Fabrik 3.1b github upgrade problems

[Jesper@fammeyer.dk]

Hi,

First of all, please accept my appologies for posting here, and not in the standard forum which I no longer have access to (You have insufficient privileges to post here).

After the WiKi was reinstalled, I'm unable to reach the artickle about how to update the Fabrik Version via Github.

I have tried to copy all content to the Joomla root, but when I go to Extention manager --> Discover there is no "Purge Cache" option in Joomla Version 3.1.1 (its existing on a with version 3.0)

I have tried to clear all cache folders manually, but with no luck.
No matter what I do, does the new feature not appear.

Can anybody confirm that the upgrade function works in joomla 3.1.1, and if I'm doing it wrongly please advice me how the upgrade should have been done.

Thank you very much in advance.

 

[jfquestiaux]

Yes the upgrade works fine in J! 3.1.1 and indeed, there is no "purge cache" button anymore.
However, I beleive this function is now included in the "discover" button because if you click on it, it will clear the list and re-populate it with any new uninstalled plugin it finds on the server.

 

[Jesper@fammeyer.dk]

Hi,

Thank you for confirming that it Works on joomla 3.1.1
As i cannot locate the udgrade guide due to the wiki change I wonder about you can confirm about i made a mistanke while upgrading.

From the github page i downloaded all files as a zip file, which automatically was renamed fabrik_master. I extracted the file and manually uploaded the files to my joomla site root.

When i now go into the extensions --> extension manager --> Discover and run the Discover option, nothing appears in the list related to fabrik, and the missing plugins doesn't appear in the plugin manager.

I wonder, do i do something wrong, is it the right update package, or am i missing something ?

Please note - I have had some issues with the site which made me uninstall fabrik. Afterwards I removed any folders named fabrik and restarted the installation. Fabrik does now work as a standard install.
Can it somehow be the uninstall that cause problems?

Thank you again in advance.

Jesper

 

[jfquestiaux]

Yes, there is an error: for Joomla 3.1, you have to use fabrik 3.1b and upgrade on GitHub in the "joomla3" branch, not the "master" branch (that opens by default). When you do that, your download zip should be called "fabrik-joomla3.zip".

Normally, you don't have to uninstall again fabrik to correct this : just download the correct branch and upload the unzipped file to override the existing ones in your Fabrik install.

 

[Jesper@fammeyer.dk]

Yearh... days of search has ended!
Thank you so much jfquestiaux - I would never have found this my self.

Wish you all the best.

 

[jfquestiaux]

Glad to help.
All the best to you too and good work with Fabrik...

 

[zoraster]

Hello
I am the same boat, wiki offline for repair <--- instructions on how to upgrade using Wiki.

So in the branch, they are showing 4 branches not merged into master. Do I select the Joomla 3 branch only?

 

[Sophist]

I have just done this. You:

1. Select the Joomla3 branch only. And you copy all the directories in the root except .tx and fabrik_build, but not the files in root, to the root of your Joomla3 install - the directories should match existing directories.

2. Goto Extensions / Manage, show and select all and click Refresh.

3. Goto Extensions / Discover and click Discover then install to find all new plugins from Github.

4. Goto Extensions / Manage to enable the new plugins you want to use.

 

[batonac]

Here's a bash script you can use to grab the latest fabrik and extract it on a linux server:

#! /bin/sh
sudo -u www-data wget https://github.com/Fabrik/fabrik/archive/joomla3.tar.gz
sudo -u www-data tar -xvf joomla3.tar.gz --strip 1
sudo -u www-data rm joomla3.tar.gz

This should be run as root in the directory of your Joomla install.