General Contribution Questions

[Kyrsten]

I have a question that is general to all contributions. I have added several different contributions to my site. Somewhere along the line I now have several error problems. The site itself doesn't show any problems, but I can no longer edit items to the catalog through admin without having to reupload the images for the item every time I make an edit, whenever I try to save an edit of an item, category, or add a new item, while the changes do take effect, I receive a page not found message when clicking save. This problem has now spawned over to when I make revisions through MySql now as well. What I am wanting to do to correct the problem, since I have a few contributions as well that I had added and then removed via following the install instructions in the reverse order (such as copy and pasting the text to find in the instructions back into a file that were originally replaced). If I reupload fresh select files that I have on my hard drive from Oscommerce, not a complete re-install, just uploading the handful of files I know I have edited with contribution information previously, and then re-edit the fresh upload with the contributions I know to work without issues, will I lose the items in my shop or any of the functionability of my shop? Will I lose the catalog and 1,000+ items I have in it and have to start from scratch in that aspect?

 

I can't restore my database through the admin section, as right from the start before ever adding any contributions to my site I have always had errors with that, don't know why as it was a fresh install, but I always have gotten these errors:

 

Warning: filemtime() [function.filemtime]: stat failed for /home/collwod0/public_html/admin/backups/. in /home/collwod0/public_html/admin/backup.php on line 369

 

Warning: filesize() [function.filesize]: stat failed for /home/collwod0/public_html/admin/backups/. in /home/collwod0/public_html/admin/backup.php on line 370

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Warning: filemtime() [function.filemtime]: stat failed for /home/collwod0/public_html/admin/backups/. in /home/collwod0/public_html/admin/backup.php on line 389

12/31/1969 19:00:00

Warning: filesize() [function.filesize]: stat failed for /home/collwod0/public_html/admin/backups/. in /home/collwod0/public_html/admin/backup.php on line 390

0 bytes

..

Warning: filemtime() [function.filemtime]: stat failed for /home/collwod0/public_html/admin/backups/.. in /home/collwod0/public_html/admin/backup.php on line 389

12/31/1969 19:00:00

Warning: filesize() [function.filesize]: stat failed for /home/collwod0/public_html/admin/backups/.. in /home/collwod0/public_html/admin/backup.php on line 390

0 bytes

backup.php

Warning: filemtime() [function.filemtime]: stat failed for /home/collwod0/public_html/admin/backups/backup.php in /home/collwod0/public_html/admin/backup.php on line 389

12/31/1969 19:00:00

Warning: filesize() [function.filesize]: stat failed for /home/collwod0/public_html/admin/backups/backup.php in /home/collwod0/public_html/admin/backup.php on line 390

0 bytes

 

I know replacing the files edited with contributions won't fix this particular problem, as it is one I have had from the get go from my installation of OScommerce, but I am not looking to fix that particular issue, just the others that I have gained as a result of installing contributions that didn't work, didn't do quite what I wanted to and I had since found a different better contribution to do what I wanted, but if I have to redo all of the 1000+ catalog items in reuploading 12-14 fresh copies of Oscommerce files than I am gong to rethink doing that and looking for the errors in each file line by line instead.

 

I have a feeling that I should be OK in not losing any catalog items, since I can see everything stored fine in MySql, and I am not looking to edit anything in My Sql, as I have removed any tables inserted and re-edited and table edited to their original state on any contribution removals I have done, strictly files in my Oscommerce install such as Admin/categories.php, includes/languages/english/product_info.php and files similar to this.

 

Anyone who can help in verifying that uploading fresh vanilla random files to restart the addition of contributions process that I know work and are what I am looking for without losing the store itself it is GREATLY appreciated!! Additionally, if anyone has any other recommendations for repairing problems, your help is also GREATLY appreciated!

Edited April 16, 2007 by Kyrsten