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~^Karen^~ · Nov 26, 2006

Admin wont work on either forums i get this error:

Nightrider · Sep 25, 2004

This was caused by the addition of the Site Announcement code into the page_header.php flle. This is what I did to correct the problem:

OPEN
includes/page_header.php

FIND

~^Karen^~ · Nov 26, 2006

ok thanks! It was just weird that it happened coz i was using admin last nite, i did have a look into it but i couldnt see the problem, plus not had much time today

Nightrider · Sep 25, 2004

Unless you are a programmer, I'm not surprised that you wouldn't know what to do with that problem. It wasn't an obvious fix for most...

munky2

circleofatlantis · Jun 11, 2007

Once upon a time, I used to do that with Cobol. Was able to see and fix the unobvious. Also speciallised in emptying the too hard basket.

Alas, the world moved on and I didnt (not programming wise anyway) Sad

Is there anyway of removeing a mod if you cant get into admin ? Backing out the mod would have been my first inclination in this case.

Nightrider · Sep 25, 2004

Believe it or not, I really enjoyed Cobol as well as RPG. People thought I was crazy to enjoy them, but I could write some decent programs with both languages. But I was able to move on as technology improved, so Delphi became my favorite language even though I wasn't fond of Pascal...

Yes, you can manually remove the MOD using EM's backups if you installed it using EM. Following are both the manual and standard instructions for Restoring EM Backups. I also wrote a small application that you are free to use to stip the txt extensions from all of the files. This is especially handy if there were a lot of files modified by the MOD...

StripTxt.zip

If you need any help understanding how to use my little Strip Txt application, don't be shy about asking for assistance...

Restoring EM Backups

If a MOD that you installed with EM hosed your board or you decide that you just don't want it, simply go into EM History in your ACP MOD Center and click on the Details button next to the MOD entry..

On the bottom of the next page, select Restore Backups and press the Go button. Make sure you DON'T select the Remove Record option or you will be forced to manually rolll back the EM backups that were created for you. I will have to walk you through that if need be...

Next you will see a page to confirm the operation. You would choose Yes:

MODs can only be uninstalled in reverse order that they were installed: FILO (First In, Last Out). So if you installed a MOD, then several others, then decided to remove the first one, you would have to Restore the backups of the other MODs before you could Restore the backups on the first MOD...

Restoring EM Backups (Manual Instructions)

If you are unable to get into the ACP, you will need to use these manual instructions to Restore the EM Backups...

Download the backups folder that EM created for you in the MOD sub-folder found in admin/mods. Strip the .txt extension from each file in every folder in the backups folder. So the resulting file extensions will be php, tpl, css, and cfg. Upload the files back to their proper locations on your board; i.e.

copy backups/admin/*.* to phpBB/admin/*.*
copy backups/includes/*.* to phpBB/includes/*.*
copy backups/language/lang_english/*.* to phpBB/language/lang_english/*.*
copy backups/templates/subSilver/*.* to phpBB/templates/subSilver/*.*
copy backups/*.* to phpBB/*.*

Of course if you have alternate templates and language folders, you will need to copy the files for them as well. I'm referring to phpBB as your forum's root folder in the above copy commands. If your root folder has any other name, just substitute phpBB with the name of your forum's root folder name...

headbang

circleofatlantis · Jun 11, 2007

Thanks for that. I've stored the url for later use if needed.

Nightrider · Sep 25, 2004

I've had my fair share of bad bosses too. It seems like those who know the least or are worst at their jobs are the ones who get promoted to management in the computer industry. I've seen it over and over and over again, so it seems to be more the norm than the exception...

violent1

circleofatlantis · Jun 11, 2007

Thats why I left the industry. I got sick of bosses who wouldnt let me do what the user really needed, and do it as a non-bandaid. But then, I was more of an enhancement specialist than a new code writer. I could take anything already working albiet badly, and redesign it so it worked how the users wanted it and very rarely ever fell over.

I found most bosses in the industry were more interested in empire building and who controlled what, than in giving users what they needed to do their jobs better. And most of them were clueless about realistic project timing and costing. One of the reasons this boss didnt like me was the timing and budget I did on his pet project just after I started. It was done with the input of the #3 in the department, and shocked my boss and his boss so badly that the whole thing was scrapped. My estimate would ahve come in on time and budget (or very close to it), but was about 6 months longer than my bosses estimate. And he had a history I found later of undeestimating projects and then blaming the programmers for any over run. Sad

Nightrider · Sep 25, 2004

LOL Not surprising. I once asked my boss if I could work on a program that took over 12 hours to run and it had to be run successfully every day or it had to be started over. The program was continually crashing, and each time it was restarted, it was at least another 12 hours of run time with no guarantee of completion. My boss didn't think there was anything that could be fixed on the program, so he told me to leave it alone. They actually hired someone to babysit just that one program just to make sure it was completed every single day...

I rewrote the program in my free time and got it so that it could fully run in under 45 minutes and it never crashed. So there was no longer a need for an employee to babysit it and it ended up saving the company hundreds of thousands of dollars...

My boss tried to take credit for it, but I kept a paper trail and proved that he was against my actions to improve the program. Needless to say, that boss tried to get me fired, but I kept a very long paper-trail on him and when the shit hit the fan, the company ended up paying me to do nothing rather than risk firing me. I continued receiving my normal salary but never had to return to work for that boss or the company again. I really should have milked that for as long as I could, but I chose to find a different job which released the company from its obligation...

munky2