im lost... admin menu gone

New Member Joined: Dec 13, 2004 Posts: 12

i know there was something in here but i just cant find it and i am so lost.. i upgraded to 7.5 today and when i logged in to admin.php after the only button left on my admin panel was the log out button...

i am definately a noob at this.. could someone walk me thru how to get my admin panel back?

thanks
strega
sandylmc@comcast.net

Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 5:00 pm

Reupload the admin folder making sure all php files get uploaded in ascii mode. Chmod the folders to 755 and files to 644

Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 5:06 pm

ok did that now i get illegal file access when i go to the admin screen...

Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 5:27 pm

Reupload admin.php, same process

Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 5:33 pm

YAY thank you it is there now only thing missing is the icon for ban ip...

Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 6:03 pm

make sure ipban.gif is in images/admin

New Member Joined: Jun 20, 2004 Posts: 7 Location: Texas

I have the same problem...I went from 7.4 to 7.5 and back to 7.4 and
now I cannot see the admin icons either except for the Logout/Exit icon.
I tried this same procedure and got no results...any thoughts?
Been fighting with this for 4 days now, but to no avil.

Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 12:16 am

The worst thing you can do is go up and down versions, files and db tables get mixed up and at times are messed up beyond repair, make sure you try the above with 7.5's files, if you have run the upgrade scripts your db is now most likely prepared for 7.5 and not 7.4

Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 10:17 pm

Thank you chatserv...I just began learning php in April so there is alot
for me to learn still. We will most likley just suck it up and install
a fresh version and start over. We will install in a separate directory.
Is there a way to install a new clean one and then move it to the main
directory so that it is live and remove the corrupted ver?

Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 10:32 pm

If the messed up site is new then just wipe it out and install from scratch, if it has data pm me the ftp login info plus url and i'll take a look at it for you, include the url to phpMyAdmin as well.

Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 6:34 pm

You are more than kind chatserv.....I have had this up and running since May of this year. I already have a new install completed and our current theme back together as well as starting to add my blocks and modules. The thing that I would most like to save if possible is the forums and all the current posts. Is that a possiblity? PM will be on its way shortly.

Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 7:59 pm

Ok, admin links restored, i loaded all admin files from the 2.8 Nuke Patch for 7.5 as well as admin.php and mainfile.php

Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 8:18 pm

Thank you so very much!! Can I make a donation to the site
or something to repay you for your time and effort on this?
I guess I need to pay more attention to what Im doing next
time lol.

New Member Joined: Dec 19, 2004 Posts: 1

I'm having the same problem that's being described here.

I was using phpnuke7.3 (patched, I believe)

I messed up doing it the first time, executing the two upgrade scripts, then finding that the admin panel displayed only the logout button and that acess denied was the message I got when trying any of the links fom the admin panel on the index. Then I uploaded the html files and tried upgrading only to find I had messed up something but good.

I talked to my webhost, and he restored my database from the backup they keep, and I uploaded all my files from my own backup I'd done before messing with anything.

Then I uploaded the html files first, and then executed the upgrade scripts. Same result.

I then tried editing the files/deleted the files listed, as well as auth.php in the main html dir as was explained in the upgrading to 7.4.7.5 thread I found on nukeresources and this did not work either.

Finally, once again we restored the database and the files.

Now, the only problem I have (other than my complete inability to upgrade 7.3) is that the security code on the index log in is missing, somehow.

I guess I'm also pretty lost. Sad

Any help or suggestions would be appreicated here.

New Member Joined: Dec 30, 2004 Posts: 4

I tried to follow the advice listed here... I am now in a death spiral of royally screwing up my site! It all followed my attempt at upgrading phpnuke 7.4 to 7.4 and losing admin access.

The site still worked... I just didn't have access.

I tried to follow everything listed here and now the site doesn't even respond.

Help!

Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 6:52 pm

Assuming the database is intact. Delete everything and start over. Be sure to save the config.php info for quick reference.

Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 7:23 pm

I think I've done enough for now. I need to find someone that knows what they are doing and get them to do this for me (nice donation to this site if I could find a volunteer!). Appreciate the help though!

Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2004 6:40 am

Well.. checked back on the site at 1:00 am and everything is working again. Pretty weird. I couldn't even get into the control panel of the web server yesterday. I have no idea what I did wrong... no idea what fixed it. Ah well.. live and learn.

I think a fresh install of 7.5 is the way to go sixonetonoffun... I'll get someone that knows this stuff a little better than me to give me a hand. Luckily I know one or two guys that will give me some help!

Peter

Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2005 7:12 pm

I fixed mine by uploading my back-up db from right before the upgrades. I guess I will stay with 7.0.

Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 2:03 am

I've got a good install of 7.5 running now... wasn't all that hard. Thanks for listening to me panic! First site I've ever been involved with and the thought of a bunch of people depending on it being up... and me responsible for it being down... well it was a bit stressful!

If you want to check the site out... www.dhc-clan.com

Thanks,

Peter

New Member Joined: Jan 12, 2005 Posts: 8

Hi all,

I am having a somewhat similar issue and am not quite sure how to fix this. I just upgraded to 7.5 and ran into a problem with white page when adding authors, and that got resolved: http://www.ravenphpscripts.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=30854#30854

Now I tried to log in as one of the new authors that I created and all I got is the Logout/Exit icon and nothing else, but when I try to login as the god admin or the author pre-created prior to the upgrade I see everything.

Any thoughts?

T

Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 2:46 pm

trehb101 wrote:

Now I tried to log in as one of the new authors that I created and all I got is the Logout/Exit icon and nothing else, but when I try to login as the god admin or the author pre-created prior to the upgrade I see everything.

Any thoughts?

T

I figured it out. I reloaded the authors.php from v 7.5 and modified the authors and it works now.

I gotta be honest with you folks, I feel that I should have stayed with 7.0, never had any issues... This new version is giving me an ulcer Confused

...

Thankfully we got guys like Raven, Chatserv, Chris Karakas et. al. that readily provide a helping hand...

T

Hangin' Around Joined: Nov 02, 2004 Posts: 31

hmm
7.2-7.5 here, unless you're superuser, you don't see any of the options.
tried reloading all the files but none of the other admins can see anything

edit: ha! reading more, seems the functions are there just in different places. guess i gotta read how to set admin permissions to various sections. Wink

Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 7:56 pm

So what is the exact fix here?