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#13121 Cannot set up Dropbox authentication Akeeba 3.4.3

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Latest post by nicholas on Thursday, 02 August 2012 04:04 CDT

oorzaak
Mandatory information about my setup:

Have I read the related troubleshooter articles above before posting (which pages?)? Yes
Have I searched the tickets before posting? Yes
Have I read the documentation before posting (which pages?)? Yes
Joomla! version: 1.5.26
PHP version: 5.3.15
MySQL version: 5.5.24
Akeeba Backup version: 3.4.3

Description of my issue:

Hi Nicholas,

When setting up Dropbox post processing I click the button "Authentication step 1" but nothing happens: no pop-up or modal box (I also have J2.5.6 sites with Akeeba 3.5.2 so I can tell the difference). As noting happens in Step 1, clicking Step 2 results in this message:

ERROR: Could not complete authentication; please retry

I hope you can help me.

Kind regards, Frits

oorzaak
I've noticed that this issue is present on some of my 1.5.26 sites but not on all. I cannot see what makes the difference.

Frits

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
I think you have a popup blocker or an Internet security software blocking the pop-up. Step 1 does nothing more than open a popup dialog with a Dropbox URL.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

πŸ‡¬πŸ‡·Greek: native πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§English: excellent πŸ‡«πŸ‡·French: basic β€’ πŸ• My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

oorzaak
Hi Nicholas,

The problem was very persistent in two sites, while other sites had no problems at all, using the same browser. In the end I have deinstalled and reinstalled Akeeba and this solved the problem.

Thanks, Frits

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
Hm, sounds like a botched update. Sometimes that happens. When Joomla!'s extensions installer sees a file or folder it can't write to it ignores it without a warning or error message. This misleads you into believing that the extension was update when, in fact, it isn't :(

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

πŸ‡¬πŸ‡·Greek: native πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§English: excellent πŸ‡«πŸ‡·French: basic β€’ πŸ• My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

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