mbabker wrote:
Go to the Extension Manager and on the Database tab make sure that everything is up-to-date. Click fix if any errors are reported. If the menu item still isn't showing up, using a tool such as phpMyAdmin, run this query on your site's database:
Code:
INSERT INTO `#__menu` (`menutype`, `title`, `alias`, `note`, `path`, `link`, `type`, `published`, `parent_id`, `level`, `component_id`, `ordering`, `checked_out`, `checked_out_time`, `browserNav`, `access`, `img`, `template_style_id`, `params`, `lft`, `rgt`, `home`, `language`, `client_id`) VALUES
('menu', 'com_finder', 'Smart Search', '', 'Smart Search', 'index.php?option=com_finder', 'component', 0, 1, 1, 27, 0, 0, '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 0, 0, 'class:finder', 0, '', 41, 42, 0, '*', 1);
Make sure to replace the #__ prefix with your own table prefix.
This wasn't enough for me. The "27" in the component_id column links to the #__extensions table. That row didn't exist, so I had to insert it:
Code:
INSERT INTO `#__extensions` VALUES
(27,'com_finder','component','com_finder','',1,1,1,0,'{\"legacy\":false,\"name\":\"com_finder\",\"type\":\"component\",\"creationDate\":\"August 2011\",\"author\":\"Joomla! Project\",\"copyright\":\"(C) 2005 - 2012 Open Source Matters. All rights reserved.\",\"authorEmail\":\"admin@joomla.org\",\"authorUrl\":\"www.joomla.org\",\"version\":\"2.5.0\",\"description\":\"COM_FINDER_XML_DESCRIPTION\",\"group\":\"\"}','{}','','',0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00',0,0);
Still not finished. There are rows for the plugin that weren't in the #__extensions table either, so I had to insert them:
Code:
INSERT INTO `#__extensions` VALUES
(NULL,'plg_content_finder','plugin','finder','content',0,1,1,0,'{\"legacy\":false,\"name\":\"plg_content_finder\",\"type\":\"plugin\",\"creationDate\":\"December 2011\",\"author\":\"Joomla! Project\",\"copyright\":\"Copyright (C) 2005 - 2012 Open Source Matters. All rights reserved.\",\"authorEmail\":\"admin@joomla.org\",\"authorUrl\":\"www.joomla.org\",\"version\":\"2.5.0\",\"description\":\"PLG_CONTENT_FINDER_XML_DESCRIPTION\",\"group\":\"\"}','{}','','',0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00',0,0),
(NULL,'plg_finder_categories','plugin','categories','finder',0,1,1,0,'{\"legacy\":false,\"name\":\"plg_finder_categories\",\"type\":\"plugin\",\"creationDate\":\"August 2011\",\"author\":\"Joomla! Project\",\"copyright\":\"(C) 2005 - 2012 Open Source Matters. All rights reserved.\",\"authorEmail\":\"admin@joomla.org\",\"authorUrl\":\"www.joomla.org\",\"version\":\"2.5.0\",\"description\":\"PLG_FINDER_CATEGORIES_XML_DESCRIPTION\",\"group\":\"\"}','{}','','',0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00',0,0),(NULL,'plg_finder_contacts','plugin','contacts','finder',0,1,1,0,'{\"legacy\":false,\"name\":\"plg_finder_contacts\",\"type\":\"plugin\",\"creationDate\":\"August 2011\",\"author\":\"Joomla! Project\",\"copyright\":\"(C) 2005 - 2012 Open Source Matters. All rights reserved.\",\"authorEmail\":\"admin@joomla.org\",\"authorUrl\":\"www.joomla.org\",\"version\":\"2.5.0\",\"description\":\"PLG_FINDER_CONTACTS_XML_DESCRIPTION\",\"group\":\"\"}','{}','','',0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00',0,0),
(NULL,'plg_finder_content','plugin','content','finder',0,1,1,0,'{\"legacy\":false,\"name\":\"plg_finder_content\",\"type\":\"plugin\",\"creationDate\":\"August 2011\",\"author\":\"Joomla! Project\",\"copyright\":\"(C) 2005 - 2012 Open Source Matters. All rights reserved.\",\"authorEmail\":\"admin@joomla.org\",\"authorUrl\":\"www.joomla.org\",\"version\":\"2.5.0\",\"description\":\"PLG_FINDER_CONTENT_XML_DESCRIPTION\",\"group\":\"\"}','{}','','',0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00',0,0),(NULL,'plg_finder_newsfeeds','plugin','newsfeeds','finder',0,1,1,0,'{\"legacy\":false,\"name\":\"plg_finder_newsfeeds\",\"type\":\"plugin\",\"creationDate\":\"August 2011\",\"author\":\"Joomla! Project\",\"copyright\":\"(C) 2005 - 2012 Open Source Matters. All rights reserved.\",\"authorEmail\":\"admin@joomla.org\",\"authorUrl\":\"www.joomla.org\",\"version\":\"2.5.0\",\"description\":\"PLG_FINDER_NEWSFEEDS_XML_DESCRIPTION\",\"group\":\"\"}','{}','','',0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00',0,0);
(NULL,'plg_finder_weblinks','plugin','weblinks','finder',0,1,1,0,'{\"legacy\":false,\"name\":\"plg_finder_weblinks\",\"type\":\"plugin\",\"creationDate\":\"August 2011\",\"author\":\"Joomla! Project\",\"copyright\":\"(C) 2005 - 2012 Open Source Matters. All rights reserved.\",\"authorEmail\":\"admin@joomla.org\",\"authorUrl\":\"www.joomla.org\",\"version\":\"2.5.0\",\"description\":\"PLG_FINDER_WEBLINKS_XML_DESCRIPTION\",\"group\":\"\"}','{}','','',0,'0000-00-00 00:00:00',0,0);
