Lost the language toggle

[brcsmr]

Hi,

I accidentally deleted the language toggle block. Can I retrieve or reupload it from a source?
Please help!

Thx.

brc

[JasonNugent]

Hey brc,

Did you delete the directory from your OJS source or did you just accidentally disable the plugin from the journal manager/system plugins page? If you deleted it from disk you can just download a fresh OJS source bundle from the PKP website (getting the same version as your existing OJS install) and then just extract it in a different directory and replace the plugins/block/languageToggle directory.

Regards,
Jason

[brcsmr]

Thank you very much Jason.
I accidentally deleted the plugin from the plugins page thinking that I am disabling it. I would be very glad if you can post me the link where I can download this bundle. I'll then contact our system administrator.

Happy new year!

Regards
brc

[JasonNugent]

Hi brc,

All of the OJS releases are available on our download page: http://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs_download

Just scroll down to the "Previous Releases" section to find the full source distribution for the version you are currently using.

Regards,
Jason

[tbalicka]

Miałam ten sam problem - wielkie dzięki.

[brcsmr]

Thank you very much Jason.

Best wishes,
brc

[brcsmr]

Dear Jason,

I uploaded the language toggle, but now I can only see it as an item under the blocks. There is no "enable" or "edit" option. How can I activate it?
Your help is much appreciated

Best,
brc

[JasonNugent]

It isn't so much a question of enabling it as it is a matter of configuring your block plugin list to include it. In Journal Management -> Setup -> The Look (step 5), in section 5.6 you can decide where to put the block for the language toggle. Make sure you click 'save' at the bottom of the page afterward.

Regards,
Jason

[brcsmr]

This is very strange. I see it under the right block of 5.6 but when I come back to the opening page it is not there (yes, I saved it).
It only appears on the "plugins management" page when I login as the journal administrator. How is this possible?
Is there a chance that it is a directory related problem? maybe my system administrator uploaded the plugin under a different directory.
I am very confused.

brc

[JasonNugent]

Hi brc,

At this point, it might be worth having your system admin poke through the PHP or Apache logs for your OJS installation. Is this a completely stock, unmodified version of OJS, otherwise? I'm wondering that perhaps a) the files were placed on the server with incorrect permissions, or b) the plugin is somehow disabled within OJS. *IF* your OJS installation is completely unmodified, you can do the following:

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php tools/upgrade.php upgrade


Which will run through the upgrade process. If you haven't made any database schema changes, nothing should happen to your data. One of the things that happens at the end of this process is that plugins are installed and their system defaults in the database are set. This may clear up the language toggle issue if something isn't right.

If you do this, please make a backup of both your MySQL database and also your OJS installation (including the files/ directory) before beginning. Standard operating procedure.

Regards,
Jason

[brcsmr]

Many thanks Jason, I'll pass on this to the system administrator.
I'll keep you posted.

Regards,brc