What happened t the Admin menu?

Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 4:48 pm

I am running Ravens 7.3 distr of PHP-Nuke. I downloaded PHP-Nuke 7.5 and ran the upgrades. Everything seems ok except for the administration menu. I have the Administration Menu link and right under it, Logout/Exit. No icons for the other modules/blocks. What gives?

Joe

Site Admin/Owner Joined: Aug 27, 2002 Posts: 17088

You can't upgrade the database without using all the files in 7.5, meaning any and all customizations in your site will be wiped out. I'd restore the database and develop an upgrade plan Wink

Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 5:14 pm

ah ok better to do a clean install then

Joe

Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2004 6:03 pm

Can a clean install be done without messing up the integrity of my forums?

Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2004 7:11 pm

All versions have an upgrades folder that will upgrade your present database to the version you are installing. As to the actual php files, if you have made any customizations then you will need to re-customize the new/replacement files.

Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2004 7:49 pm

But I have a problem with my admin menu now. Even standard module links aren't working. My site was down yesterday, and is still sporadically screwing up. Not sure if it could have been hacked or what. How can I fix the admin menu to work again?

Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2004 8:15 pm

7.5 uses a whole new admin architecture from prior releases.

Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2004 8:37 pm

So what's it gonna take to fix my Nuke? The only thing that I really need to save are my forums and registered users. I have nearly 25,000 posts, and would be lynched if I lost them. Can a clean install be done while saving these?

Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2004 9:04 pm

Pm me your ftp login data site url and admin login and i'll try to fix it for you. Once i'm done you can change your admin pass.

Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2004 9:17 pm

about 2/3 of my users can't access the site either. It crapped out yesterday, and I'm not sure why. I decided to upgrade afterwards, and the admin problem became a problem. I'm not sure if the downtime is nuke related or not. My hosting company said everything is OK on their end. I was running Sentinel, so I don't think I was hacked. I would reinstall if I can keep my members and forums intact.

Thanks in advance for your efforts, you guys are great!

Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2004 9:39 pm

Deleted the info from your post, meant for you to post it in a private message not here in the open.

Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2004 9:57 pm

Send me a private message with the admin login info

Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2004 10:03 pm

Thanks, I thought I did a PM

Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2004 10:34 pm

Ok, i edited some files and logged in as admin, looks ok to me.

Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2004 10:41 pm

I still get the page not found errors when trying some functions such as edit admins. Does this look like a corrupt DB possibly? Almost all of the buttons get nowhere. I've cleared my cache, but the same result.

Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2004 11:33 pm

Noticed that, only the new admin section links work and i even replaced the files with core and later patched ones and no luck, i don't think it's database related but can't find what it might be, i changed perms, checked .htaccess files but those checked ok. Confused

Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2004 4:19 am

How can I do a fresh install and save my forums and users?

Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2004 5:14 am

I uninstalled Sentinel 2.0.2, and it looks like that may have been the culprit. Not sure why though. I'll try a fresh install of Sentinel and see if it works. Is it compatible with 7.5? All of the admin functions are fine after it was removed.

Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2004 6:33 pm

I have it running on two 7.5 patched sites and all seems ok.

Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2004 8:41 pm

Must have missed an edit somewhere. I'll reinstall it. It had blocked all users except the admin IP's...oops!