Clean reinstall
mcload - June 18, 2009 - 12:33
| Project: | Advanced Profile Kit |
| Version: | 6.x-1.0-alpha3 |
| Component: | User interface |
| Category: | support request |
| Priority: | normal |
| Assigned: | Unassigned |
| Status: | closed |
Description
I had APK alpha2+Panels 2 for testing APK. Now I want to test APK alpha3. I saw that there is no update between, so I tried to completly uninstall APK+Panels and do a clean install of APK alpha3+Panels 3. I disabled both modules and then uninstalled Panels (APK did not have an uninstall). Then uploaded latest version of Panels, APK, CCK, Content Profile and enabled them, today. However, profile panels page looks missing in parts. It shows only Links, Profile visitors, Add comment panes. I suspect something was still left behind in panels from APK alpha2+Panels 2. How can I do a clean reinstall?
#1
Now I uninstalled APK, Content profile, author pane. Deleted uprofile content type. Deleted user profile nodes. Updated to dev. version of author pane and installed the modules.
Now, profile page shows only author pane and profile visitors. When I click on "edit panel", I get the page attached as an image to this message. Is it normal?
#2
I had just installed the latest and greatest versions of APK and it's dependencies. I have no previous experience of the module. I get the same situation, and I can't figure out how to get it to work.
#3
It looks normal other than you don't seem to have enabled "Views content panes". Are you sure you have the latest CCK and that you have a profile node created for the user you are viewing?
Michelle
#4
Thank you. Enabling "Views content panes" solved most of the the problems. Also I saw that I had the problem descriped at http://drupal.org/node/335597 so text fields were not shown on the profile. I solved it by disable/enabling the content modules, so it looks like all the problem are fixed.
#5
Great, thanks for letting me know. :)
Michelle
#6
I believe I am also seeing something similar but in my case "Views content panes" module was already enabled. As for CCK I only had "Number" and "User Reference" disabled so I enabled them but no luck. As I edit the profile I can see the fields but they don't display on the main page.
I am attaching my view, edit, and edit-pane screens. I feel like I am pretty close to making this work.
P.S. I used cck-6.x-2.2.tar.gz.
#7
@SalihErgut: You are using an old version of CCK. You need to upgrade.
Michelle
#8
Thanks Michelle. I upgraded the CCK. I see some improvements: Interests & Stats blocks can be viewed now but others such as "About Me", "contacts", "links", etc. are not visible. Also the title for Interests is missing.
Do I need to uninstall APK and reinstall after the upgrade?
#9
I don't see anything obviously wrong, other than you're not using Author Pane. Totally uninstalling APK, including reverting the handler, is probably your best bet. There really isn't an upgrade path from alpha 2. I did try to tell people not to use it but 1700 people didn't listen to me and now folks are having troubles with a messy upgrade. :(
Michelle
#10
I'm in the same boat "Dominion". I am new and read the "readme" file and had no luck on getting it to work. i noticed in "installation in drupal 5" it mentioned "Copy the .tpl.php files in advanced_profile/theme to your theme's root directory. You only need to copy the .css file if you want to alter it." but in drupal 6 it does not mentioned it in the "readme" section. Is there a video tutorial or another documentation on setting this module to work?
#11
There is no need to copy the .tpl.php files in Drupal 6 version.
#12
@DJMY-drupal : You need to provide more details than saying it doesn't work. It does work if you follow the steps exactly. Make sure you are using the latest readme in the dev snapshot. Don't follow the 5.x docs. They don't apply.
Also, the "needs work" status is for patches and so is not appropriate here.
Michelle
#13
Hi Michelle,
Why do you think I am not using Author Pane? I have it installed and enabled. I wonder if I have something wrong with the configuration. I only installed the latest alpha3 version APK from the beginning. I never upgraded it. I was asking whether complete reinstall is required after upgrading the CCK not the APK. But I will try to completely uninstall and follow your steps and will let you know the results.
I am not sure what you mean by "reverting the handler" but I saw your uninstall guide in some of the posts. I will try to find it.
Thanks again...
#14
@SalihErgut: I was basing that on the fact that your edit content page says it's missing. If you weren't using the Panels 2 version, then you don't need to uninstall. When you add onto an issue about doing a clean re-install after Panels 2, I'm going to assume that's what you're doing. If you're not, there's no need to re-install.
Michelle
#15
hmm, I got mine working after a bit of work. I disabled content profile, and that broke my drupal installation, so I just went on and deleted everything (Drupal, and database) and did a clean reinstall of everything. Luckily I didn't lose much and it was not a live site yet.
With the second installation, I followed the readme point by point. And it just worked.... I did have to import the uprofile.inc at step 6b of the readme though.
Works great now though :) Adding fields and customizing is simple and straightforward.
#16
Yeah, that step calls up content copy programatically. The problem is that there are so many fields it often times out and doesn't give any error message when you are calling it from code. I'm going to have to simply take that bit out and explain to people how to import it manually.
Marking this fixed... Seems like most folks are figuring it out. If there's still people with problems, please make a new issue per problem rather than piling them all together. I'm still not officially supporting APK, yet, as I'm in over my head with Advanced Forum 2.x, but I do try to help folks when I can.
Michelle
#17
Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.