By michaeltt on

Upgrading Panels to most recent version that requires Ctools, and running the update script there was an error. I don't know what it referred to. Since then I have not been able to get panels working. I fully uninstalled both modules, cleared the cache, reinstalled. Have lost all my old panels, but when creating new ones, am not able to add content. This just gives a blank screen, a page with no content.

I would like to clean the system of any old data that may be blocking this, and start again, but even then I can't seem to be able to create panel content in either panel pages or panel nodes.

Any ideas would be appreciated.

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entrigan’s picture

entrigan commented

have you run update.php? perhaps the db tables are out of date. Also dont forget to try clearing the cache.

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michaeltt commented

I ran update, cleared caches, removed and uninstalled, then reinstalled. Still unable to add content. I have since gone back to the earlier discontinued version of panels which works fine.

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dadderley commented

I just updated to the newest version of panels on 3 different sites. It looked like it was going to be a difficult task, but it turned out to be an easy one.

Do a backup, then try this.
The trick is to install Ctools first and make sure that Page Manager is enabled. Then install panels-6.x-3.0-rc1 and run the update. I did this and all of my panels and mini panels survived intact. The module designers did a nice job, but they might have stressed the importance of installing Ctools before upgrading your panels installation. There is mention of this on the project page, then again I am the impulsive type and tend to read the instructions after I do things.

My very first attempt was on a test site where I updated panels without having ctools installed and I lost my panels.

Cheers

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michaeltt commented

I started again with a backup database, installed ctools first, then replaced the panels module with the new one and it worked.

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dadderley commented

Glad it worked out for you, its easy when you know how.