[Xerte-dev] Re: odd problem after upgrade to 1.9

Ron Mitchell ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk
Wed Dec 19 23:31:19 GMT 2012


Yes dropping over the top is fine.
Although it does change the authentication to guest by default which is good for testing all is ok but not so good for those who aren't aware what to do to change the auth settings.

On 19 Dec 2012, at 23:19, Pat Lockley <patrick.lockley at googlemail.com> wrote:

> it should be, I can't see why not
> 
> 
> On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 11:18 PM, Julian Tenney <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:
>> so dropping over te top is OK?
>> ________________________________________
>> From: xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Ron Mitchell [ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk]
>> Sent: 19 December 2012 09:21
>> To: 'For Xerte technical developers'
>> Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: odd problem after upgrade to 1.9
>> 
>> Hi Pat
>> I've not had any problems dropping updates over the top before unless of course the update has bugs but obviously it's always advisable to backup database and directories just in case.
>> 
>> On this occasion it seems your first hunch was correct - some kind of cache at play - because this morning creating new projects is working fine without any changes.
>> 
>> As I mentioned I had already cleared browser cache and tried different browsers and restarted Apache so perhaps there's some kind of proxy cache in play that has now cleared. Or perhaps a server setting which isn't affected by restarting Apache.  The person at the college who would know about proxy etc is on leave now so I can't check until January. But at least it's working now!
>> 
>> Cheers
>> Ron
>> 
>> From: xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Pat Lockley
>> Sent: 18 December 2012 21:25
>> To: For Xerte technical developers
>> Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: odd problem after upgrade to 1.9
>> 
>> If I was guessing i'd say 1.9 can't be dropped over the top then, but I don't know that's true
>> 
>> On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 9:26 PM, Ron Mitchell <ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk<mailto:ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk>> wrote:
>> Thanks Pat
>> I did try clearing cache and also restarted Apache too.
>> Will explore further and report back tomorrow.
>> Cheers
>> Ron
>> 
>> From: xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk> [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>] On Behalf Of Pat Lockley
>> Sent: 18 December 2012 21:12
>> To: For Xerte technical developers
>> Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: odd problem after upgrade to 1.9
>> 
>> Sounds like cached javascript, those extra numbers are the browser window sizes
>> 
>> On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 9:11 PM, Ron Mitchell <ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk<mailto:ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk>> wrote:
>> Hi all
>> I'm reporting this now just in case others find the same problem and if so I'd be keen to know...
>> 
>> I upgraded a 1.8 install earlier and expected it to be problem free but I'm seeing an odd problem and need to do some more testing tomorrow but something to look out for:
>> 
>> All was working fine before the upgrade but after upgrade I noticed that in IE when I click to create a new project nothing happens. If I then refresh the project is there and I can edit ok. This sounded like a problem Tom reported previously and I suggested was down to a pop-up blocker but it seems not.
>> 
>> If I click to create a new project in another browser I do get a pop up but the url ends with something like /edit.php?template_id=11,800,665 which seems to be breaking the editor link. If I trim the ,800,665 and put the rest in a new window all is fine e.g. I can edit the project.
>> 
>> Clicking edit on any existing projects or newly created projects after refresh works fine too so it just seems to be a problem when creating a new project.
>> 
>> I'm baffled as to why this would crop up with this upgrade when it hasn't on the Techdis server.
>> 
>> I'll test further tomorrow but if anyone can replicate this or has any ideas please share your findings.
>> 
>> Cheers
>> Ron
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