development copy of site fails
Hi people, I have been asked to make changes to a Drupal 6 site that was _not_ developed by me. To make sure the changes don't break anything I want to set up a local copy of the site. The first thing I need to do is remove a Google Maps install. This is done using modules and not in the theme files. When starting the local copy the Google Maps script tells me I need a new key and then throws me to the home page. I can log in as admin, but the message for the Google maps key keeps popping up and throwing me to the home page. I disabled every module containing gmaps in the name directly in the database, but that didn't change a thing. I assumed the key was linked to the domain name, but even setting the URLs in the hosts file and creating new virtual hosts in Apache didn't solve the problem. No matter what page I request I still get only the home page and can't get into the admin pages. I then pointed maps.google.com to the 127.0.0.1. That got rid of the request for a new key, but nothing else changed. :-( I even removed the theme directories. That only remove the styling, but not the problem of the stuck home page. I am totally stuck. I really need to get this site totally functioning to be able to do the changes. Any tips are appreciated. Bert
You need to request a key for "localhost". It's free, so take the easy way out and get a test key. Nancy Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. -- Dr. Martin L. King, Jr.
________________________________ From: Bert Van Kets I have been asked to make changes to a Drupal 6 site that was _not_ developed by me. To make sure the changes don't break anything I want to set up a local copy of the site. The first thing I need to do is remove a Google Maps install. This is done using modules and not in the theme files. When starting the local copy the Google Maps script tells me I need a new key and then throws me to the home page. I can log in as admin, but the message for the Google maps key keeps popping up and throwing me to the home page.
Thanks for the answer. I did get a key for Google Maps. That is not the issue. The problem is I can't get any admin page to display. No mapper what link I use I only get the home page content. The URL in the location bar changes, but the content does not. An added problem is that the site uses multi domains and the site I actually need to do changes on is not the primary site. So there's another reason I need to get into the admin pages: I do need to set the domain module for the secondary site to display where the changes need to be made. Bert On 10/09/12 02:13, Ms. Nancy Wichmann wrote:
You need to request a key for "localhost". It's free, so take the easy way out and get a test key.
/*Nancy*/ Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. -- Dr. Martin L. King, Jr.
------------------------------------------------------------------------ *From:* Bert Van Kets I have been asked to make changes to a Drupal 6 site that was _not_ developed by me. To make sure the changes don't break anything I want to set up a local copy of the site. The first thing I need to do is remove a Google Maps install. This is done using modules and not in the theme files. When starting the local copy the Google Maps script tells me I need a new key and then throws me to the home page. I can log in as admin, but the message for the Google maps key keeps popping up and throwing me to the home page.
1) Make a backup of the entire DB for all sites using your DB backup utility. 2) Make sure you clear the browser cache and try differing browser vendors. 3) If 2 doesn't help find all the cache tables and empty them and the sessions table. 4) Search the variables table for the performance settings and remove them. Good luck, Earnie On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 2:17 AM, Bert Van Kets wrote:
Thanks for the answer. I did get a key for Google Maps. That is not the issue. The problem is I can't get any admin page to display. No mapper what link I use I only get the home page content. The URL in the location bar changes, but the content does not.
An added problem is that the site uses multi domains and the site I actually need to do changes on is not the primary site. So there's another reason I need to get into the admin pages: I do need to set the domain module for the secondary site to display where the changes need to be made.
Bert
On 10/09/12 02:13, Ms. Nancy Wichmann wrote:
You need to request a key for "localhost". It's free, so take the easy way out and get a test key.
Nancy Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. -- Dr. Martin L. King, Jr.
________________________________ From: Bert Van Kets I have been asked to make changes to a Drupal 6 site that was _not_ developed by me. To make sure the changes don't break anything I want to set up a local copy of the site. The first thing I need to do is remove a Google Maps install. This is done using modules and not in the theme files. When starting the local copy the Google Maps script tells me I need a new key and then throws me to the home page. I can log in as admin, but the message for the Google maps key keeps popping up and throwing me to the home page.
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Truncating the cache and sessions tables should be no problem. Could you elaborate your fourth point a bit please? I assume dropping a table is not what you describe. Thanks Bert On 10/09/12 14:10, Earnie Boyd wrote:
1) Make a backup of the entire DB for all sites using your DB backup utility. 2) Make sure you clear the browser cache and try differing browser vendors. 3) If 2 doesn't help find all the cache tables and empty them and the sessions table. 4) Search the variables table for the performance settings and remove them.
Good luck, Earnie
On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 2:17 AM, Bert Van Kets wrote:
Thanks for the answer. I did get a key for Google Maps. That is not the issue. The problem is I can't get any admin page to display. No mapper what link I use I only get the home page content. The URL in the location bar changes, but the content does not.
An added problem is that the site uses multi domains and the site I actually need to do changes on is not the primary site. So there's another reason I need to get into the admin pages: I do need to set the domain module for the secondary site to display where the changes need to be made.
Bert
On 10/09/12 02:13, Ms. Nancy Wichmann wrote:
You need to request a key for "localhost". It's free, so take the easy way out and get a test key.
Nancy Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. -- Dr. Martin L. King, Jr.
________________________________ From: Bert Van Kets I have been asked to make changes to a Drupal 6 site that was _not_ developed by me. To make sure the changes don't break anything I want to set up a local copy of the site. The first thing I need to do is remove a Google Maps install. This is done using modules and not in the theme files. When starting the local copy the Google Maps script tells me I need a new key and then throws me to the home page. I can log in as admin, but the message for the Google maps key keeps popping up and throwing me to the home page.
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There is a table named variables that contains the settings data. If you have enabled performance caching it will be stored in that table. Remove only the rows that match the performance module. This will reset them to the default, no cache, mode. Earnie On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 8:29 AM, Bert Van Kets <mailing@vankets.com> wrote:
Truncating the cache and sessions tables should be no problem. Could you elaborate your fourth point a bit please? I assume dropping a table is not what you describe.
Thanks
Bert
On 10/09/12 14:10, Earnie Boyd wrote:
1) Make a backup of the entire DB for all sites using your DB backup utility. 2) Make sure you clear the browser cache and try differing browser vendors. 3) If 2 doesn't help find all the cache tables and empty them and the sessions table. 4) Search the variables table for the performance settings and remove them.
Good luck, Earnie
On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 2:17 AM, Bert Van Kets wrote:
Thanks for the answer. I did get a key for Google Maps. That is not the issue. The problem is I can't get any admin page to display. No mapper what link I use I only get the home page content. The URL in the location bar changes, but the content does not.
An added problem is that the site uses multi domains and the site I actually need to do changes on is not the primary site. So there's another reason I need to get into the admin pages: I do need to set the domain module for the secondary site to display where the changes need to be made.
Bert
On 10/09/12 02:13, Ms. Nancy Wichmann wrote:
You need to request a key for "localhost". It's free, so take the easy way out and get a test key.
Nancy Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. -- Dr. Martin L. King, Jr.
________________________________ From: Bert Van Kets I have been asked to make changes to a Drupal 6 site that was _not_ developed by me. To make sure the changes don't break anything I want to set up a local copy of the site. The first thing I need to do is remove a Google Maps install. This is done using modules and not in the theme files. When starting the local copy the Google Maps script tells me I need a new key and then throws me to the home page. I can log in as admin, but the message for the Google maps key keeps popping up and throwing me to the home page.
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On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 7:17 AM, Bert Van Kets <mailing@vankets.com> wrote:
Thanks for the answer. I did get a key for Google Maps. That is not the issue. The problem is I can't get any admin page to display. No mapper what link I use I only get the home page content. The URL in the location bar changes, but the content does not.
Sounds like it might be a "clean urls" type of problem. What does your local apache configuration look like? http://drupal.org/getting-started/clean-urls
The mod rewrite module is working fine. The URLs I see in the address bar never use the q parameter. Thanks for the feedback though Bert On 10/09/12 14:15, Joe Corneli wrote:
On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 7:17 AM, Bert Van Kets <mailing@vankets.com> wrote:
Thanks for the answer. I did get a key for Google Maps. That is not the issue. The problem is I can't get any admin page to display. No mapper what link I use I only get the home page content. The URL in the location bar changes, but the content does not. Sounds like it might be a "clean urls" type of problem. What does your local apache configuration look like? http://drupal.org/getting-started/clean-urls
From the sounds of it, Drupal can't find the thing you're looking for. If you ADD ?q= to pages, does that work? I've had problems in the past where subdirectories caused a very similar problem, always bumping me back home. It was an .htaccess and settings.php problem.
Joel -----Original Message----- From: support-bounces@drupal.org [mailto:support-bounces@drupal.org] On Behalf Of Bert Van Kets Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2012 4:09 PM To: support@drupal.org Subject: [support] development copy of site fails Hi people, I have been asked to make changes to a Drupal 6 site that was _not_ developed by me. To make sure the changes don't break anything I want to set up a local copy of the site. The first thing I need to do is remove a Google Maps install. This is done using modules and not in the theme files. When starting the local copy the Google Maps script tells me I need a new key and then throws me to the home page. I can log in as admin, but the message for the Google maps key keeps popping up and throwing me to the home page. I disabled every module containing gmaps in the name directly in the database, but that didn't change a thing. I assumed the key was linked to the domain name, but even setting the URLs in the hosts file and creating new virtual hosts in Apache didn't solve the problem. No matter what page I request I still get only the home page and can't get into the admin pages. I then pointed maps.google.com to the 127.0.0.1. That got rid of the request for a new key, but nothing else changed. :-( I even removed the theme directories. That only remove the styling, but not the problem of the stuck home page. I am totally stuck. I really need to get this site totally functioning to be able to do the changes. Any tips are appreciated. Bert -- [ Drupal support list | http://lists.drupal.org/ ]
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