new to the forum.

I am installing modules but they are greyed out and I can't use them. Tried uninstalling, re-installing to no avail. Thought it was just form builder at first, but then tried the slider, gallery, all the same.

I'm using CMSMS 2.1.3, php 5.5.34, apache mysql 5.5.48.

Don't know what's going on.

thanks, Matt

[velden]

Could you provide a screenshot of this?

[Rolf]

Clear cache?

[EdelweissD]

Cleared cache - no change.

I've attached a screen shot of the module page. What other info do you need? Ta.

[PinkElephant]

The Module Manager screenshot looks fine. Just taking the Gallery entry, it's not high-lighted like most of the others because it's non-core. You should be able to toggle the Active status, get Help and About info from here. To access the main functionality there should be a "Gallery" entry under the Content area (in this case). If that's not showing something is amiss and posting your Site Admin -> System Information will probably help.

[EdelweissD]

Ok, that's fine then.
I can see the Gallery in the Content area and when I go into it, it has all the options fields. However, when I put the smarty tag into the template of my page and preview, it's telling me there is something wrong and my page breaks.
So there is something still I need to set or do... Or am I meant to put the tag in a content block perhaps?

[PinkElephant]

when I put the smarty tag into the template of my page and preview, it's telling me there is something wrong and my page breaks.

You've not given us much to go on, as it were. The exact error message is the first port of call.

At a minimum, with vanilla settings, using the bare tag "{Gallery}" in a page, template or content block will produce valid output - and no error message.

Other potentially useful things...

1. Exact copy of the text used to invoke the tag. Ideally, this will be

   Code: Select all

   {Gallery}

2. Exact copy of the Gallery's template (often the default set at Gallery -> Templates)

[EdelweissD]

I am what my son would call a nube, I worked out the problem was just the difference of a capital 'G' in the tag (as you said PinkElephant). It's always something as small as that - as I tell my kids, code is pretty unforgiving.
The greyed-out modules did perplex me though.
I'm pretty happy though, as it has saved me more work setting up an outside gallery for the client's website.

Thank you for your help.

[PinkElephant]

I am what my son would call a nube

That sounds like an agile 'noob' - can't be a bad thing...

I worked out the problem

... I knew it.

as I tell my kids, code is pretty unforgiving.

Many see that as a good thing but they're often the sort of people who'd run a mile from php.

The greyed-out modules did perplex me though.

Normal, I'd say. There's loads to get used to and assumptions are most likely to go out of whack at the outset. My hair is pretty much greyed out but I'm neither inactive nor disabled, yet. More specifically, what you were seeing was not greyed-out, it was merely grey - the absence of high-lighting (as happens when the module is Core, Deprecated, etc).

I'm pretty happy though, as it has saved me more work setting up an outside gallery for the client's website.

Cool.