Don't use DRUPAL_ROOT constant in $path_to_at_core

Not a bug, this is development, expect things to break.

When you are using dev versions you should delete the old installation entirely, even uninstall the theme, which requires deleting rows from the variables database table since Drupal has no "uninstall" for themes, and then start over fresh, OR be pulling from GIT.

Could be just a matter of getting a fresher version also, the theme has changed radically in terms of internal structure, to speed it up and ease code management, so you may well encounter these sorts of missing file errors - I can't control the packing script that builds the downloadable archives, which is why pulling from GIT would solve you lots of headaches if you want to use dev version.

I am having the same problem as the OP and am attempting to pull from git as per the mod's suggestion. However all attempts give me errors.

 git clone http://drupalcode.org/project/adaptivetheme.git                        
Initialized empty Git repository in /home/eros/public_html/hedone.us/public/sites/all/themes/adaptivetheme/.git/
warning: remote HEAD refers to nonexistent ref, unable to checkout.

 git clone --branch 7.x-3.x http://drupalcode.org/project/adaptivetheme.git
Initialized empty Git repository in /home/eros/public_html/hedone.us/public/sites/all/themes/adaptivetheme/.git/
warning: Remote branch 7.x-3.x not found in upstream origin, using HEAD instead
warning: remote HEAD refers to nonexistent ref, unable to checkout.

Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong?

Probably nothing, I know there has been some stability issues on Drupal.org the past few days.

I am experiencing the same problem, as we know this is the cons of development version but still. It would have been better if we can get any hit of the issue so that we might be any help to solve it out.

dijup, you can, debug the git issue.

OK, I looked into this and it had something to do with a missing master (no idea why this is missing all of a sudden), I pushed a new master and then a few minutes later successfully cloned as anon the branch following the instructions in the project version control:

git clone --branch 7.x-3.x http://git.drupal.org/project/adaptivetheme.git

Hi, I've just installed Adaptive Theme 7.3 dev (March 22 2012) on a fresh Drupal install and am getting the following errors on the theme settings page.

    Warning: include_once(/inc/config.inc) [function.include-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in include_once() (line 8 of C:\wamp\www\tg3\sites\all\themes\adaptivetheme\at_core\theme-settings.php).
    Warning: include_once() [function.include]: Failed opening '/inc/config.inc' for inclusion (include_path='.;C:\php5\pear') in include_once() (line 8 of C:\wamp\www\tg3\sites\all\themes\adaptivetheme\at_core\theme-settings.php).
    Warning: include_once(/inc/theme.settings.submit.inc) [function.include-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in include_once() (line 166 of C:\wamp\www\tg3\sites\all\themes\adaptivetheme\at_core\theme-settings.php).
    Warning: include_once() [function.include]: Failed opening '/inc/theme.settings.submit.inc' for inclusion (include_path='.;C:\php5\pear') in include_once() (line 166 of C:\wamp\www\tg3\sites\all\themes\adaptivetheme\at_core\theme-settings.php).
    Warning: include_once(/inc/forms/settings.pagelayout.inc) [function.include-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in adaptivetheme_form_system_theme_settings_alter() (line 53 of C:\wamp\www\tg3\sites\all\themes\adaptivetheme\at_core\theme-settings.php).
    Warning: include_once() [function.include]: Failed opening '/inc/forms/settings.pagelayout.inc' for inclusion (include_path='.;C:\php5\pear') in adaptivetheme_form_system_theme_settings_alter() (line 53 of C:\wamp\www\tg3\sites\all\themes\adaptivetheme\at_core\theme-settings.php).
    Warning: include_once(/inc/forms/settings.responsivepanels.inc) [function.include-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in adaptivetheme_form_system_theme_settings_alter() (line 54 of C:\wamp\www\tg3\sites\all\themes\adaptivetheme\at_core\theme-settings.php).
    Warning: include_once() [function.include]: Failed opening '/inc/forms/settings.responsivepanels.inc' for inclusion (include_path='.;C:\php5\pear') in adaptivetheme_form_system_theme_settings_alter() (line 54 of C:\wamp\www\tg3\sites\all\themes\adaptivetheme\at_core\theme-settings.php).
    Warning: include_once(/inc/forms/settings.global.inc) [function.include-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in adaptivetheme_form_system_theme_settings_alter() (line 55 of C:\wamp\www\tg3\sites\all\themes\adaptivetheme\at_core\theme-settings.php).
    Warning: include_once() [function.include]: Failed opening '/inc/forms/settings.global.inc' for inclusion (include_path='.;C:\php5\pear') in adaptivetheme_form_system_theme_settings_alter() (line 55 of C:\wamp\www\tg3\sites\all\themes\adaptivetheme\at_core\theme-settings.php).
    Warning: include_once(/inc/forms/settings.debug.inc) [function.include-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in adaptivetheme_form_system_theme_settings_alter() (line 56 of C:\wamp\www\tg3\sites\all\themes\adaptivetheme\at_core\theme-settings.php).
    Warning: include_once() [function.include]: Failed opening '/inc/forms/settings.debug.inc' for inclusion (include_path='.;C:\php5\pear') in adaptivetheme_form_system_theme_settings_alter() (line 56 of C:\wamp\www\tg3\sites\all\themes\adaptivetheme\at_core\theme-settings.php).
    Warning: include_once(/inc/forms/settings.tweaks.inc) [function.include-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in adaptivetheme_form_system_theme_settings_alter() (line 118 of C:\wamp\www\tg3\sites\all\themes\adaptivetheme\at_core\theme-settings.php).
    Warning: include_once() [function.include]: Failed opening '/inc/forms/settings.tweaks.inc' for inclusion (include_path='.;C:\php5\pear') in adaptivetheme_form_system_theme_settings_alter() (line 118 of C:\wamp\www\tg3\sites\all\themes\adaptivetheme\at_core\theme-settings.php).

Also, the Layout and Extensions options are not working. Can someone help with what I need to do please?

Many thanks!

#7 - OK, I'll need to ping the webmasters and see if there is something wrong with the repo when the download archive is being built, there are clearly files missing from it.

Of course any one of you could of done that, since you know about it, what were some of you saying about wanting to help out?

#8 - if you can't pull from GIT then you ain't really gonna be much help, you will always be running stale code, and probably posting issues I already know about. If you want to help in development then install GIT and pull the repo using Tortoise GIT or similar, takes about 5 minutes to get set up.

I tested:

1. Download Drupal core 7.x-dev (actually you should use Drupal core dev, I have taken advantage of a new feature for forms)

2. Download Adaptivetheme 7.x-3.x-dev (tar.gz)

Installed Drupal, installed the sub-theme, turned on all the settings, changed the layout, etc etc - no issues encountered.

As I said earlier, please do not complain about dev versions, I CANNOT control when Drupal packs the archive that you download, if something breaks then its just bad luck and bad timing. Guys, I am running a big technology site on this version already - its running very sweaty at the moment.

Heres a test if you are still having the issue:

Look in adaptivetheme/at_core/template.php

Change the following line:
$path_to_at_core = DRUPAL_ROOT . '/' . drupal_get_path('theme', 'adaptivetheme');

to this:
$path_to_at_core = drupal_get_path('theme', 'adaptivetheme');

See if that clears the problem for you.

Another test is to install the Devel module and before doing anything run this in the same file, at the bottom:

dsm($path_to_at_core);

Reload a page in your site a couple of times and tell me what it says (if you can even run the theme).

they get Drupal to release correct dev versions

No they don't, we have no control over this. The packing script runs on a schedule, every 12 hours for DEV versions.

I have downloaded these archives and pulled from git as anon, I did both yesterday and it worked just fine.

Please see #11 for a possible issue, since this theme uses DRUPAL_ROOT constant for absolute path to includes files (this gives a performance improvement over using relative paths for includes).

What I need is help with improving some of the underlying architecture of the theme - this requires a very advanced PHP architect to suggest improvements - this means someone like heyrocker, Crell or chx. If I need UX advice I will ping Bojhan or Yoroy to take a look, if I need accessibility improvements I can talk to Everett or Mike Gifford. Why would I prefer to ask these people? Because the motivation they have is not self directed - its for the greater good of the entire community, for the betterment of humanity - this is what open source is about - improving everyones lives, not just your own.

Add this to at_core/theme-settings.php around line 8, just below "global $path_to_at_core":

$path_to_at_core = drupal_get_path('theme', 'adaptivetheme');

Ta Daa!

Oh dang, thats what I was afraid of, thank-you hobgobbler, that tells me the issue exactly.

I have pushed a change to GIT, so will mark as needs review. It removes the DRUPAL_ROOT constant from $path_to_at_core in template.php, so this will in essence work the same as hobgobbler's workaround, but fixes it at the source of the issue.

Part of this could have been using Seven theme, since I never use this theme and had not done any testing in Seven, seems trivial thing but it did make a difference and I did get some errors when switching to Seven, now I have fixed these issues also.

I have rather revamped the whole way paths are now applied, this should no longer be an issue.