installation error, blank screen, messed-up backend [solved]

[rexkramer]

Hello again,
i was looking for a simple module, which pulls a content item on the frontpage... Thought that simple task whould be a build-in function in Joomla (I hate to setup Custom Modules and enter Text and Grafix there, BTW how should someone change that content in the frontend anyway?)

So, i was happy to find "FeaturedItem"... it pulls Intro, Image etc. Exactly what i need.

BUT i can´t install it into J! 1.0.13 !? After uploading the ZIP Archive – the screen goes blank.
Manual install from folder messes up the backend-Module-install. Don´t know why.

Is there something wrong with the file?Does it conflict with something else?
Please, could you give some advice or is there an alternative module for this task?

TIA!!!

Local Config:
Joomla 1.0.13 | PHP5 | MAMP 1.7.1

[rexkramer]

Maybe a partial success?!

Changed my MAMP config to PHP4 ... did a fresh Module install. No error!
After installation i can enter the backend-module-install as ususal.

I switched back to PHP5...
guess what: I reload the backend-module-install screen and it goes blank again! Almost – i can only see the glossy black header graphic. Everything else is white.

What the... is this? Any clues?

TIA!!!

[david]

can you check your php error log

[rexkramer]

PHP5 | MAMP 1.7.1 | another Joomla 1.0.12 | featured item installation:

i got this line in my PHP log after ZIP upload.

[22-Mär-2008 23:49:29] PHP Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 8388608 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 35 bytes) in /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/joomla/includes/domit/xml_domit_lite_parser.php on line 135


MEMORY??? 35 bytes ???
I am not that deep into APACHE and PHP config and variables, but this reminds me to the good ol' Spectrum and TI99 days

Do you know what to do now?

[david]

It sounds like an issue with your server config, not the featured item module

anyway, try adding this to your .htaccess file:

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php_value memory_limit 12M


DT

[rexkramer]

Now, since you pointed me to the PHP log... i remember a template, which caused the same blank screen!
I tried that again, and got almost the same message:

[22-Mär-2008 23:59:11] PHP Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 8388608 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 16 bytes) in /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/joomla/includes/domit/xml_domit_lite_parser.php on line 135

If it would only concern the install process... no big deal, but i got the messed-up backend, when i switch from PHP4 to PHP5 after the installation. And i can´t add/remove any other extensions.

Please, can you help me, to solve this problem?
TIA!!!

[rexkramer]

It sounds like an issue with your server config, not the featured item module
anyway, try adding this to your .htaccess file:

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php_value memory_limit 12M


DT

Many thanx for quick answers...
i am on my local MAMP server (i guess, one of the most used environment on the MAC platform)
simple to get it running, but it seems to lack some important parameters. In the past it worked like a charm.

I don´t use the htaccess file at all (on my local machine!)
Can i alter this parameter value in the PHP.ini file , too?

[david]

You can change the value or add this to php.ini

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memory_limit = 12M

[rexkramer]

SOLVED!
Thank you very much. You are my hero!!!
Even the template install went smooth.

PS:
Despite it seems solved... if you got some sparetime:
Could you explain why such little files and small memory sizes break the whole installation and execution of PHP files
The PHP4 ini had the same 8MB value... and all seems fine

Thanks again, and keep up that great support and development!

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[timiti1102]

It sounds like an issue with your server config, not the featured item module

anyway, try adding this to your .htaccess file:

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php_value memory_limit 12M


DT

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