Whenever i make a change to the config and try to save I get the error 404 component not found?
Wow, thanks for all the info!!!
Just kidding. Although I do need more info...
I assume you're using the latest version of the component?
What exactly have you changed in the Admin configuration before trying to save?
What happens if you use a 'clean' install of the component then go to the component configuration and just save without making any changes? Does that work?
Do you have any special type of server configuration (shared hosting, etc.) - and is the configuration file writable?
That's about all I can suggest at the moment. Without further info my hands are tied.
Let us know!
Hi, I'm having the same issue and would be happy to give you some more info if this would help me to solve the problem.
On my localhost server I do not have this problem but on my webhost server I do.
- I'm able to change the permissions on the server. But which file is the configurations file of this component?
- If I do a clean install, I'm having the same problem: 404 component not found error.
Install went successful by the way. And I downloaded this component yesterday.
I do not have this trouble with other components.
Could you give me some more suggestions?
Kind regards,
Bart Verbeek
Anyone a clue? I've no idea! :-(
I found on this forum: "The file you're looking for is in the admin folder and is called 'config.recommendfriends.php'.". (/administrator/components/com_recommendfriends/config.recommendfriends.php).
There was the solution for this error. If I make this file writeable to the world, I am able to save the config.
But this is not a preferred permission setting in my opinion. Is this a bug, or a wrong setting on mu Joomla 1.5.4 site?
Hi ahbartv and Dafydd,
Just filling a solution here that worked for Dafydd.
Quoted from email received from Dafydd:
"Problem solved it turned out it was the config file in the admin components section. I thought the was one but I was looking in the components. Works a treat check out
http://www.britmovie.net in the top menu...superb. The error was not your fault but on my server,
Godaddy, where some files just seem to become unwritable even with ftp and I have to go into the system to chmod. Superb...
thanks"
Ahbartv - I don't believe this to be a bug - The config file should only be 'written' to when saving the settings in Admin (and there is code in the files to check whether the user is properly authorized - like SuperAdmin - to edit the settings). I also don't think you necessarily have to chmod the config file to 777, I believe 755 would also work (and is what a lot of servers default to when Joomla! is installed). The other option you could do is to make the config file writeable when you want to adjust the settings in Admin and then change the permissions back to read-only when you're done. As I mentioned, the front end doesn't write to the file so it only needs to read from it. You would just have to 'remember' to chmod the file again whenever you need to make other changes.
Let me know if you spot anything else.
Thanks,
D-Mack
I just had the same problem....
And I saw your reply and I think you are right, it's ok.
Which I would recommend is to add a BIG NOTE commenting that you need to change permissions in order to modify the parameters.
For me, it didn't work with 755, but 777.
Also, if it didn't let you save the changes, an error note would be nice....
Just trying to help!