Can't view edited templates

albertr · #1 01-26-2004, 10:20 AM

My x-cart is running great after moving it to the remote server, DBs run fine and checkout is operating without a hitch.

I'm having trouble with the store not showing the edited templates that I've modified. I have modified the new.tpl and it's not displaying. When I hit save file, it tells me that it saved successfully. When I go to preview, it's showing the old one and the site is still showing the old one, even after a reload. When I click 'edit templates' again, the 'news.tpl' is showing me the update code but the site and the preview are still showing the old 'news.tpl' Am I missing something?

Thanks
albert

shan · #2 01-26-2004, 12:48 PM

try hitting refesh on your browser (F5)

albertr · #3 01-26-2004, 02:11 PM

Of course I did that with no luck. very strange behavior. Please help, i'm dying over here!!!

leon · #4 01-26-2004, 04:53 PM

Try forcing refresh with CTRL+F5 or clearing the templates_c in admin so they can create themselves again.

albertr · #5 01-27-2004, 02:30 PM

Thanks for trying to help me, but I've tried everything to make those edited templates show, but no go.

X-cart is saving the file modification because I can bring it back up, but when I go to preview it or view it on the site it's still the default template showing. I even reset my browser just to be sure.

Please help, could it be a file permissions issue or a corrupted table somewhere?

Thanks for all your help.

leon · #6 01-27-2004, 03:23 PM

Just a guess... Are you modifying templates in the skin1_original directory ?

I know it sounds simple, but it could be that you are modifying templates in the orignal directory and not the one established during install, that by default is /skin1 (not /skin1_original) directory.

It happened to me once.

albertr · #7 01-28-2004, 02:03 PM

I'm modifying the templates from within the xcart admin. Whichever directory that is.

I can't figure it out. We also can't upload images to the server anymore.

Please help!!! I'm dying over here

lyncca · #8 01-28-2004, 02:08 PM

There are 2 complete sets of skins -- so each will have an admin folder. I would guess you are in the wrong one as well --- as I did the same thing before

albertr · #9 01-29-2004, 08:19 AM

I know that I'm in the correct folder because I can download the files via ftp and look at them.

For example: I'm modifying the news.tpl file. I've made and saved my changes and checked it via ftp.

My working directory is /xcart/skin1 not /xcart/skin1_original because the corresponding file in skin1_original has not be modified.

What could I be doing incorrect? Any suggestions. I've also reinstalled x-cart twice with no luck.

Could it be an issue during setup because I set the xcart directory field to a "/", just a slash, no /xcart, could that be the issue?

lyncca · #10 01-29-2004, 08:27 AM

Ok then, first thing I would do to troubleshoot is narrow down the problem, can anyone else see your changes that has never viewed your site before? If not, then its a real problem and not a caching problem.

I just try to sort out the easy solutions first before digging into code

Although it sounds like this isn't a caching problem, I have had stranger things happen