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#38660 private ticket #38654

Posted in ‘Akeeba Backup for Joomla! 4 & 5’
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Latest post by nicholas on Sunday, 05 March 2023 03:01 CST

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EXTREMELY IMPORTANT: Please attach a ZIP file containing your Akeeba Backup log file in order for us to help you with any backup or restoration issue. If the file is over 10MiB, please upload it on your server and post a link to it.

 

Hello,

I've done as instructed - two different downloads, two installations in a row, cache cleared.
Back in - still the same.

Please find attached the screenshot, with the advanced sections clearly missing.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1GZWL5cG52MoDrqrWGY8-aAg3jNfq5fCq?usp=sharing
By the way, I think I tried to attach a similar screenshot when raising the original ticket, but I think your system disallows PNG files (which is the standard file type for screenshots with the Snipping Tool.

Please advise what can be done to have the full functionality as per your website / videos.
Not really much of a change between Free and Pro version without it.

Thanks.
Regards,
BB

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager

Let me start with a side note: all common image file types are allowed as uploads as long as their file extension is lowercase (.png, .jpg, .gif,… but NOT .PNG, .JPG, .GIF,…). The latter cause various problems across different browsers and also trip up Joomla's file upload protection. I suspect that your files have an uppercase extension as seen in the Google Drive sharing URL you pasted above.

Seeing your screenshot I can tell you that you definitely have a JavaScript issue which would affect equally the Core and the Pro version. Everything that's missing is rendered by JavaScript, as has been the case since 2009. That code is common between Core and Pro. The only thing that changes is that the Core version hides some of the fields which are not relevant for it, i.e. the fields controlling features the PHP code for which is not shipped with the Core version. If you've already installed twice and cleared the browser's cache there are only a few things left to check:

  • For some reason, e.g. file permissions, Joomla failed to copy all the necessary files.
  • There could be an external cache in front of your site, e.g. CloudFlare, which still serves the old files.
  • There's a third party plugin which is breaking JavaScript.

Since these are the more technical issues you cannot check yourself I will need to have access to your site.

I have made this ticket private so that only you and me can see the information posted here.

Please provide me with the following information:

  1. The URL to your site's administrator login page
  2. Super User username and password
  3. FTP connection information


Please allow up to one business day (GMT+2 timezone) for me to log in to your site and debug this issue. When I'm done I will post back. Once the issue is fixed, you can revoke my access e.g. by changing the Super Administrator and FTP passwords.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION
In order for me to help you fast and accurately, please provide the information by copying the form below, paste it into your reply and fill in the information:

----- Access Information Form -- START -----
Super Administrator access

  • URL to site's administrator page (e.g. http://www.example.com/administrator?foobar):
  • Super User username:
  • Super User password:


FTP connection information

  • FTP methods supported (e.g. FTP, FTPS, SFTP):
  • FTP Hostname:
  • FTP Username:
  • FTP Password:
  • FTP Port (if other than 21 for FTP and 22 for SFTP, ask your host):


----- Access Information Form -- END -----

Please make sure that you have tested the Super Administrator connection using a different browser or machine than the one you are using daily. Double check that logging in is possible and that the user has Super User privileges, i.e. it's not a regular Administrator. Make sure that your site does not block whole countries or IP ranges which would make it impossible for me to log in / connect by FTP. Finally, please do make sure that the FTP connection works and that logging in to it I have access to your site's files.

Kindly note that your site connection information and your site content is handled in strict confidence. Not only we are a reputable development company, we are also bound by law (EU GDPR) to do so. After you file your reply, the connection information to your site will be stored in an encrypted, hidden storage area on our site and will be automatically deleted when this ticket is closed. Finally keep in mind that the people providing support to you are the same developers who wrote the software you're using on your site.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

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