Getting 404 after site restored on localhost Topic is solved

[aliteejay]

I am trying to install backup copy of a Joomla 3.10, i downloaded the root folder via ftp, and imported the database, however site is not visible via localhost, am getting 404 not found error, what is the right config here, attached is current configuration

[Webdongle]

https://docs.joomla.org/Copying_a_Jooml ... _Method.29 is probably the best way to transfer.

Having said that
rename your .htaccess

Edit your configuration.php file (you will need to edit write permissions on windows)

public $sef_rewrite = false;

Wamp windows
public $log_path = 'C:\\wamp64\\www\\j426\\administrator/logs';
public $tmp_path = 'C:\\wamp64\\www\\j426/tmp';
(or similar if not wamp64)
Don't know the path Mamp or Ubuntu


If that is too complicated then refer to https://docs.joomla.org/Copying_a_Jooml ... _Method.29

[aliteejay]

https://docs.joomla.org/Copying_a_Jooml ... _Method.29 is probably the best way to transfer.

Having said that
rename your .htaccess

Edit your configuration.php file (you will need to edit write permissions on windows)

public $sef_rewrite = false;

Wamp windows
public $log_path = 'C:\\wamp64\\www\\j426\\administrator/logs';
public $tmp_path = 'C:\\wamp64\\www\\j426/tmp';
(or similar if not wamp64)
Don't know the path Mamp or Ubuntu


If that is too complicated then refer to https://docs.joomla.org/Copying_a_Jooml ... _Method.29

Cheers, have done all this, how do i edit write permissions, am running xampp server on windows, what am i doing wrong or not doing

[AMurray]

To edit file/folder permissions in Windows, in Windows Explorer, right click the folder(s), and uncheck the 'read only' check box. (?). Click "yes" if it prompts something about applying the change to all sub-folders and files.

There is no "CHMOD" in Windows as such.

[aliteejay]

To edit file/folder permissions in Windows, in Windows Explorer, right click the folder(s), and uncheck the 'read only' check box. (?). Click "yes" if it prompts something about applying the change to all sub-folders and files.

There is no "CHMOD" in Windows as such.

Do you mean unchecking read only on properties, on all root folders & files,

[sozzled]

404 errors usually have nothing to do with file permissions. If you want better advice, use the Forum Post Assistant tool (see the pink area at the top of this page for more information). You’re wasting your time messing around with file permissions, esp. in a single-user Windows environment.

404 errors usually occur because your menu items are wrong and you need to fix them. For example, menu items or links that use absolute URLs, not relative URLs. That’s just one example. There are other causes but it’s quite unlikely your problems have anything to do with file permissions.

[Webdongle]

404 errors usually have nothing to do with file permissions. ...

Two totally separate issues squashed into one sentence creating a false premise.

The cause of the 404 could well be 'public $sef_rewrite = true;', so it needs to be set to 'public $sef_rewrite = false;'
In order to do that the configuration.php needs to be edited.
To edit the configuration.php (when it is on a Windows OS) the 'read only' may need to be taken off the file.

To check right click the file. With xampp it will be found somewhere in something like C:\\xampp\ht_docs\yourfoldername

read only 01.JPG

If the readonly box is selected like

read only 02.JPG

Deselect it like

read only 03.JPG

This will allow you to save edits made to the configuration.php.

You need to check the database user and pass in the configuration.php as well.
Default database user: root
Default database password:
Is left blank.


But you will save yourself a lot of time by using Akeeba to copy the site. It has an installer packed in the backup that will put everything in the correct place.

[aliteejay]

404 errors usually have nothing to do with file permissions. If you want better advice, use the Forum Post Assistant tool (see the pink area at the top of this page for more information). You’re wasting your time messing around with file permissions, esp. in a single-user Windows environment.

404 errors usually occur because your menu items are wrong and you need to fix them. For example, menu items or links that use absolute URLs, not relative URLs. That’s just one example. There are other causes but it’s quite unlikely your problems have anything to do with file permissions.

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hi, attached is result of fpa script, your instruction on php setting was very uplifting, am ultimately hoping to do a successful migration to J4, we use virtuemart component, VM 4. payment option button has seized working on J3.10, after upgrading Php version from 7.4, to 8.0, J4 however works fine, is there a way i can temporary fix this for a live site, only paypal payment options works, when one checks any other option, nothing, as you to choose payment option again, cheers

[Webdongle]

Did you originally install
1. Using Virtuemart quickstart package
or
2. Using Joomla full package then install Virtuemart into Joomla

[aliteejay]

Did you originally install
1. Using Virtuemart quickstart package
or
2. Using Joomla full package then install Virtuemart into Joomla

I don't understand your question, what am trying to do, is restore a copy of a live site, to local server, have uploaded the database, site is a J3.10 with VM 4.0.8, to the xampp, tried restoration with akeeba & ftp, non be successful so far, just trying to restore the backup, then migrate to J4

[sozzled]

The database connection credentials (username and password) that appear in plain text in the file configuration.php are invalid for your XAMPP installation.

The database connection credentials look like this:

Code: Select all

	public $user = 'root';
	public $password = '';
	public $db = 'mydata';
	public $dbprefix = 'db_';

Have you created a database named mydata in phpMyAdmin? Is the database username = root and the password for that database = <null-string>? Was the database (named mydata) completely empty (i.e. no tables in it) before you tried to use that database to create your test site on XAMPP? If there were tables in that database (esp. if the tables used the table prefix db_, this may explain the problems you're having.

[Webdongle]

@aliteejay
Your database credentials are correct because
* The fpa can connect to it and define the default Admin Template
isis (1.0) is underlined
There is no frontend Template defined as default ... this could cause problems
* By default there is no database password for xampp

If you used Virtuemart's quick install that could also be a problem.

[aliteejay]

@aliteejay
Your database credentials are correct because
* The fpa can connect to it and define the default Admin Template
isis (1.0) is underlined
There is no frontend Template defined as default ... this could cause problems
* By default there is no database password for xampp

If you used Virtuemart's quick install that could also be a problem.

Exactly, previous restored backup on my android pc worked, cos it was using default Joomla template, this backup however has now paid templates, yes am using no password for user on xampp, & yes i change the prefix, & yes i have uploaded the database to phpmyadmin, on my pc, change the prefix to db, do i need to set the frontend template to default Joomla template, i used default admin template as you can see,

[aliteejay]

Virtuemart doesn't work offline, needs to be connected to the internet, so are alot of plugins, which frankly i need help sorting out, you reckon setting the frontend template in the database table will resolve it,

[Webdongle]

VM might be using hard coded url. Yes try setting default Template to Protostar.

"change the prefix to db," hmmm the database prefix should be the same in the copy as in the live site.

[aliteejay]

after setting frontend template to Joomla default template & regenerated fpa report, which is post under, as per the db prefix, i did change it, after uploading it to the hard drive, as in local host, you reckon i should edit it to match the live site, it just weird, have tried restoration via akeeba & fta, both not function, when i try browse localhost/www.mysite.com, it just redirect to the life site at mysite.com, that is the restoration via ftp

Joomla! Instance :: Joomla! 3.10.11-Stable (Daraja) 14-August-2022
Joomla! Platform :: Joomla Platform 13.1.0-Stable (Curiosity) 24-Apr-2013
Joomla! Configured :: Yes | Writable (666) |
Configuration Options :: Offline: false | SEF: true | SEF Suffix: false | SEF ReWrite: false | .htaccess/web.config: No | GZip: false | Cache: false | CacheTime: 15 | CacheHandler: file | CachePlatformPrefix: false | FTP Layer: N/A | Proxy: N/A | LiveSite: | Session lifetime: 15 | Session handler: database | Shared sessions: false | SSL: 0 | Error Reporting: default | Site Debug: false | Language Debug: false | Default Access: Public | Unicode Slugs: false | dbConnection Type: mysqli | PHP Supports J! 3.10.11: Yes | Database Supports J! 3.10.11: Yes | Database Credentials Present: Password missing |

Host Configuration :: OS: Windows NT | OS Version: 10.0 | Technology: AMD64 | Web Server: Apache/2.4.53 (Win64) OpenSSL/1.1.1n PHP/8.1.5 | Encoding: gzip, deflate, br | System TMP Writable: Yes | Free Disk Space : 401.43 GiB |

PHP Configuration :: Version: 8.1.5 | PHP API: apache2handler | Session Path Writable: Yes | Display Errors: 0 | Error Reporting: 22527 | Log Errors To: C:\xampp\php\logs\php_error_log | Last Known Error: | Register Globals: | Magic Quotes: | Safe Mode: | Allow url fopen: 1 | Open Base: | Uploads: 1 | Max. Upload Size: 64M | Max. POST Size: 128M | Max. Input Time: 60 | Max. Execution Time: 120 | Memory Limit: 512M

Database Configuration :: Version: 10.4.24-MariaDB (Client:mysqlnd 8.1.5) | Database Size: 24.33 MiB | #of Tables with config prefix:  191 | #of other Tables:  0 | User Privileges : GRANT PROXY

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Potential Missing Extensions :: gd |

Switch User Environment :: PHP CGI: No | Server SU: No | PHP SU: No | Potential Ownership Issues: No

Apache Modules :: core | mod_win32 | mpm_winnt | http_core | mod_so | mod_access_compat | mod_actions | mod_alias | mod_allowmethods | mod_asis | mod_auth_basic | mod_authn_core | mod_authn_file | mod_authz_core | mod_authz_groupfile | mod_authz_host | mod_authz_user | mod_autoindex | mod_cgi | mod_dav_lock | mod_dir | mod_env | mod_headers | mod_include | mod_info | mod_isapi | mod_log_config | mod_cache_disk | mod_mime | mod_negotiation | mod_proxy | mod_proxy_ajp | mod_rewrite | mod_setenvif | mod_socache_shmcb | mod_ssl | mod_status | mod_version | mod_php | Apache/2.4.53 (Win64) OpenSSL/1.1.1n PHP/8.1.5 |
Potential Missing Modules :: mod_expires | mod_deflate |

Core Folders :: images/ (Writable) | components/ (Writable) | modules/ (Writable) | plugins/ (Writable) | language/ (Writable) | templates/ (Writable) | cache/ (Writable) | logs/ (Does Not Exist) | tmp/ (Writable) | administrator/components/ (Writable) | administrator/modules/ (Writable) | administrator/language/ (Writable) | administrator/templates/ (Writable) | administrator/logs/ (Writable) |

Database statistics :: Uptime: 1137 | Threads: 6 | Questions: 690 | Slow queries: 0 | Opens: 212 | Flush tables: 1 | Open tables: 205 | Queries per second avg: 0.606 |

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Components :: Admin ::
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3rd Party:: Akeeba (8.2.3) 1 | COM_JCE (2.9.32) 1 | tcpdf (1.2.2) 0 | ECB Currency Converter (1.0) ? | VIRTUEMART (-) 1 | VirtueMart_allinone (-) 1 |

Modules :: Site ::
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3rd Party:: mod_virtuemart_cart (4.0.8) 1 | mod_virtuemart_category (4.0.8) 1 | mod_virtuemart_currencies (4.0.8) 1 | mod_virtuemart_manufacturer (4.0.8) 1 | mod_virtuemart_product (4.0.8) 1 | mod_virtuemart_search (4.0.8) 1 | VP Ajax Product Search (3.0) 1 | VP Compare (3.0) 1 | VP Custom Filter (3.1) 1 | VP Manufacturer Carousel (3.3) 1 | VP Mini Cart (3.0) 1 | VP Product Carousel (3.0) 1 | VP Product List (3.0) 1 | VP Responsive Slider (3.1) 1 | VP Wishlist (3.2) 1 |

Modules :: Admin ::
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3rd Party:: VirtueMart Administrator Menu (4.0.8) ? |

Libraries ::
Core ::
3rd Party:: file_fof30 (3.6.2) ? | file_fof40 (4.1.0) ? | Free Mono (-) ? | Helvetica (-) ? |

Plugins ::
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Templates :: Site :: beez3 (3.1.0) 1 | horme_3 (2.0.0) 1 | protostar (1.0) 1 | vmbeez3 (3.4.2) 1 | vp_smart (3.6) 1 |
Templates :: Admin :: hathor (3.0.0) 1 | isis (1.0) 1 | vmadmin (4.0.8) 1 |

[Per Yngve Berg]

You have php 8.1. With J3.10 maximum is 8.0

[Webdongle]

... as per the db prefix, i did change it, after uploading it to the hard drive, as in local host, you reckon i should edit it to match the live site,
...

If the prefix in the live site is abc_ then the prefix in the database on localhost will be abc_. So in the configuration.php it should be abc_ not db_

... it just weird, have tried restoration via akeeba & fta, both not function, when i try browse localhost/www.mysite.com, ...

That is most likely your domain is hard coded somewhere in Virtuemart. Look in your VM files see if they have their own configuration file

[aliteejay]

... as per the db prefix, i did change it, after uploading it to the hard drive, as in local host, you reckon i should edit it to match the live site,
...

If the prefix in the live site is abc_ then the prefix in the database on localhost will be abc_. So in the configuration.php it should be abc_ not db_

... it just weird, have tried restoration via akeeba & fta, both not function, when i try browse localhost/www.mysite.com, ...

That is most likely your domain is hard coded somewhere in Virtuemart. Look in your VM files see if they have their own configuration file

Okay, should i also include the password, as the online site database xx_ has one, i built a J4 site, on same xampp server, and all folders & files read properties are unchecked, site works fine, why do i need checked this for the restored backup?what you mean by VM files, do you mean in htdoc/mysite/components, VM is the web shop, yes i upgraded with VM update pakket, on the life site, am trying to restore a backup, then migrate & upgrade to J4

[Webdongle]

Okay, should i also include the password, as the online site database xx_ has one, i built a J4 site, on same xampp server, and all folders & files read properties are unchecked, site works fine, why do i need checked this for the restored backup?

No not on xampp localhost, the default is no password
Checking read only was for if you needed to edit the ptmp and logs paths configuration.php file when you copied the site to localhost. Because if you needed to edit the configuration.php then it would not save if read only.

...what you mean by VM files, do you mean in htdoc/mysite/components, VM is the web shop, yes i upgraded with VM update pakket, on the life site, am trying to restore a backup, then migrate & upgrade to J4

VM might have hardcoded the url when it was installed on your site originally. That could be why your localhost is redirecting to your url (live site)

[aliteejay]

After setting database prefix to same as the online one, 84% chance of site working localhost server, there is configuration for VM, but Joomla config is the dafault, however in the component folder, there is a virtuemart.php file, here is latest fpa generated report

Joomla! Instance :: Joomla! 3.10.11-Stable (Daraja) 14-August-2022
Joomla! Platform :: Joomla Platform 13.1.0-Stable (Curiosity) 24-Apr-2013
Joomla! Configured :: Yes | Writable (666) |
Configuration Options :: Offline: false | SEF: true | SEF Suffix: false | SEF ReWrite: false | .htaccess/web.config: No | GZip: false | Cache: false | CacheTime: 15 | CacheHandler: file | CachePlatformPrefix: false | FTP Layer: N/A | Proxy: N/A | LiveSite: | Session lifetime: 15 | Session handler: database | Shared sessions: false | SSL: 0 | Error Reporting: default | Site Debug: false | Language Debug: false | Default Access: Public | Unicode Slugs: false | dbConnection Type: mysqli | PHP Supports J! 3.10.11: Yes | Database Supports J! 3.10.11: Yes | Database Credentials Present: Password missing |

Host Configuration :: OS: Windows NT | OS Version: 10.0 | Technology: AMD64 | Web Server: Apache/2.4.53 (Win64) OpenSSL/1.1.1n PHP/8.1.5 | Encoding: gzip, deflate, br | System TMP Writable: Yes | Free Disk Space : 401.44 GiB |

PHP Configuration :: Version: 8.1.5 | PHP API: apache2handler | Session Path Writable: Yes | Display Errors: 0 | Error Reporting: 22527 | Log Errors To: C:\xampp\php\logs\php_error_log | Last Known Error: | Register Globals: | Magic Quotes: | Safe Mode: | Allow url fopen: 1 | Open Base: | Uploads: 1 | Max. Upload Size: 64M | Max. POST Size: 128M | Max. Input Time: 60 | Max. Execution Time: 120 | Memory Limit: 512M

Database Configuration :: Version: 10.4.24-MariaDB (Client:mysqlnd 8.1.5) | Database Size: 24.33 MiB | #of Tables with config prefix:  191 | #of other Tables:  0 | User Privileges : GRANT PROXY

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Potential Missing Extensions :: gd |

Switch User Environment :: PHP CGI: No | Server SU: No | PHP SU: No | Potential Ownership Issues: No

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Potential Missing Modules :: mod_expires | mod_deflate |

Core Folders :: images/ (Writable) | components/ (Writable) | modules/ (Writable) | plugins/ (Writable) | language/ (Writable) | templates/ (Writable) | cache/ (Writable) | logs/ (Does Not Exist) | tmp/ (Writable) | administrator/components/ (Writable) | administrator/modules/ (Writable) | administrator/language/ (Writable) | administrator/templates/ (Writable) | administrator/logs/ (Writable) |

Database statistics :: Uptime: 2542 | Threads: 6 | Questions: 1799 | Slow queries: 0 | Opens: 403 | Flush tables: 1 | Open tables: 205 | Queries per second avg: 0.707 |

Components :: Site ::
Core :: com_mailto (3.0.0) 1 | com_wrapper (3.0.0) 1 |
3rd Party:: WF_AGGREGATOR_AUDIO_TITLE (2.9.32) ? | WF_AGGREGATOR_DAILYMOTION_TITLE (2.9.32) ? | WF_AGGREGATOR_VIDEO_TITLE (2.9.32) ? | WF_AGGREGATOR_VIMEO_TITLE (2.9.32) ? | WF_AGGREGATOR_[youtube]_TITLE (2.9.32) ? | WF_FILESYSTEM_JOOMLA_TITLE (2.9.32) ? | WF_LINKS_JOOMLALINKS_TITLE (2.9.32) ? | WF_POPUPS_JCEMEDIABOX_TITLE (2.9.32) ? | WF_LINK_SEARCH_TITLE (2.9.32) ? | WF_ANCHOR_TITLE (2.9.32) ? | WF_ARTICLE_TITLE (2.9.32) ? | WF_ATTRIBUTES_TITLE (2.9.32) ? | WF_AUTOSAVE_TITLE (2.9.32) ? | WF_BROWSER_TITLE (2.9.32) ? | WF_CHARMAP_TITLE (2.9.32) ? | WF_CLEANUP_TITLE (2.9.32) ? | WF_CLIPBOARD_TITLE (2.9.32) ? | WF_CONTEXTMENU_TITLE (2.9.32) ? | WF_DIRECTIONALITY_TITLE (2.9.32) ? | WF_EMOTIONS_TITLE (2.9.32) ? | WF_FONTCOLOR_TITLE (2.9.32) ? | WF_FONTSELECT_TITLE (2.9.32) ? | WF_FONTSIZESELECT_TITLE (2.9.32) ? | WF_FORMATSELECT_TITLE (2.9.32) ? | WF_FULLSCREEN_TITLE (2.9.32) ? | WF_HELP_TITLE (2.9.32) ? | WF_HR_TITLE (2.9.32) ? | WF_IMGMANAGER_TITLE (2.9.32) ? | WF_KITCHENSINK_TITLE (2.9.32) ? | WF_LANGCODE_TITLE (2.9.32) ? | WF_LAYER_TITLE (2.7.7) ? | WF_LINK_TITLE (2.9.32) ? | WF_LISTS_TITLE (2.9.32) ? | WF_MEDIA_TITLE (2.9.32) ? | WF_NONBREAKING_TITLE (2.9.32) ? | JCE - Noneditable (1.0.0) ? | WF_PREVIEW_TITLE (2.9.32) ? | WF_PRINT_TITLE (2.9.32) ? | WF_REFERENCE_TITLE (2.9.32) ? | WF_SEARCHREPLACE_TITLE (2.9.32) ? | WF_SOURCE_TITLE (2.9.32) ? | WF_SPELLCHECKER_TITLE (2.9.32) ? | WF_STYLE_TITLE (2.9.32) ? | WF_STYLESELECT_TITLE (2.9.32) ? | WF_TABLE_TITLE (2.9.32) ? | WF_TEXTCASE_TITLE (2.9.32) ? | WF_VISUALBLOCKS_TITLE (2.9.32) ? | WF_VISUALCHARS_TITLE (2.9.32) ? | WF_WORDCOUNT_TITLE (2.9.32) ? | WF_XHTMLXTRAS_TITLE (2.9.30) ? |

Components :: Admin ::
Core :: com_actionlogs (3.9.0) 1 | com_admin (3.0.0) 1 | com_ajax (3.2.0) 1 | com_associations (3.7.0) 1 | com_banners (3.0.0) 1 | com_cache (3.0.0) 1 | com_categories (3.0.0) 1 | com_checkin (3.0.0) 1 | com_config (3.0.0) 1 | com_content (3.0.0) 1 | com_contenthistory (3.2.0) 1 | com_cpanel (3.0.0) 1 | com_fields (3.7.0) 1 | com_finder (3.0.0) 1 | com_installer (3.0.0) 1 | com_joomlaupdate (3.10.1) 1 | com_languages (3.0.0) 1 | com_login (3.0.0) 1 | com_media (3.0.0) 1 | com_menus (3.0.0) 1 | com_messages (3.0.0) 1 | com_modules (3.0.0) 1 | com_newsfeeds (3.0.0) 1 | com_plugins (3.0.0) 1 | com_postinstall (3.2.0) 1 | com_privacy (3.9.0) 1 | com_redirect (3.0.0) 1 | com_search (3.0.0) 1 | com_tags (3.1.0) 1 | com_templates (3.0.0) 1 | com_users (3.0.0) 1 |
3rd Party:: Akeeba (8.2.3) 1 | COM_JCE (2.9.32) 1 | tcpdf (1.2.2) 0 | ECB Currency Converter (1.0) ? | VIRTUEMART (-) 1 | VirtueMart_allinone (-) 1 |

Modules :: Site ::
Core :: mod_articles_archive (3.0.0) 1 | mod_articles_categories (3.0.0) 1 | mod_articles_category (3.0.0) 1 | mod_articles_latest (3.0.0) 1 | mod_articles_news (3.0.0) 1 | mod_articles_popular (3.0.0) 1 | mod_banners (3.0.0) 1 | mod_breadcrumbs (3.0.0) 1 | mod_custom (3.0.0) 1 | mod_feed (3.0.0) 1 | mod_finder (3.0.0) 1 | mod_footer (3.0.0) 1 | mod_languages (3.5.0) 1 | mod_login (3.0.0) 1 | mod_menu (3.0.0) 1 | mod_random_image (3.0.0) 1 | mod_related_items (3.0.0) 1 | mod_search (3.0.0) 1 | mod_stats (3.0.0) 1 | mod_syndicate (3.0.0) 1 | mod_tags_popular (3.1.0) 1 | mod_tags_similar (3.1.0) 1 | mod_users_latest (3.0.0) 1 | mod_whosonline (3.0.0) 1 | mod_wrapper (3.0.0) 1 |
3rd Party:: mod_virtuemart_cart (4.0.8) 1 | mod_virtuemart_category (4.0.8) 1 | mod_virtuemart_currencies (4.0.8) 1 | mod_virtuemart_manufacturer (4.0.8) 1 | mod_virtuemart_product (4.0.8) 1 | mod_virtuemart_search (4.0.8) 1 | VP Ajax Product Search (3.0) 1 | VP Compare (3.0) 1 | VP Custom Filter (3.1) 1 | VP Manufacturer Carousel (3.3) 1 | VP Mini Cart (3.0) 1 | VP Product Carousel (3.0) 1 | VP Product List (3.0) 1 | VP Responsive Slider (3.1) 1 | VP Wishlist (3.2) 1 |

Modules :: Admin ::
Core :: mod_custom (3.0.0) 1 | mod_feed (3.0.0) 1 | mod_latest (3.0.0) 1 | mod_latestactions (3.9.0) 1 | mod_logged (3.0.0) 1 | mod_login (3.0.0) 1 | mod_menu (3.0.0) 1 | mod_multilangstatus (3.0.0) 1 | mod_popular (3.0.0) 1 | mod_privacy_dashboard (3.9.0) 1 | mod_quickicon (3.0.0) 1 | mod_sampledata (3.8.0) 1 | mod_stats_admin (3.0.0) 1 | mod_status (3.0.0) 1 | mod_submenu (3.0.0) 1 | mod_title (3.0.0) 1 | mod_toolbar (3.0.0) 1 | mod_version (3.0.0) 1 |
3rd Party:: VirtueMart Administrator Menu (4.0.8) ? |

Libraries ::
Core ::
3rd Party:: file_fof30 (3.6.2) ? | file_fof40 (4.1.0) ? | Free Mono (-) ? | Helvetica (-) ? |

Plugins ::
Core :: PLG_ACTIONLOG_JOOMLA (3.9.0) 1 | plg_authentication_cookie (3.0.0) 1 | plg_authentication_gmail (3.0.0) 1 | plg_authentication_joomla (3.0.0) 1 | plg_authentication_ldap (3.0.0) 1 | plg_captcha_recaptcha (3.4.0) 0 | plg_captcha_recaptcha_invisible (3.8) 0 | plg_content_confirmconsent (3.9.0) 1 | plg_content_emailcloak (3.0.0) 1 | plg_content_fields (3.7.0) 1 | plg_content_finder (3.0.0) 1 | plg_content_joomla (3.0.0) 1 | plg_content_loadmodule (3.0.0) 1 | plg_content_pagebreak (3.0.0) 1 | plg_content_pagenavigation (3.0.0) 1 | plg_content_vote (3.0.0) 1 | plg_editors-xtd_article (3.0.0) 1 | plg_editors-xtd_fields (3.7.0) 1 | plg_editors-xtd_image (3.0.0) 1 | plg_editors-xtd_menu (3.7.0) 1 | plg_editors-xtd_module (3.5.0) 1 | plg_editors-xtd_pagebreak (3.0.0) 1 | plg_editors-xtd_readmore (3.0.0) 1 | plg_editors-xtd_weblink (3.7.0) 1 | plg_extension_joomla (3.0.0) 1 | plg_fields_calendar (3.7.0) 1 | plg_fields_checkboxes (3.7.0) 1 | plg_fields_color (3.7.0) 1 | plg_fields_editor (3.7.0) 1 | plg_fields_imagelist (3.7.0) 1 | plg_fields_integer (3.7.0) 1 | plg_fields_list (3.7.0) 1 | plg_fields_media (3.7.0) 1 | plg_fields_radio (3.7.0) 1 | plg_fields_repeatable (3.9.0) 1 | plg_fields_sql (3.7.0) 1 | plg_fields_text (3.7.0) 1 | plg_fields_textarea (3.7.0) 1 | plg_fields_url (3.7.0) 1 | plg_fields_user (3.7.0) 1 | plg_fields_usergrouplist (3.7.0) 1 | plg_finder_categories (3.0.0) 1 | plg_finder_contacts (3.0.0) 1 | plg_finder_content (3.0.0) 1 | plg_finder_newsfeeds (3.0.0) 1 | plg_finder_tags (3.0.0) 1 | PLG_INSTALLER_FOLDERINSTALLER (3.6.0) 1 | plg_installer_packageinstaller (3.6.0) 1 | PLG_INSTALLER_URLINSTALLER (3.6.0) 1 | plg_installer_webinstaller (2.1.2) 1 | plg_privacy_actionlogs (3.9.0) 1 | plg_privacy_consents (3.9.0) 1 | plg_privacy_content (3.9.0) 1 | plg_privacy_message (3.9.0) 1 | plg_privacy_user (3.9.0) 1 | plg_quickicon_eos310 (3.10.0) 1 | plg_quickicon_extensionupdate (3.0.0) 1 | plg_quickicon_joomlaupdate (3.0.0) 1 | plg_quickicon_phpversioncheck (3.7.0) 1 | plg_quickicon_privacycheck (3.9.0) 1 | plg_search_categories (3.0.0) 1 | plg_search_contacts (3.0.0) 1 | plg_search_content (3.0.0) 1 | plg_search_newsfeeds (3.0.0) 1 | plg_search_tags (3.0.0) 1 | PLG_SYSTEM_ACTIONLOGS (3.9.0) 1 | plg_system_debug (3.0.0) 1 | plg_system_fields (3.7.0) 1 | plg_system_highlight (3.0.0) 1 | plg_system_languagecode (3.0.0) 1 | plg_system_languagefilter (3.0.0) 1 | plg_system_log (3.0.0) 1 | plg_system_logout (3.0.0) 1 | plg_system_logrotation (3.9.0) 1 | plg_system_p3p (3.0.0) 1 | plg_system_privacyconsent (3.9.0) 1 | plg_system_redirect (3.0.0) 1 | plg_system_remember (3.0.0) 1 | plg_system_sef (3.0.0) 1 | plg_system_sessiongc (3.8.6) 1 | plg_system_stats (3.5.0) 1 | plg_system_updatenotification (3.5.0) 0 | plg_system_weblinks (3.7.0) 1 | plg_twofactorauth_totp (3.2.0) 0 | plg_twofactorauth_yubikey (3.2.0) 0 | plg_user_contactcreator (3.0.0) 1 | plg_user_joomla (3.0.0) 1 | plg_user_profile (3.0.0) 1 | plg_user_terms (3.9.0) 1 |
3rd Party:: PLG_ACTIONLOG_AKEEBABACKUP (8.2.3) 1 | plg_content_jce (2.9.32) 1 | Simple Image Gallery (by JoomlaWork (4.2) ? | Simple Image Gallery (by JoomlaWork (4.2) ? | plg_editors_codemirror (5.60.0) 1 | plg_editors_jce (2.9.32) 1 | plg_editors_tinymce (4.5.12) 1 | plg_extension_jce (2.9.32) 1 | plg_fields_mediajce (2.9.32) 1 | plg_installer_jce (2.9.32) 0 | plg_quickicon_akeebabackup (8.2.3) 1 | plg_quickicon_jce (2.9.32) 0 | Search - VirtueMart (4.0.8) 1 | AMAZON (4.0.8) 1 | PLG_SYSTEM_BACKUPONUPDATE (8.2.3) 0 | System - DJ-WebP (1.1) 1 | plg_system_jce (2.9.32) 1 | PLG_SYSTEM_VMLOADERPLUGINUPDATE (4.0.8) ? | PLG_SYSTEM_VPFRAMEWORK (6.6) 1 | VM - Calculation Avalara Tax (4.0.8) 1 | VM - Custom, Virtuemart Simple Down (${PHING.VERSI) ? | plgvm_specification (4.0.8) 1 | VMCustom - textinput (4.0.8) 1 | AMAZON (4.0.8) 1 | Authorize.net AIM (4.0.8) 1 | VM Payment - eway (4.0.8) ? | Heidelpay (16.11.07) 1 | VMPAYMENT_IDEALCHECKOUTAFTERPAY (2.0.0RC3) ? | VMPAYMENT_IDEALCHECKOUTAUTHORIZEDTR (2.0.0RC3) ? | VMPAYMENT_IDEALCHECKOUTCREDITCARD (2.0.0RC3) ? | VMPAYMENT_IDEALCHECKOUTDIRECTEBANKI (2.0.0RC3) ? | VMPAYMENT_IDEALCHECKOUTIDEAL (2.0.0RC3) ? | VMPAYMENT_IDEALCHECKOUTKLARNAACCOUN (2.0.0RC3) ? | VMPAYMENT_IDEALCHECKOUTKLARNAINVOIC (2.0.0RC3) ? | VMPAYMENT_IDEALCHECKOUTMAESTRO (2.0.0RC3) ? | VMPAYMENT_IDEALCHECKOUTMANUALTRANSF (2.0.0RC3) ? | VMPAYMENT_IDEALCHECKOUTMASTERCARD (2.0.0RC3) ? | VMPAYMENT_IDEALCHECKOUTMISTERCASH (2.0.0RC3) ? | VMPAYMENT_IDEALCHECKOUTPAYPAL (2.0.0RC3) ? | VMPAYMENT_IDEALCHECKOUTPAYSAFECARD (2.0.0RC3) ? | VMPAYMENT_IDEALCHECKOUTVISA (2.0.0RC3) ? | VMPAYMENT_IDEALCHECKOUTVPAY (2.0.0RC3) ? | Klarna (3.8.4) 1 | Klarna Checkout (3.8.4) 1 | VM Payment - klikandpay (4.0.8) 1 | VM Payment - Paybox System 3D V2 (4.0.8) ? | PayPal (4.0.8) 1 | realex_hpp_api (4.0.0) 1 | Skrill (4.0.8) 1 | Sofort (4.0.8) 1 | Sofort Ideal (4.0.8) 1 | Standard (4.0.8) 1 | 2Checkout (4.0.8) 1 | By weight, ZIP and countries (4.0.8) 1 | Realex_hpp_api (4.0.8) 1 |

Templates :: Site :: beez3 (3.1.0) 1 | horme_3 (2.0.0) 1 | protostar (1.0) 1 | vmbeez3 (3.4.2) 1 | vp_smart (3.6) 1 |
Templates :: Admin :: hathor (3.0.0) 1 | isis (1.0) 1 | vmadmin (4.0.8) 1 |

[Webdongle]

Does the virtuemart.php file file have your url hard coded in it
Is your localhost copy of your site working or not>

[aliteejay]

Does the virtuemart.php file file have your url hard coded in it
Is your localhost copy of your site working or not>

thanks for your inputs, first of all, the website itself, is live, issue is restoring a backup, on the localhost, that is not working, i don't understand what you mean by hard codded, in phpmyadmin, do i activate default J3 template, in xx_extension table as well, reason being multi-lingual content, i only set that in template table, template styles, also notice most module folders, have 777 attributes, the localhost restoration is not working

[aliteejay]

here is the content of virtuemart.php file

<?php
if( !defined( '_JEXEC' ) ) die( 'Direct Access to '.basename(__FILE__).' is not allowed.' );
/**
*
* @version $Id: virtuemart.php 10737 2022-11-14 08:19:25Z Milbo $
* @package VirtueMart
* @subpackage core
* @author Max Milbers
* @copyright Copyright (C) 2009-22 by the authors of the VirtueMart Team listed at /administrator/com_virtuemart/copyright.php - All rights reserved
* @license http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU/GPL, see LICENSE.php
* VirtueMart is free software. This version may have been modified pursuant
* to the GNU General Public License, and as distributed it includes or
* is derivative of works licensed under the GNU General Public License or
* other free or open source software licenses.
* See /administrator/components/com_virtuemart/COPYRIGHT.php for copyright notices and details.
*
* http://virtuemart.net
*/

/* Require the config */

if (!class_exists( 'VmConfig' )) require(JPATH_ROOT .'/administrator/components/com_virtuemart/helpers/config.php');

VmConfig::loadConfig();
vRequest::setRouterVars();

vmRam('Start');
//vmTime('joomla start until Vm is called','joomlaStart');
vmSetStartTime('vmStart');

vmLanguage::loadJLang('com_virtuemart', true);

//$_controller = vRequest::getCmd('view', vRequest::getCmd('controller', 'category')) ;
$_controller = vRequest::getCmd('view', false) ; //Old legacy, that 'view' is priorised


$task = vRequest::getCmd('task','') ;

vmdebug('Controller and Task in main controller',$_controller, $task);

$trigger = 'onVmSiteController';
// $task = vRequest::getCmd('task',vRequest::getCmd('layout',$_controller) ); $this makes trouble!


$session = JFactory::getSession();
$manage = vRequest::getCmd('manage',$session->get('manage', false,'vm'));
if(!$manage) $session->set('manage', 0,'vm');

$feViews = array('askquestion','cart','invoice','pdf','pluginresponse','productdetails','recommend','vendor','vmplg');
$app = JFactory::getApplication();
if($manage and $task!='feed' and !in_array($_controller,$feViews)){

if ( shopFunctionsF::isFEmanager() ) {
vmdebug('I am a FE-Manager');
$session->set('manage', 1,'vm');
vRequest::setVar('manage','1');
vRequest::setVar('tmpl','component') ;

//vmLanguage::loadJLang('com_virtuemart');
$jlang = vmLanguage::getLanguage();
$tag = $jlang->getTag();
$jlang->load('', JPATH_ADMINISTRATOR,$tag,true);
vmLanguage::loadJLang('com_virtuemart');
$basePath = VMPATH_ADMIN;
$trigger = 'onVmAdminController';


vmJsApi::jQuery(false);
vmJsApi::loadBECSS();

if(JVM_VERSION<4){
$router = $app->getRouter();
$router->setMode(0);
}


if(empty($_controller)){
$_controller = vRequest::getCmd('controller', 'virtuemart');
vRequest::setVar('view',$_controller);
}
} else {
$session->set('manage', 0,'vm');
vRequest::setVar('manage',0);
$basePath = VMPATH_SITE;
$app->redirect('index.php?option=com_virtuemart', vmText::_('COM_VIRTUEMART_RESTRICTED_ACCESS') );
}

} else{

if(empty($_controller)){
$_controller = vRequest::getCmd('controller', 'category');
vRequest::setVar('view',$_controller);
}
vmJsApi::jQuery();
vmJsApi::jSite();
vmJsApi::cssSite();
$basePath = VMPATH_SITE;
}


// controller alias
if ($_controller=='pluginresponse') {
$_controller='vmplg';
}
/* Create the controller name */
$_class = 'VirtuemartController'.ucfirst($_controller);

if (file_exists($basePath.'/controllers/'.$_controller.'.php')) {
if (!class_exists($_class)) {
require ($basePath.'/controllers/'.$_controller.'.php');
}
}
else {
// try plugins
JPluginHelper::importPlugin('vmextended');
$rets = vDispatcher::trigger($trigger, array($_controller));

foreach($rets as $ret){
if($ret) return true;
}
vmError('Tried to load controller '.$_controller.' on base path '.$basePath.'. No File available '.$_class);
}


if (class_exists($_class)) {
$controller = new $_class();

$controller->execute($task);

if(class_exists('vmrouterHelper') and vmrouterHelper::$updateCache and VmConfig::get('useCacheVmGetCategoryRoute',1)){
vmrouterHelper::updateCache();
}

//vmTime($_class.' Finished task '.$task,'Start');
vmRam('End');
vmRamPeak('Peak');
vmTime('"'.$_class.'" Finished task '.$task.' in '.$basePath,'vmStart');

/* Redirect if set by the controller */
$controller->redirect();
} else {
vmDebug('VirtueMart controller not found: '. $_class. ' file loaded on '.$basePath.'/controllers/'.$_controller.'.php');
if (VmConfig::get('handle_404',1)) {
header($_SERVER["SERVER_PROTOCOL"]." 404 Not Found");
$basePath = VMPATH_SITE;
if (file_exists($basePath.'/controllers/category.php')) {
if (!class_exists($_class)) {
require ($basePath.'/controllers/category.php');
}
}
$controller = new VirtueMartControllerCategory();
$controller->execute($task);


$controller->redirect();

} else {
throw new RuntimeException(sprintf('VirtueMart controller not found `%s`.', $_class), 404);
}
}

[aliteejay]

I need help install a backup of J3.10 site on local xampp server with akeeba, have uploaded the database to phpmyadmin, uploaded the kickstart file, have also uploaded the file, however the process is not gone well

[aliteejay]

do i rename the debug file that was generated in the backup process for kickstart to work

[Per Yngve Berg]

You only need only 2 files, the Backup and kickstart.php on an empty site and an empty database.

[Webdongle]

I installed VM on a test site. It looks like it uses relative paths not absolute ones. You haven't got a .htaccess so it's a mystery why your localhost site is redirecting to your live site?

[gws]

You have php 8.1. With J3.10 maximum is 8.0

[AMurray]

Also be aware, ensure you're using a correct release of XAMPP because it only ships with a specific PHP version (e.g. with 7.4 or 8.0 or 8.1 according to their download page (at the time of writing).

As Joomla 3.10 doesn't run on PHP 8.1 or higher, I would suggest using WAMPServer instead of XAMPP, because one advantage is you can install additional PHP versions by way of add-ins and can choose the PHP version you want to work with on the fly without reinstalling the server software (as you would need to do with XAMPP).