Trouble with Andreas00 Theme

jenstewart · Post by **jenstewart** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 3:05 am

I just installed the Andreas00 theme, and I get this error message at the bottom of my page, can you please advise me as to how to fix this?

Warning: Smarty error: serendipity_smarty_hookplugin: illegal hook 'frontend_footer' in /home/content/j/e/n/jenstewart/html/serendipity/bundled-libs/Smarty/libs/Smarty.class.php on line 1088

I was also wondering what files i need to edit to change the header image, and the background colors

Thanks!

azel · Post by **azel** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 4:08 am

Regarding the header image and colors:

Look in your Andreas00 theme's img folder and find front.jpg. That is your header image.

The colors can be changed in the theme's CSS file. You can use a free CSS editor (it's really easy to use too) called Topstyle Lite. It allows live previews of how your site can look. http://www.newsgator.com/NGOLProduct.as ... dView=lite

Don't be intimidated by CSS though, once you get the hang of changing colors, it should be no problem.

If you need colors, try here: http://www.lynda.com/hex.asp

For basic info on CSS, you can read here: http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/

jenstewart · Post by **jenstewart** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 5:14 am

Thank you so much, I will check out those links and give it a try!

Post by **garvinhicking** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 4:14 pm

Hi!

The other error messages comes because you are using a VERY outdated version of Serendipity!

Please upgrade to 1.0.1 or 1.1-beta as soon as possible! 0.8.2 also contains security issues, and is already older than a year.

HTH,
Garvin

jenstewart · Post by **jenstewart** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 5:39 pm

oh how wierd that I have an old version, I downloaded it just yesterday from my godaddy.com account. I will update now

Post by **garvinhicking** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 5:47 pm

Hi!

Yes, sadly godaddy.com is long beyond updates and have not upgraded for a long time.

Best regards,
Garvin

jenstewart · Post by **jenstewart** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 5:52 pm

Ok I just read the FAQ about how to perform a udpdate and it gave me several things on what I need to do first, however I coudln't find anywhere that told me HOW to do those things

First of all, you should make a backup of your existing installtion by copying your whole directory and by creating a Database dump (use phpMyAdmin or something similar). If you have done that, you only need to extract the new Serendpipity release files over your old directory. Make sure that you never delete the serendipity_config_local.inc.php file, as it contains the most vital Serendipity configuration data.

Before you continue the process, make sure that the PHP/Apache webserver is able to write to your serendipity_config_local.inc.php and .htaccess file, and that the directory templates_c/ exists and is writable. You can change permissions using chmod commands in your favourite FTP or SSH client.

Also make sure that your configured database users are privileged to execute ALTER TABLE, CREATE TABLE and CREATE INDEX commands!

I want to make sure I do all these things correctly. I've done a forum search on it, but all I've come up with is mentions of DOING those things, not directions on HOW to. I'm sorry I'm so lost, I thought I was pretty competent on the computer, but I'm finding there is a whole world out there I know and understand nothing about!

jenstewart · Post by **jenstewart** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 6:01 pm

The FAQ says

Then go to your Serendipity Admin Panel, and you will see the Serendipity upgrader.

I cannot find that in my admin panel. Where to I find this?

Thank you!

azel · Post by **azel** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 6:10 pm

Check back on your first thread in General Discussion where I posted on the database backup, and hopefully that should help you on that part.

As for the second part, making sure your server can overwrite those files, open up your FTP program. I use CuteFTP, which allows you to right-click on a folder and show you what the permissions are set to, this is what is meant by chmod. If your FTP client does this or you know how to look at the permissions, make sure the permissions on those three mentioned items are set to at least 755. (It might say Properties/CHMOD rather than permissions.) This means your files will be come overwritable.

You shouldn't have a problem with the database tables upgrading on GoDaddy.

I would give upgrading a try. Just upload the latest serendipity files to your folder and when it's done uploading, point your browser to your login screen (http://yoursite.com/blog/serendipity_admin.php) and follow the upgrade screen.

Edit: The upgrade screen will appear at your login only after you have uploaded the new files.

jenstewart · Post by **jenstewart** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 6:14 pm

Thank you so much!

jenstewart · Post by **jenstewart** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 7:52 pm

YEA!!!! I took care of the update, THANK YOU SO MUCH for all your help! I will now attempt to change some of the other tweaks I asked about in other threads.

Thank you so much for you help!