Error Message - Still Unsolved - Administrator please HELP! Site Access Needed

[johnwade]

I hope this isn't too convoluted. I was able to follow your instructions regarding installation but may have balled things past the FTP stage.

All the links after my home page stopped working (they did look friendlier, but they didn't work). I now have .htaccess replaced and unchecked Search Engine Friendly Urls, Use Apache mod_rewrite, Add suffix to Urls. and I can now get access to the other pages when menu is used.

However, it didn't fix a problem that also popped up when I installed the patch. I can no longer get access to my article manager, produces the following:

Fatal error: Call to undefined method JFactory::getdate() in /mnt/w0211/d42/s37/b02d5b98/www/johnwade.ca/administrator/components/com_content/admin.content.html.php on line 41

jw
www.johnwade.ca

[johnwade]

I just visited: http://www.smartsef.org/forum/index.php?topic=352.0

and noted that one of the changed file in the patch is the one identified in the error message (if that helps)

[applejuice]

i have a similar error when i click on content/article manager with j 1.5.2

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: getdate() in /mysite/administrator/components/com_content/admin.content.html.php on line 41

i had 404sef installed, but uninstalled it before intalling Joomla SEF Patch.  did the uninstall maybe miss some entries?

[johnwade]

I need instructions to do an uninstall of the patch. I can't wait for a resolution anymore I have to regain access to my article manager. Where do I find instructions.

John Wade
www.johnwade.ca

[applejuice]

the patch download for instructions, install and uninstall are in the same place...
http://www.joomlatwork.com/products/free_products_for_joomla/joomlatwork_sef_patch_for_joomla_release_1.5rc4.html

i remember one other syptom of my install.  my global config page is all on one page now instead of tabs and firebug reports an error...
toggler has no properties
line 99 from switcher.js
document.switcher = new JSwitcher(toggler, element, {cookieName: toggler.get...

oh, and the other components, extensions and plugins that i still have running are

chronoforms from Chronoman
mod_adsense_joomlaspan_3_ClickSafe from Joomlaspan
mod_analytics from Estime Oy
mod_signallogin from  Christoph Schafflinger
Google Maps from Mike Reumer
chronocontact from Chronoman

[johnwade]

I'd read that but wasn't clear. Is it just a matter of taking the files listed (below) and overwriting with the same but from a basic Joomla installation?

The following files of the Joomla 1.5 must be patched or are new files:
/robots.txt
/libraries/joomla/document/html/renderer/head.php
/includes/application.php
/libraries/joomla/document/html/html.php
/administrator/components/com_config/controllers/application.php
/administrator/components/com_config/views/application/tmpl/config_seo_metadata.php
/administrator/components/com_config/views/application/tmpl/navigation.php
/administrator/components/com_config/views/application/tmpl/config_seo_custom_fields.php
/administrator/components/com_config/views/application/tmpl/config_seo_metafields.php
/administrator/components/com_config/views/application/view.php
/administrator/components/com_content/admin.content.html.php
/administrator/components/com_content/controller.php
/administrator/components/com_menus/models/item.php
/administrator/components/com_menus/views/item/tmpl/form.php
/administrator/components/com_menus/views/item/view.php
/components/com_content/views/archive/view.html.php
/components/com_content/views/article/view.html.php
/components/com_content/views/category/view.html.php
/components/com_content/views/frontpage/view.html.php
/components/com_content/views/section/view.html.php

[applejuice]

theoretically, yes.  i have not tried it.  i'm holding out for fixing it.  also deleting the 4 files mentioned.  it may be different for different versions.  my version is 1.5.2 as stated above.  what version of j are you running?

Extract undo_patch_152_stable.zip file to Joomla site root and overwrite existing files.
This restores the original Joomla 1.5.xx files.
The four new SEO Patch files must be removed manually.

17 files will be overwritten with original Joomla 1.5.xx files
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   administrator\components\com_config\controllers\application.php
   administrator\components\com_config\views\application\tmpl\navigation.php
   administrator\components\com_config\views\application\view.php
   administrator\components\com_content\admin.content.html.php
   administrator\components\com_content\controller.php
   administrator\components\com_menus\models\item.php
   administrator\components\com_menus\views\item\tmpl\form.php
   administrator\components\com_menus\views\item\view.php
   components\com_content\views\archive\view.html.php
   components\com_content\views\article\view.html.php
   components\com_content\views\category\view.html.php
   components\com_content\views\frontpage\view.html.php
   components\com_content\views\section\view.html.php
   includes\application.php
   libraries\joomla\document\html\renderer\head.php
   libraries\joomla\document\html\html.php
   robots.txt

4 files to delete manually
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   administrator\components\com_config\views\application\tmpl\config_seo_custom_fields.php
   administrator\components\com_config\views\application\tmpl\config_seo_metadata.php
   administrator\components\com_config\views\application\tmpl\config_seo_metafields.php
   metaconfig.xml

[johnwade]

So far so good I can now get to the article manager but I have an error: JHTMLGrid::legend not supported.

I don't know what it affects but getting rid of it is my next goal.

John Wade
www.johnwade.ca

[johnwade]

I did the uninstall and now have access to the manager but the articles if I go in to edit are all blank. So farther ahead but not much. There is also a message now "JHTMLGrid::legend not supported."

John Wade
www.johnwade.ca

[applejuice]

just went through the uninstall procedure and all seems fine.  it was extremely tedious.  what a pain!

[johnwade]

So you just copied over all the files in the "kit" and deleted those 4 files? Didn't work for me so maybe there's more?

jw

[applejuice]

no, i didn't use the kit.  i used my original joomla install files, which in my case were from rockettheme, called rocket launcher.  a full joomla install with their template and sample data.  you should probably try an original joomla install of the same version you have installed.  good luck.

[johnwade]

Still no luck on a fix through my own efforts or posts here or on the joomla forum. There is another file grouped with the others identified for manual delete. config_seo.php
Similarly named. What's up with that? I didn't see anything identifying it as the patch or regular Joomla when I opened it.

jw

[johnwade]

Forgot to mention, yes I am running 1.5.2 as well.

jw

[johnwade]

Only thing new I've learned is that I can't really do anything that requires creating something new in menus either. No offense intended to everyone at Joomlatwork. I know you've only so much time but I'd appreciate a fix here, I'm really completely shut down.