How do i update Virtuemart 3.2.12 extensions? When i try inside my Joomla account I pull an error called "Invalid extension update" ?
I have searched around for answers on how to fix this and found http://forum.virtuemart.net/index.php?topic=136977.msg479175#msg479175 but they are not very specific on how to update the .xml files. I was able to download the files here http://dev.virtuemart.net/projects/virtuemart/files but cannot locate where to over write the .xml files in my server directory and i also dont wannt do something wrong and break my website.
The reason why i want to fix this is because in my Google webmaster tools, my error pages are surging and i was told it is because of Virtuemart.
Do you have any suggestions on how to fix this please?
the latest stable is 3.2.14 http://dev.virtuemart.net/attachments/download/1119/com_virtuemart.3.2.14.9808_extract_first.zip
why don't u simply install this via Joomla ( test first on a clone etc)
And see http://forum.virtuemart.net/index.php?topic=123808.0
Forgive me for my ignorance, How do i set up a clone test site? I am kinda new to joomla.
ok just so i get this correct
I set up a back up of my entire site
i downloaded com_virtuemart.3.2.14.9808_extract_first.zip
Do i need to unzip it 1st before uploading?
If all goes well with that update then i install the aio com_virtuemart.3.2.14.9808_ext_aio.zip correct?
All should be updated and working like normal if all goes well.
Am in on the right track with this?
Thanks so much for all your help.
Thanks, Jesse
I set up a back up of my entire site
I personally would clone (copy somewhere as a test site) but if your happy to test on live and if it goes wrong ( normally shouldn't) then reinstate the backup .. fine
i downloaded com_virtuemart.3.2.14.9808_extract_first.zip
Do i need to unzip it 1st before uploading?
Yep -- it contains the 2 installers .. vm and AIO
If all goes well with that update then i install the aio com_virtuemart.3.2.14.9808_ext_aio.zip correct?
yep
All should be updated and working like normal if all goes well.
Thank you for the help. One last newbie question
when i extracted the com_virtuemart.3.2.14.9808_extract_first.zip i noticed 3 zip files. What do i do with the 3rd here, com_tcpdf_1.0.4.zip?
Install the third zip file as well.
Quotecom_tcpdf_1.0.4.zip
pdf invoice creation files
I was able to successfully update to 3.2.14 but when i go check the updates all the extensions still need updating and when i attempt to update those i am still pulling and error "invalid extension update" and nothing updates in Virtuemart. As seen in the images below Any suggestions?
That is the list of installed extensions with their version numbers and the update links. The VM ones listed are all up to date, but all other stuff above Avatax need updating.
To check for updates go to Extensions/Manage/Update if you don't see anything there clear cache and then use find updates
Very cool, thank you ALL! I cleared the cache and all those update request went away! I could not have done this without the helpful advice from this forum! Again, thank you very much!
Jesse
here is a related question i started with on this topic. In Google webmaster tools i have Virtuemart errors coming up as seen in the image below. When you click them my 404 page does not appear. here is an example https://www.linestop.com/tools/resilient-seat-knife-gate-valve/manufacturer/2lbin-com/by,pc.ordering,product_name?keyword= However if you go to any other page outside vituremart such as this example https://www.linestop.com/servicessdfsdfsdfsdf my 404 page appears. Why is virtuemart not allowing my 404 page to work and how can i fix this so that google webmaster tools does not pick them up?
Thank you in advance for your kind help
uncheck Enable VirtueMart 404 error handling in vm admin->config->config->shop
I found and unchecked the enable VirtueMart 404 error handling and cleared all my cache files but i am still having the same issue. For example https://www.linestop.com/component/virtuemart/product-attributes/by,pc.ordering,product_name?keyword=&Itemid=435 However, this still is pulling a server error not found page.
If you take that same link above and delete all the way back to the https://www.linestop.com/component/virtuemart/product-attribut it will pull my correct 404 page.
Thanks, Jesse
https://www.linestop.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=299 (https://www.linestop.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=299)
Is a non https page, it has unsecured content. Check your code for the 404 page.
Jörgen @ Kreativ Fotografi
you still have all the example data published : e.g. https://www.linestop.com/tools/resilient-seat-knife-gate-valve/manufacturer
https://www.linestop.com/component/virtuemart
and as for the correct 404 -- I think this is more to do with your server setup .. it seems when ever there is a dot in the url it returns the generic server 404
https://www.linestop.com/component/virtuemart/product-attrib.utes
https://www.linestop.com/corporate/cont.act-us
even non VM pages
Wow good find! I was able to unpublish all the sample data to clean that page up thank you. I did discover a VirtueMart error as seen in the image on the product category page. I had to perform a product category search just to get them to show up in order to unpublish because all of them are not appearing as well as part of the columns. so far only 6 of the 10 VirtueMart product category will display. Any fixes on that? Not a huge deal but something to look at...
Lastly, anyone have ideas on why my 404 pages are not working when you simply place a "." period anywhere in the link as GJC Web Design pointed out? I will call my hosting support later today and if find out anything i will report my finding with you all.
https://www.linestop.com/component/virtuemart/product-attrib.utes
https://www.linestop.com/corporate/cont.act-us
Thanks, Jesse
Submitted a ticket to my hosting about the 404 page situation and they were able to help me fix this. I will post the info here to help anyone else with this issue.
When you add a period ('.') to the request, it becomes a file request.
So with your example:
https://www.linestop.com/component/virtuemart/product-attrib.utes
Is actually requesting the file product-attrib with file extension 'utes'. As that doesn't exist, it triggers the 404 which loads C:\inetpub\vhosts\linestop.com\error_docs\Not_Found.html.
Versus your non-existent pages like https://www.linestop.com/fsdfsdfsdfds - since this has no file extension, it is using your base rewrite to load using index.php:
<rule name="Joomla Main Rewrite Rule" enabled="true" stopProcessing="false">
<match url="(.*)" ignoreCase="true" />
<conditions logicalGrouping="MatchAll">
<add input="{URL}" pattern="(/[^.]*|\.(php|html?|feed|pdf|raw))$" />
<add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsFile" negate="true" />
<add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsDirectory" negate="true" />
</conditions>
<action type="Rewrite" url="index.php/" />
</rule>
However, since 'product-attrib.utes' is a file request, it doesn't trigger this rewrite, which is how the Joomla 404s get handled.
I modified the Error Pages section for linestop.com and changed 404 from:
'Insert content from static file in to the error response: C:\inetpub\vhosts\linestop.com\error_docs\not_found.html'
to:
'Execute a URL on this site' and set the URL to your 404 page: /index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=299
So now your 404s for requests like https://www.linestop.com/component/virtuemart/product-attrib.utes will load your custom 404 page. You can see that this change has modified the web.config for the 404 error to:
<error statusCode="404" path="/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=299" responseMode="ExecuteURL" />
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Well dang just when you think you are good to go you find more issues.
I am attempting to fix my other error pages but Joomla is giving me a hard time
For example if you click this link https://www.linestop.com/services/pipeline-services/freeze-plugs/14-services?format=feed&type=rss
you will get the error 500 which i configured just as i did with my 404 error page but for some reason my template will not display with the content as seen when you click that link above.
Does anyone know how to get my 404 template to appear with the other error codes?
Here is what my 404 page looks like https://www.linestop.com/inde
Here is my web.config code.
<httpErrors>
<remove statusCode="502" subStatusCode="-1" />
<remove statusCode="501" subStatusCode="-1" />
<remove statusCode="500" subStatusCode="-1" />
<remove statusCode="412" subStatusCode="-1" />
<remove statusCode="406" subStatusCode="-1" />
<remove statusCode="405" subStatusCode="-1" />
<remove statusCode="403" subStatusCode="-1" />
<remove statusCode="401" subStatusCode="-1" />
<remove statusCode="404" subStatusCode="-1" />
<remove statusCode="400" />
<error statusCode="400" path="C:\Inetpub\vhosts\linestop.com\error_docs\bad_request.html" />
<remove statusCode="404" />
<error statusCode="404" path="/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=299" responseMode="ExecuteURL" />
<remove statusCode="407" />
<error statusCode="407" path="C:\Inetpub\vhosts\linestop.com\error_docs\proxy_authentication_required.html" />
<remove statusCode="414" />
<error statusCode="414" path="C:\Inetpub\vhosts\linestop.com\error_docs\request-uri_too_long.html" />
<remove statusCode="415" />
<error statusCode="415" path="C:\Inetpub\vhosts\linestop.com\error_docs\unsupported_media_type.html" />
<remove statusCode="503" />
<error statusCode="503" path="C:\Inetpub\vhosts\linestop.com\error_docs\maintenance.html" />
<error statusCode="401" prefixLanguageFilePath="" path="C:\Inetpub\vhosts\linestop.com\error_docs\unauthorized.html" />
<error statusCode="403" prefixLanguageFilePath="" path="C:\Inetpub\vhosts\linestop.com\error_docs\forbidden.html" />
<error statusCode="405" prefixLanguageFilePath="" path="C:\Inetpub\vhosts\linestop.com\error_docs\method_not_allowed.html" />
<error statusCode="406" prefixLanguageFilePath="" path="C:\Inetpub\vhosts\linestop.com\error_docs\not_acceptable.html" />
<error statusCode="412" prefixLanguageFilePath="" path="C:\Inetpub\vhosts\linestop.com\error_docs\precondition_failed.html" />
<remove statusCode="500" />
<error statusCode="500" path="/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=299" responseMode="ExecuteURL" />
<error statusCode="501" prefixLanguageFilePath="" path="C:\Inetpub\vhosts\linestop.com\error_docs\not_implemented.html" />
<error statusCode="502" prefixLanguageFilePath="" path="C:\Inetpub\vhosts\linestop.com\error_docs\bad_gateway.html" />
</httpErrors>
Set up exactly like the 404 page
My hosting that helped me fix those others issues directed me to this page but its over my head... https://docs.joomla.org/Custom_error_pages
Thanks in advance.
I do not think this will always work to detect a 500 error. You can use Rupostels plugin instead:
https://www.rupostel.com/utilities-for-joomla/extensions/fatal-catcher-plugin (https://www.rupostel.com/utilities-for-joomla/extensions/fatal-catcher-plugin)
Be aware that this should not be included more than for debugging puposes. It could interfere with You website. But it is a great tool and gives You an email when a 500 error occurs :)
Jörgen @ Kreativ Fotografi
I doubt you will ever get a 500 error to redirect to some "error" page
500 means the server has stopped - how then will it then pick up the pieces and then start display Joomla articles as error pages?