topmenu - mainmenu

[jann]

After installing the latest package, I am having problems seeing the main menu. It exists in the database, no entries are listed in the admin site of Joomla when viewing the Main Menu (or any menu infact) in menu manager.

When looking in the Module Manager at Main Menu (mod_mainmenu) it is not visible when Menu Style is set to the default "List" option, if I change it to any of the Legacy options it is visible but of course not in the same style as on the demo site.

I hope this is just a mistake on my part and someone can point me in the right direction.

Thanks!

[mossj]

If this is a fresh install, I would go for a reinstall just for simplicitys sake. From your description it sounds like a bigger issue than just a fluffed up setting somewhere.

[wiwo]

I had the same problem, it's because you are probably using the latest version of xampp, you need to reinstall everything using the older version of xampp.

[levell3r]

Hi all,
long time listener, first time caller...

i realise this is an old thread, but my google'ing keeps leading me here, so im posting an answer for future generations

for those that have a disappeared topmenu, you need to downgrade php to an earlier version.

[levell3r]

(double post to get +1 post count for links)



heres the problem...

Joomla! • View topic - v1.5.14 menu items not appearing

heres an .sh script to auto download, install, and restart services (original credits in tact).

#!/bin/bash
# by Ruben Barkow (rubo77) http://www.entikey.z11.de/
# adapted by Roel Veldhuizen http://harx.nl for Ubuntu 10.10
# Originally Posted by Bachstelze http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=9080474#post9080474
# OK, here's how to do the Apt magic to get PHP packages from the karmic repositories:
 

echo "Am I root?  "
if [ "$(whoami &2>/dev/null)" != "root" ] && [ "$(id -un &2>/dev/null)" != "root" ] ; then
echo "  NO! 
Error: You must be root to run this script.
Enter
sudo su
"

exit 1
fi
echo "  OK"; 

# finish all apt-problems:
apt-get -f install 

# remove all your existing PHP packages. You can list them with dpkg -l| grep php

PHPLIST=$(for i in $(dpkg -l | grep php|awk '{ print $2 }' ); do echo $i; done)

echo these pachets will be removed: $PHPLIST

# you need not to purge, if you have upgraded from karmic:
apt-get remove $PHPLIST

# on a fresh install, you need purge:
# aptitude remove --purge $PHPLIST 

#Create a file each in /etc/apt/preferences.d like this (call it for example /etc/apt/preferences.d/php5.2);
#
#Package: php5
#Pin: release a=karmic
#Pin-Priority: 991
#
#The big problem is that wildcards don't work, so you will need one such stanza for each PHP package you want to pull from karmic:

echo ''>/etc/apt/preferences.d/php5.2
for i in $PHPLIST ; do echo "Package: $i
Pin: release a=karmic
Pin-Priority: 991
">>/etc/apt/preferences.d/php5.2; done 

# duplicate your existing sources.list replacing lucid with karmic and save it in sources.list.d:
#sed s/lucid/karmic/g /etc/apt/sources.list | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/karmic.list
# better exactly only the needed sources, cause otherwise you can get a cachsize problem:

echo "# needed sources vor php5.2:
deb http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic main restricted
deb-src http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic main restricted
deb http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates main restricted
deb-src http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates main restricted
deb http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic universe
deb-src http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic universe
deb http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates universe
deb-src http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates universe
deb http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic multiverse
deb-src http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic multiverse
deb http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates multiverse
deb-src http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates multiverse
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic-security multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic-security multiverse
" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/karmic.list 

apt-get update

apache2ctl restart 

echo install new from karmic:
apt-get -t karmic install $PHPLIST 

# at the end retry the modul libapache2-mod-php5 in case it didn't work the first time:

apt-get -t karmic install libapache2-mod-php5

echo $PHPLIST

apache2ctl restart

[johnnyr]

Hi,

Sorry to bring up such an old thread...

I have just installed the joomla edugeek template and having the same problem...how can I sort this?

We host with one.

Thanks in advance!

[speckytecky]

I had the same problem and after receiving a walk through from Steve Hill I think my reply in this thread should give you the answer.

[johnnyr]

I had the same problem and after receiving a walk through from Steve Hill I think my reply in this thread should give you the answer.

Thanks I will give it a go and let you know the results.

On another note oine are using php 5.3.5 ...i am guessing this template will work?

[greenk]

Just used levell3r's script to solve this problem - worked a treat, thanks!

[greenk]

Just used levell3r's script to solve this problem - worked a treat, thanks!

Spoke too soon - accessing site today, menus had disappeared again! So ran levell3r's script again, and menus re-appeared. How do I get it to stick?