Invisible Virtuemart component in admin panel (Error building Admin Menus)

[I]

Hi all!

I have installed virtuemart1.9.8.RC2G in joomla 1.7

The problem is that in admin panel I cant find where the component is placed. I can find plugins and modules, but component I can call only with link mysite.com/administrator/index.php?option=com_virtuemart

Do I always must use link for edit store?

Where I missing something???

Thank you in advance!

[PRO]

go to extension manager and "discover"

[virtuassist]

Hi, i've got exactly the same problem, and there are no results at 'discover'.
There are only new modules in the Module Manager, like VM Shopping Cart, VM Best Sales, etc, but no main VM module visible, and in the Plugin manager i see 3 VM plugins.
But there is no VM control panel, and in the Components list at the top menu there is only virtuemart-aio. When you click it you get 404 component not found - back to control panel.
The only way to get to my webshop seems to put this in the browser: http://www.deccasportswear.nl/administrator/index.php?option=com_virtuemart, and then i arrive at my VM control panel. I also can't find the place where i should set the position of the shop in my template, i think it is in the main module that i don't see.
When i try to add a new module in the module manager, i can choose Virtumart module, but then i get: Module XML-data not available.
It seems the installation is not complete or i keep doing something wrong??
Thanks in advance for helping out.

PS: i use Joomla 1.7 with Phoca Bild template, VM 1.9.8RC2G, Firefox 7.01, hosting at one.com

[I]

Really we two have this problem???

I uninstalled VM component, modules and plugins. Also I deleted all VM tabs in mysql.

After I installed new version com_virtuemart.1.9.8H and  mods_virtuemart_allinone.1.9.8g and deleted component virtuemart-aio (like described after installing)

BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXIST!

Maybe someone find the solution?

Regards,
Felix

[virtuassist]

Felix, i was thinking about removing it all and than try to install an older version... But first i'll wait and hope the moderator or someone else knows a solution.

[PRO]

what happens when you upgrade to version H?

[I]

With out changes (I cant see component in admin menu).

After installation I saw error message "error building admin menus"

[jjk]

There are a few things you can try:
1. Make shure you unzip 'virtuemart1.9.8.RC2H_extract_first.zip'. This file contains two installable files
    com_virtuemart.1.9.8H.zip (this is the VM2 component)
    com_virtuemart_ext_aio.1.9.8H.zip (this installs some VM2 modules and plugins)

2. In the past some people reported such problems when using mysqli. You can test if switching to mysql in the Joomla 1.7.1 configuration helps.

3. Delete all VirtueMart tables in the database and all VirtueMart folders and install it again. (However, usually it takes less time to create a new database with phpmyadmin and then install a fresh Joomla 1.7.1 using your new database and VirtueMart 1.9.8.H

[Milbo]

3. Delete all VirtueMart tables in the database and all VirtueMart folders and install it again. (However, usually it takes less time to create a new database with phpmyadmin and then install a fresh Joomla 1.7.1 using your new database and VirtueMart 1.9.8.H

No,nonoo,

First you never need todo that, NEVER ! You can always use the tools provided in vm2. Just use "Reset all tables
and do a fresh install". It drops all tables for you, you dont need todo that manually. The installer ALWAYS overwrites all files and updates the database layout for you, start this manually using "Install tables or if necessary update them".

BUT, this all wont help, because the error is done by joomla and happens only in j1.7.

You must look in your _extension table of joomla and delete there the line with virtuemart/com_virtuemart in it. Then take a look on the table _menu and delete the lines with index.php?option=com_virtuemart or title= virtuemart.

Then install again and hope that it works. HAHA. We are happy, when someone knows how to avoid this error.

The error seems to be connected with language somehow. Sometimes it works, sometimes not. We work on this stuff next days.

[jjk]

You must look in your _extension table of joomla and delete there the line with virtuemart/com_virtuemart in it. Then take a look on the table _menu and delete the lines with index.php?option=com_virtuemart or title= virtuemart.

HiHi..., I did that several times in the past (mostly in J1.6.x, if I remember correctly), because uninstalling VM2 didn't clean up everything, like some unused files, modules, etc. which were not included in VM2's installer xml files. And doing this I found that doing fresh installs of Joomla and VM2 and then import my current database usually took less time. However, that's many weeks ago...:-)

BTW - I'll probably be offline the next two days

[Milbo]

because uninstalling VM2 didn't clean up everything, like some unused files, modules, etc.

Hmm, I dont think that. the installer is deleting the whole directories. Only when you added somethig on your own. For me the whole thing is a joomla 1.7 error, because sometimes it works, sometimes not.

[virtuassist]

thanks for your replies, i'm going to try this a.s.a.p. and get back to you with the result

[jjk]

For me the whole thing is a joomla 1.7 error, because sometimes it works, sometimes not.

Perhaps this one is somehow releated. I still have an entry in the Joomla 1.7.1 menu manager stating "Component 'com_virtuemart' does not exist", although it says "Menu item checked in successfully" (this message is visible in the screenshot, because I just had clicked on the padlock symbol for menu items not checked in). If I do something else in VM2 and look at the menu manager again later, I frequently find one or more VM2 menu items checked out again. However, that doesn't seem to stop them from working in my case.

Until recently, all of the VM2 menu items were labled "Component_com_virtuemart does not exist". (I'm not 100 percent shure if all or most of them were carried this label)

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[Milbo]

hmm we should write a bug report to the j1.7 guys.

[jjk]

Just found that the padlock symbol for "checked out" in Joomla is harmless:
http://docs.joomla.org/What_do_the_locks_mean_and_how_do_you_get_rid_of_them%3F
but that doesn't explain why I have a menu item labled "Component 'com_virtuemart' does not exist"