Joomla content version control not working

Hello Chiltrern,

I will upgrade to 3.2 and see what that does. But before I do I need to ensure my modules are compatible.

Going to run it in my test environment. Hopefully I should be able to do sometime this week.

Thanks,


neo

you can get version control plugins for 2.5 versions of Joomla. Before 3.x I used to use "versions" a plugin for Joomla which provide version control for articles.

http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/authoring-a-content/content-versioning/6260

Oh I just seen you already have 3.1 - so down grading isn't an option.

No. Down grading is not an option :(

So. I've tried running the update to 3.2.2 but I receive the error: The archive file is corrupt, truncated or archive parts are missing.

A Google search has yet to provide a solution: namely the solutions have all been around the tmp folder. The tmp folder is assigned correctly in the Global configuration in joomla, and I have emptied the tmp folder.

The update package does download and is found in the tmp folder when Joomla tries to update.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

neo

I've just upgraded a site from 1.7 to 2.5 and I have to upzip the upgrade and ftp it to the tmp folder then tell it to take from there, as slow internet connections can cause times outs
see this link for the different methods:
 
http://docs.joomla.org/J3.2:Upgrading_from_an_existing_version

Thanks ChilternPC,

I finally got it. I just did a install from directory and got it to go. So now my joomla version is 3.2.2

Back to the original issue...

I've logged out and signed back in and tried the versions button and still get the same error: 404 Component not found.

Any other ideas?

try updating an article then save it and then try the version button?
if not it sounds like a missing file from the system?

Tried that but still receive the same error. Do you know if the component that is missing requires a PHP extension for the server to work right?

Hmm.. not sure,  What Editor are you using? is it the standard one? if not try switching to the TinyMCE and try creating a new article and testing the versioning.

maybe there's a directory that has the wrong write permissions?  or a plugin not enabled?

looking at what I've got, I simply installed 3.2.1 and its worked straight out of the box.  so that might mean a problem with the upgrade, a file permissions problem on a folder, or an extension thats been installed that is conflicting.
the PHP version should be at least 5.3.1 and they recommend 5.4+

the full list of web server versions (Apache,IIS, etc..) and stuff are on this link.

 http://www.joomla.org/technical-requirements.html

Hello ChilternPC,

We are using the JCK Editor. I have tried the TinyMCE editor but to no avail. I still receive the same error that a component is missing. We are running PHP 5.3.3.

I'll keep doing a search. Someone out there has had to run into this problem..it can't just be me :)

thanks,

Morgan

so it must be a component that's missing?  if there's no versions it simply has a pop up window that says no earlier versions.
if you have a fresh copy of your version of Joomla locally maybe compare the following folders with the one on the server

Joomla\administrator\components\com_contenthistory

or
Joomla\administrator\components\com_content

and Joomla\components\com_contenthistory

or
Joomla\components\com_content

where Joomla is your Root

A comparison shows nothing unusual...I am so stumped by this error.

yes - almost had it - have you tried turning on Debug and seeing if that turns up anything?
log on to te admin side and click on

System - then "Global Configuration"  then click on the "system" Tab and half way down click on the "debug System"  Yes button and save.
clear the cache
and then try to version an article  and see if any debug info pops up?
thats it for me.

Hello chilternPC,

I get the standard Joomla! Debug Console, but I don't see anything that screams ERROR :)

I've included a few screenshots

There where 19 query's to the database, but couldn't get them all in a screenshot.

Thanks,

Morgan
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well, I'm out of ideas except if you search for 404 errors in Joomla someone said  the following:

"Search Engine Friendly URLs"      in the Global SEO Settings  switch to off

if you have the cache enabled clear it.

Yeah, that didn't work either :( and I have caching disabled.

Thanks for all your feedback!

one extension I Pay for and install is the Akeeba Admin tools
this, once stalled allow simple clicks to check the permissions of all your folders,  create .htaccess file, check the database and much much more,  I think if you have all the files then its probably a file permission error, could be due to the .htaccess file or a folder settings.

I will look into this! thanks