Website/Conference Setup

[gdardick]

I have updated the Website setup to change the footer. I have also updated the conference setup to change the submission guidelines.

However in both cases, even though the fields were updated, the pages are not reflecting the changes. I've looked through the database (MySql) and saw the changes and I searched the website pages (source) - but cannot figure out why the changes are not being shown on the pages.

Thanks.

Glenn

[jamief]

Have you tried entering as admin and emptying the caches?

[gdardick]

I logged in as myself and entered "Site Administration". I then cleared template and data caches. Is that what you meant? (It didn't update the fields on the pages).

Is there an "Admin" user id?

[gdardick]

I even tried replacing t_compile and _db directories manually (t_cache was empty) as they weren't being cleared out when I tried using the system. Still no effect.

Glenn

[jamief]

I think to say anything more I would have to see the site, and you might explain what changes you say you made in those files that are not being reflected in the final display (including the names of the files you edited.

[gdardick]

I guess at a minimum it would be safe to look at the first page - http://ocs.digitalforensics-conference.org.

At the bottom, there is a 2009 copyright as follows:
(c) 2009 Association of Digital Forensics, Security and Law (ADFSL).

I have changed this to:
(c) 2010 Association of Digital Forensics, Security and Law (ADFSL)

under the following
Conference Site Management > Website Management > 3.3 Website Footer
This is the footer of your conference. To change or update the footer, paste the HTML code in the textbox below. Examples could be another navigation bar, a counter, etc. This footer will appear on every page.

but the new correct info is in that form but never shows on the page.

[jamief]

Hi again.

Okay. I see when you mean make changes, you are talking about modifications in content using the system directly. Fine.
Here is what I suggest you think about first.

In OCS and equally in OJS there are two levels of display: The OCS as a Conference System, and each individual conference.

I suggest that probably what is happening is you are changing the footer in ONE of those areas, but it needs to be in the other.

i.e. when you FIRST enter in as admin, you have two levels of rights: the system wide admin, and admin of each and every conference.

Perhaps you have been working at the lever of admin of conference 2010, but you need to enter as system admin and edit the SYSTEM WIDE footer in this case.
(or vice versa - you are making footer changes to the SYSTEM and you need to make footer changes to the individual conference - first entering into hosted conferences and then into the admin function of the conference.) One way to see the difference is to have a separate login for the 2010 conference and enter using that, that way you won't have access to higher level editing and won't be confused as to where you are at any given moment as admin gives you too much to work with on a daily bases.)

This is where I would start.

[gdardick]

This may be a clue, but I can't even change the theme. It changes on the form, but the pages still have the theme originally selected.

[jamief]

Looks to me like you found the issue, I see your page now redirects immediately to the conference, and shows a modified 2010 footer.

[gdardick]

it was the permissions. templates weren't being reset.

thanks!

[gponceba]

Please,

It is exactly the same problem after upgrade to OCS 2.3.1, buy only with Additional Content in Website Management (Step 2).

Even though the field were updated, the scheduled conference page are not reflecting the changes. I've looked through the database (MySql) and saw the changes and I searched the website pages (source) - but cannot figure out why the changes are not being shown on the page.

I'm giving a thousand rounds (database, index.tpl, permissions, ...) and I can't find the problem.

Can you help me?

Cheers.

[gdardick]

I can't remember what I did exactly (sorry) - but initially to test I set the permissions of the template and cache folders for everybody with everything set to allow (that was on Windows). Then I selected the option to delete the templates and/or cache under the site administration option. Those were the following:

Clear Data Caches
Clear Template Cache

Not a very secure test - sorry - but it did work.

[gponceba]

Thanks gdardick,

but I had already tried all that too.

- Folder 'cache' and subfolders with permissions 777
- Clear Data Caches & Clear Template Cache many times

Is that the thing is very rare, rare... I don't understand :S

It only happens with that field.......

[jmacgreg]

HI gponceba,

I have replicated this issue and filed a bug report: http://pkp.sfu.ca/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5430. Please feel free to CC yourself to that for future updates.

Cheers,
James