Update of module not displayed

[alve89]

Hi all!

I just wrote a simple module (version 1.0.0) and added an update server in the XML file. Then I created the update_module.xml on my update server, made a copy of my module (onto the update server) and changed its version to 1.0.1.
After installing version 1.0.0 I don't get an available update displayed, even not after clicking "Search for updates" within the extension manager. But I see the correct path to my update_module.xml file, so actually it should work.

I attached three files:
- the installed module (mod-...-JOOMLA.zip)
- update_mod-...-UPDATE.xml.txt (I needed to add .txt in order to be able to upload the file)
- the new version of the module (mod-...-UPDATE.zip)


Could please anyone tell me what I miss?!


Thanks so much in advance!

Regards
Stefan

[imanickam]

Reviewed the files. The issue is in the version (i.e. 3.1) specified in the following tag:

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<targetplatform name="joomla" version="3.1"/>

Change it to 3.* as shown below:

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<targetplatform name="joomla" version="3.*"/>

If you want this extension is valid for the Joomla! versions 3.6 and above, change it as shown below:

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<targetplatform name="joomla" version="3.[56789]"/>

Review of the document https://issues.joomla.org/tracker/joomla-cms/5546 in the Jooma! Developers Network would be of help in understanding issue.

I changed the version of Joomla! to 3.1.0 and the update appeared and could install the v1.0.1 of the extension successfully.

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Observed that the version mentioned in the following tag is mentioned as 3.1.0

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<extension type="module" version="3.1.0" client="site" method="upgrade">

Suggest changing the version to the just the major and minor version of Joomla! for which the extension has been made. Example: 3.5 (NOT as 3.5.0)

[alve89]

Great, that worked for me, thank you!

Was it possible that you check these two .xml files as well? Because the update of this component isn't displayed, too.

Components XML:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<extension type="component" version="3.5" method="upgrade">
 
	<name>Soapbox</name>
	<!-- The following elements are optional and free of formatting constraints -->
	<creationDate>July 2016</creationDate>
	<author>Stefan Herzog</author>
	<authorEmail>[email protected]</authorEmail>
	<authorUrl>http://joomla.apps.stefan-herzog.com</authorUrl>
	<copyright>Copyright Info</copyright>
	<license>License Info</license>
	<!--  The version string is recorded in the components table -->
	<version>1.0.0</version>
	<!-- The description is optional and defaults to the name -->
	<description>Diese Komponente ermöglicht die Verwaltung von Seifenkistenrennen. Es können Teams, Zeiten, etc. eingetragen werden.</description>
 
 	<install> <!-- Runs on install -->
		<sql>
			<file driver="mysql" charset="utf8">sql/install.mysql.utf8.sql</file>
		</sql>
	</install>
	<uninstall> <!-- Runs on uninstall -->
		<sql>
			<file driver="mysql" charset="utf8">sql/uninstall.mysql.utf8.sql</file>
		</sql>
	</uninstall>
 
	<update> <!-- Runs on update; New since J2.5 -->
		<schemas>
			<schemapath type="mysql">sql/updates/mysql</schemapath>
		</schemas>
	</update>
 
	<!-- Site Main File Copy Section -->
	<!-- Note the folder attribute: This attribute describes the folder
		to copy FROM in the package to install therefore files copied
		in this section are copied from /site/ in the package -->
	<files folder="site">
		<filename>index.html</filename>
		<filename>soapbox.php</filename>
		<filename>controller.php</filename>
		<folder>views</folder>
		<folder>models</folder>
	</files>
 
	<administration>
		<!-- Administration Menu Section -->
		<menu link='index.php?option=com_soapbox'>SOAPBOX</menu>
		<!-- Administration Main File Copy Section -->
		<!-- Note the folder attribute: This attribute describes the folder
			to copy FROM in the package to install therefore files copied
			in this section are copied from /admin/ in the package -->
		<files folder="admin">
			<!-- Admin Main File Copy Section -->
			<filename>index.html</filename>
			<filename>soapbox.php</filename>
			<!-- SQL files section -->
			<folder>sql</folder>
			<!-- tables files section -->
			<folder>tables</folder>
			<!-- models files section -->
			<folder>models</folder>
		</files>
	</administration>
 	<updateservers>
		<server type="extension" priority="1" name="Soapbox">http://joomla.apps.stefan-herzog.com/update_com_soapbox.xml</server>
	</updateservers>
</extension>

Update XML:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<updates>
	<update>
		<name>Soapbox</name>
		<description>Version 1.0.1</description>
		<element>com_soapbox</element>
		<type>component</type>
		<version>1.0.1</version>
		<downloads>
			<downloadurl type="full" format="zip">http://joomla.apps.stefan-herzog.com/com_soapbox_002.zip</downloadurl>
		</downloads>
		<tags>stable</tags>
		<maintainer>Joomla</maintainer>
		<maintainerurl>http://joomla.apps.stefan-herzog.com</maintainerurl>
		<targetplatform name="joomla" version="3.[56789]"/>
		<client>site</client>
	</update>
</updates>

Thank you!

[imanickam]

Reviewed the files and it looks like the issue is the value specified in the following tag defined in the update xml file:

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<client>site</client>

If you change the value to 1 the problem should be resolved.

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<client>1</client>

The reason being, component's belong to Admin - NOT Site.

Review of the document https://docs.joomla.org/Deploying_an_Update_Server would be of help; especially, the following quotes.

client - Required for modules and templates as of 3.2.0. - The client ID of the extension, which can be found by looking inside the #__extensions table. To date, use 0 for "site" and 1 for "administrator". Plugins and front-end modules are automatically installed with a client of 0 (site), but you will need to specify the client in an update or it will default to 1 (administrator) and then found update would not be shown because it would not match any extension. Components are automatically installed with a client of 1, which is currently the default.

The values of element, type, client_id and folder should match those in the table #__extensions.

Note: I have tested this by setting the value client id to 0 (for your component com_soapbox) in the table _extensions and matched the element, type, & client and the update showed. The file specified in the update xml file has been downloaded and the version changed as 1.0.0 for this test.

[alve89]

Oh man, you're awesome! I thank you so much!