We have just released VirtueMart 1.1.1. This is a required update.
Version 1.1.1 contains a required patch for the automatic updater and must be applied before you will be able to update to any later version of VirtueMart. This ensures that future updates will go smoothly.
To update to version 1.1.1, login to your VirtueMart administration area and switch to the "Simple Layout". Next, choose "Check for Updates" from the "Admin" menu, then click the "Check now!" button and follow the instructions there. (Or, you can download the 1.1.1 patch package directly (http://dev.virtuemart.net/cb/wiki/1693), save it to your local hard drive, and choose to "Upload a Patch Package" from the "Upload a Patch" tab.)
Be sure to switch to "Simple Layout" before beginning the update.
Note that because VirtueMart 1.1.1 only contains a patch to the automatic updater, only the patch package is being provided. There is no full installation version of VirtueMart 1.1.1.
Very soon, we will be releasing version 1.1.2, a maintenance release that will contain many fixes for issues found in version 1.1.0.
Note: The patch can also be applied manually, as in the past. This is important for those who have applied customizations (i.e. hacks) to any core files. Just download the patch files by hand, extract them, and ftp them to your site. There are no queries to apply for updating to version 1.1.1.
Known issues1. For sites using Joomla! 1.0.x with PHP4, the updater fails with an error:
QuoteFatal error: Class vmsimplexml: Cannot inherit from undefined class jobject in /administrator/components/com_virtuemart/classes/simplexml.php on line 85
Fix: 1) Download a new version of simplexml.php from here (http://dev.virtuemart.net/cb/displayDocument/simplexml-for-Joomla1.0.x-PHP4.zip?doc_id=2236). 2) Extract the zip file into the administrator/components/com_virtuemart/classes directory. 3) Delete the patch archive and directory from the /cache directory. 4) Logout of Joomla!, then login again. 5) Try to update again.
Hi,
I updated to VirtueMart 1.1.1 but when I try to check for updates get nothing.
Tested in Firefox 3 and Internet Explorer 7.
UPDATE:
1. First installed with downloaded package and get error.
2. I go back to VirtueMart 1.1.0 and try to update by click in Check Update buttom. Get an message "Connection Failed", not error.
>>> 3. I try to update other site in other server and ALL works fine!!! <<<
The server with error on update have PHP 5.2.0 with SAFE MODE ON, Apache 1.3.37, MySQL 5.0.27 and Joomla! 1.5.3.
The error(Firefox 3):
Error: missing ) in parenthetical ...:
Source File:
http://..../components/com_virtuemart/fetchscript.php?gzip=0&subdir[0]=/themes/default&file[0]=theme.js&subdir[1]=/js&file[1]=functions.js&subdir[2]=/js/admin_menu/js&file[2]=virtuemart_menu.js&subdir[3]=/js/admin_menu/js&file[3]=nifty.js&subdir[4]=/js/admin_menu/js&file[4]=fat.js&subdir[5]=/js/mootools&file[5]=mootools-release-1.11.js&subdir[6]=/js/mootools&file[6]=mooPrompt.js&subdir[7]=/js/extjs2&file[7]=yui-utilities.js&subdir[8]=/js/extjs2&file[8]=ext-yui-adapter.js&subdir[9]=/js/extjs2&file[9]=ext-all.js
Line: 626, Col: 12
Source Code:
(Connection Failed)
Are you saying that the one-and-only change VM 1.1.1 represents is the automatic updater?
Are you saying that I will not be able to update to VM 1.1.2 and later versions if I do not install this automatic updater?
In light of Soren's comment in my recent blog post that affirms my hunch that this auto-updater will simply overwrite files (http://www.southlasalle.com/blog/beware-vm-auto-updater/), what do you intend to do for my clients -- and for those in the VM community -- who have source code tweaks.
Surely, you are not contemplating that the sole method of installing VM updates is via your auto-installer?
Surely, you intend to provide patch files so that we can preserve our source file changes and keep our VM up-to-date with the latest release.
You also have to be absolutely crystal clear that this auto-installer will blithely overwrite all effected files.
One of the conditions of posting add-ons to the new VM extensions site is that extensions so listed:
QuoteHacks which alter VirtueMart source code must do so through the standard Joomla! install and uninstall process. Uninstalling should revert any changes made to VirtueMart source code.
This is certainly an ideal to strive for; however, there is no facility to track changes to source code. So there is no way to roll back affected source code changes, except to overwrite a modified php file with an original php file.
I have a somewhat lengthy blog post about this at http://www.southlasalle.com/blog/over-extended-virtuemart-extensions/.
So it appears that VM wants to automate VM version updates and create VM extensions akin to Joomla. These are welcome features -- very welcome features!
However, the reality is, I don't create separate php files for my VM "extensions". I modify core php files. Even if I could place all my modifications in a separate php file and just use INCLUDE statements in the core files, I would still be modifying core files!
So as welcome as automation is, my clients cannot utilize it until there is a facility to track source code changes.
-Bob
I have updated to the new version but still there are problems, when the product is shown next to it are the buttons + and - to add more of the same product to your basket. These buttons show up like little balls that are very hard to klik on.
http://www.artmaniagalleries.com/online-gallery.html?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=17&category_id=6 (http://www.artmaniagalleries.com/online-gallery.html?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=17&category_id=6)
As mentioned in the announcement (http://virtuemart.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=302&Itemid=57) VirtueMart 1.1.1 contains a required patch for the automatic updater and must be applied before you are able to update to any later version of VirtueMart.
VirtueMart 1.1.2 contains many fixes including the quantity arrow fix which will be released soon.
Hello !
After i copied the file "simplexml.php" on the web server ia was able to use the automatic updater. it installed the Version 1.1.1.
The only message i got was :
Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /administrator/components/com_virtuemart/classes/update.class.php on line 193
The error was shown, but the update was done.
So i dont know is the update ok, or is there something to do for me.
Thank´s in advnace for any idea.
best regards dietmar
It could be php4 issue, I strongly suggest upgrading to php5, almost all softwares are dropping php4 support even Joomla in v1.6.
I personally tested v1.1.1 at least 15+ times on both J1.5 and J1.0 versions worked every time without any error.
I stopped using php4 since November 07, will try to install and test it but only if I find the time.
Firstly i would like to say...
Joomla version is: 1.0.15
Virtuemart version is: 1.0.15
php version is: 5.2.0-8
I downloaded the patch lucky i backed up the previous version of the site. And then a extracted the gz file on my desktop then FTP'ed to the root directory of the site. Then i proceeded to upload the patch.
I uploaded the patch and tried to access the virtue mart section of my site and i got a error.
The error is related to the layout of virtuemart.. I read that i have to change to simple layout rather then extended layout. However it seems the version of virtuemart doesnt seem to have this option to change layout.
any help would be appreciated...
regards
brainz
Quote from: brainz on June 25, 2008, 10:02:16 AM
Firstly i would like to say...
Joomla version is: 1.0.15
Virtuemart version is: 1.0.15
This update is for VirtueMart 1.1 - not the older VirtueMart 1.0.15
To update from VM1.0.15 to VM1.1 (if you wish to do it) you should download the appropriate manual installation package from
http://dev.virtuemart.net/cb/proj/doc.do?doc_id=1005 and follow the instructions provided.
Quote from: SOFTWAREKOCH on June 25, 2008, 09:12:37 AM
Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /administrator/components/com_virtuemart/classes/update.class.php on line 193
...
So i dont know is the update ok, or is there something to do for me.
Dietmar,
Your update was successful. We'll fix the warning message in a later release. You can safely ignore it (it only occurs during the update process and just indicates that we had no queries to process, which is fine in this update).
Greg
Please check my bug reports in the Quality and Testing section and apply those minor fixes. Try first those fixes and apply to VM 1.1.2.
Some useful links:
[BUG] Rev 1422 translated and missing string in order edit (http://forum.virtuemart.net/index.php?topic=41861.0)
[BUG]On product flypage is not shown right parameters title (http://forum.virtuemart.net/index.php?topic=41828.0)
[BUG]Advanced search acording to parameters redirects to wrong page.. (http://forum.virtuemart.net/index.php?topic=41806.0)
[BUG] Breadcrumb error with advanced search according to parameters (http://forum.virtuemart.net/index.php?topic=41805.0)
The last 2 have been fixed by dancetools in this topic
sh404SEF & VM Search Results (http://forum.virtuemart.net/index.php?topic=39913.0)
I TESTED the fix with all revisions 1424-1435
Thank you
Bob,
Thank you for your comments - they are helpful. I hope I've addressed you concerns sufficiently below. If not, let me know.
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Are you saying that the one-and-only change VM 1.1.1 represents is the automatic updater?
Yes. Many users will only update via the automatic updater. It was necessary to release these updater fixes separately, otherwise they would have problems in later updates. We must support these most common users too.
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Are you saying that I will not be able to update to VM 1.1.2 and later versions if I do not install this automatic updater?
This is true if you plan to use the automatic updater.
But as in the past, you can still download the patch archive directly, extract it, and ftp the files to your site. The file update.xml inside the archive lists the files that have changed.
The patch archives for the automatic updater are the same as the old patch archives - they just have an additional xml file listing the changed files and any database changes. We will be clearer in the future about this option.
Quote
In light of Soren's comment in my recent blog post that affirms my hunch that this auto-updater will simply overwrite files (http://www.southlasalle.com/blog/beware-vm-auto-updater/), what do you intend to do for my clients -- and for those in the VM community -- who have source code tweaks.
Well, they are your clients - I would assume that you will support them by applying the patches and migrating your tweaks by hand, as in the past. As for other users who have tweaked core files, they can apply the patch manually too - that is normal.
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Surely, you are not contemplating that the sole method of installing VM updates is via your auto-installer?
Surely, you intend to provide patch files so that we can preserve our source file changes and keep our VM up-to-date with the latest release.
Surely. That is why you can use the patch files manually as they are. Any queries that need to be run will be inside update.xml.
Quote
You also have to be absolutely crystal clear that this auto-installer will blithely overwrite all effected files.
The automatic update process presents the user with a clear warning about this and requires that the user agree to this by checking a check box before the update can proceed.
Greg
GregDev,
Surely, I will not use the word "surely" in future posts!
Thank you for your full and fast reply.
Having a manual and an automatic update process in tandem is terrific.
Surely!
-Bob
I´m stuck.
Check now gives error Connection Failed
I try to Upload a Patch Package. It gives error Unable to decompress data
J!1.5.3
VM 1.1.0
PHP 4.4.8
Maybe you had a hacked VM 1.1 installation. The patch applies only to non-hacked version or with other words original release.
OK. I will try to clean 1.1.0 installation.
Funny thing, I try to unpack with WinZip program, but it says invalid archive??
I upload the patch 5 times, but can´t unpack it.
Now I have made VM 1.1.0 clean install, but same thing.
Check Now - Connection Failed
Upload a Patch Package - Unable to decompress data
Warning: gzinflate() [function.gzinflate]: data error in /xxx/xxx/xxx/xxxx/libraries/joomla/filesystem/archive/gzip.php on line 78
Error: Failed to extract the Update Package Contents to /xxx/xxxx/xxxx/xxxx/administrator/cache/Patch_VirtueMart_1.1.0_1.1.1.j15
korb , can you attach yours 1.1.0_to_1.1.1 patch.
I will see if it works
I have the same patch, you think I have another?
For php4 you need to apply another patch (http://forum.virtuemart.net/index.php?topic=42186.msg133721#msg133721) before you can use 1.1.1 patch.
Sorry aravot but it don´t help.
korb ,
I only will try, if the upload prosess (from VM download site) corrupts the patch.
I can´t unpack that patch even WinZip or WinSCP.
I get the update to hard way :D
I convert ( with PowerArchiver) the patch tar.gz to zip and convert the zip file back to tar.gz.
Now the VM updater "Upload a Patch Package" updates, with the converted patch.
Check now button don´t work
Error: missing ) in parenthetical ...:
Find in server log:
PHP Warning: curl_exec() has been disabled for security reasons in xxx/administrator/components/com_virtuemart/classes/connectionTools.class.php on line 126
I guess Check now button don´t work, because the host have disable PHP function curl_exec()
That went smoothly, once I managed to get my permissions in order!
Basically it seems to be easier to have all of the virtuemart directory writeable, if you have ftp problems like I do, or, unzip the package and upload it manually (which is what I did)
However, then you miss your nice big warnings about overwriting files!
Big question: when is 1.1.2 coming out?
My main client has just gone up the wall when he found out the the issue about Featured Products on the shop home page has not been fixed!
my question is when is it coming and what will it do. missing sef and meta tags utilities.
OK, now update works, both "Check now button" and "Upload a Patch Package".
There is bug in connectionTools.class.php.
If cURL is not available it switches to fopen/fsockopen ,but $urlParts['path'] is only "/index2.php". Missing end of url.
I add this to bugtrcker, hope it fixed in 1.1.2
EDIT: This bug is fixed to VM1.1.2. Thanks to gregdev.
Bug [# 2187] https://dev.virtuemart.net/cb/issue/2187?navigation=true (https://dev.virtuemart.net/cb/issue/2187?navigation=true)
Bug [# 2188] https://dev.virtuemart.net/cb/issue/2188?navigation=true (https://dev.virtuemart.net/cb/issue/2188?navigation=true)
After aplying the patch manually, any click on "check for updates" results in corrupted page. Only the Virtuemart menu is showed with everything else empty (no joomla menu...) and menu is in some default font (Times or something similar). Have to click on any other menu item to restore the normal page.
Virtuemart 1.1.1, Joomla 1.0.15, PHP 4.4.7, mySQL 3.23.51.
hi guys... my update don't work at all! when i press on download upgrade, vm tells me that getupdatepackage is not a valid virtuemart function... what should i do? i tried also with upload a pack package, but the update didn't work either... thanks for any answer!
Joomla! 1.5.3
Vm 1.1
PHP 4.4.7
I also had errors, as well, with the upgrade system. At the moment, my "check for updates" function continues to give me errors, after I had finally installed.
This is the error I currently receive:
Quote
* JFile::read: Unable to open file: '/var/www/valhalla/test.valhallacomics.com/administrator/cache/Patch-VirtueMart-1.1.0-1.1.1.tar.gz' * Unable to read archive
along with...
QuoteWarning: fopen(/var/www/valhalla/test.valhallacomics.com/administrator/cache/Patch-VirtueMart-1.1.0-1.1.1.tar.gz) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /var/www/valhalla/test.valhallacomics.com/libraries/joomla/filesystem/file.php on line 240
Error: Failed to extract the Update Package Contents to /var/www/valhalla/test.valhallacomics.com/administrator/cache/Patch-VirtueMart-1.1.0-1.1.1
I was getting this error prior to installation, as well, so I manually created the directory it was trying to write to and uploaded the files within the tar.gz archive. After doing that, I went through the upgrade process and it worked fine (permissions and all). After having done that, I deleted the patch files from the cache directory and I get the errors above.
Any idea? I'm using Joomla! 1.5.3, VM 1.1.0 (now .1) and PHP 5
Please next time you release a patch include the instructions in the compressed folder with the update as readmefirst file. I figured to do an update by ftp but got some garbage on the screen within the VM component. Then I found the instructions in the forum, did the update that way, but got even more garbage on the screen. So I uninstalled the main component and reinstalled it. It promptly offered to do the patch, which worked fine that time and now all seems well. Fortunately, I had only just begun to configure the shop and had nothing in it.
VM is looking great these days. Keep up the good work. When is the wishlist coming?
Instruction is available on the main VirtueMart site (http://virtuemart.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=303&Itemid=152), unfortunately many choose not to read it until they encounter problems.
korb, while I ask the patch from you, because mine don´t work.
Now I have find reason. When I goto download page with IE, and load patch xxx.tar.gz, it´s allways corrupted. When I load patch with FireFox it´s OK.
Don´t know why, with IE, patch is corrupted?????
Internet Explorer 7 v: 7.0.5730.13 (finnish)
here you go
[attachment cleanup by admin]
JEEES
This patch work like a charm, just like the patch what I downloaded with FireFox browser.
If you or others, who have IE7, load the patch and can confirm the patch is corrupted.
In future I use only FireFox, because IE have so strange bugs. ;D
Article on downloading with IE7 (http://www.csvimproved.com/index.php?view=article&id=9:downloading-with-internet-explorer-7)
Here is the patch what I download with IE7.
Only from dev.virtuemart.net, all tar.gz are corrupted. All other sites, including joomlacode.org, tar.gz are OK ?
[attachment cleanup by admin]
I downloaded from dev.virtuemart.net site using IE7 and FF 2, used winrar and power archiver to decompress, worked fine.
Hi guys...
Im trying to place the Update and i get the following error message:
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Warning: gzinflate() [function.gzinflate]: data error in /var/www/vhosts/xxxx/xxxx/httpdocs/libraries/joomla/filesystem/archive/gzip.php on line 78
Thank you so much
Quote from: invisible_kid on July 02, 2008, 00:27:21 AM
Hi guys...
Im trying to place the Update and i get the following error message:
Quote
Warning: gzinflate() [function.gzinflate]: data error in /var/www/vhosts/xxxx/xxxx/httpdocs/libraries/joomla/filesystem/archive/gzip.php on line 78
Thank you so much
Sorry guys...
VM: 1.1.0
PHP: 5.1.6
JOOMLA: 1.5
Thanks
When I try and update to the patch I get
Error: Function Not Registered. getupdatepackage is not a valid VirtueMart function.
VM:1.1.0
Joomla:1.0.12
PHP:4.3.9
Thanks for any help.
Ok as an update to everyone, hopefully to help others. I tried to do the update from 1.1.0 to 1.1.1 and when I asked it to check for updates it said it could not connect. Then I did the patch upload and got an error saying file could not be uncompressed. I found the posts talking about IE7 issues during the download so I downloaded a fresh new one using firefox. Went back into Joomla and virtuemart and tried to check again, still no connection. Went to the upload patch section. Uploaded without a problem. Now it is showing that I have version 1.1.1
I tried to update with the 1.1.1 patch. Now i am stuck with an error message whenever i go to the update page. Please help
Error: Failed to extract the Update Package Contents to /home/content/o/z/t/oztrack/html/joomla/cache/Patch_VirtueMart_1.1.0_1.1.1
I have this problem, because I had migrated a site. I had to change the site URL in the VM config file, and had forgotten to set up the FTP account which J!1.5 needs.
I set this up now, but can't work out how to get out of the endless loop of the auto updater telling me it didn't have permissions. I tried deleting the file from the cache and then get another error .... any suggestions?
Ended up blowing away the joomla install and starting again .. lost patience!!
oztrack - check the permission of the tmp folder. I had the same issue, changed the permission of this folder and all fine now.
Stupid Question, but I seem to have lost the Upload a Patch option on my virtuemart install. I have two sites, and one was fine - uploaded no problems. However, on the second I am getting errors every time I try to download the update, and cannot for the life of me find the Upload a Patch option I used to get around this issue last time.
Please help me out as I get very upset by not being able to sort out such trivial matters...
Regards,
Steve
Joomla 1.5.3
VM 1.1.0
PHP5
Blah Blah Blah...
So where is "Simple Layout" exactly? I don't see it anywhere.. VM 1.1.0
I did "check the update" from VM admin, but first step of installation I faced this error:
Error: Failed to extract the Update Package Contents to /home/virtual/site16/fst/var/www/html/site/cache/Patch-VirtueMart-1.1.1-1.1.3.j15.zip
i downloaded PowerArchive and have done what you've said
(http://forum.virtuemart.net/index.php?topic=42186.15) but nothing changed.
What should I do?