Header.php doesn't exist [SOLVED]

[nicky9499]

Gday gentlemen, I have a small issue with applying skins.

First some essential information: php 7.2, phpvms 5.5.2.72

The problem is every time I upload a new skin, it generates an error very similar to this:

Notice: The template file "/home/singap08/public_html/operations//lib/skins/OceanBluev3/header.php" doesn't exist in /home/singap08/public_html/operations/core/classes/TemplateSet.class.php on line 231

Initially I thought this was just the theme being outdated or generally problematic (as evidenced by the number of posts on the release thread asking for help).

Today I tried OceanBlue which is close enough to what I'm looking for and also the thread was pretty clean.

However it still threw the same error as pasted above. When I looked in that php file and line 231 it was just the following which doesn't make sense to me whatsoever.

Haven't TPL files been phased out since forever, why is the theme still trying to look for one?

At the end of the day what I'm just trying to do is apply a basic, presentable and modern theme - no advanced or custom features required.

[ProAvia]

You installed the skin incorrectly. The developer provided detailed install instructions on his site.

https://209studios.com/docs/oceanBlue/

It looks like you uploaded the entire OceanBluev3 folder to your /skins folder.

What is your site URL?

[nicky9499]

Thanks for the link, I've now rtfm-ed and reinstalled it correctly, including all 3 additional modules.

Edit: with AirMail installed it showed a huge wall-of-text fatal error. I have removed all AirMail files.

Now the site loads but it's all still pretty screwed up.

http://www.singaporevirtualairlines.org/operations/

Edited January 27, 2020 by nicky9499

[flyalaska]

Shoot me a PM, I can install this for you.

[ProAvia]

I suggest you take @flyalaska up on his offer. 

[nicky9499]

I tried to PM @flyalaska (Eddie?) but the forum reported the account is unable to receive PM at this time.

To reduce the back-and-forth, could we perhaps correspond via my "serious" email? [nic@ccrx.us]

Thank you in advance for offering to help, I deeply appreciate it.

[flyalaska]

2 hours ago, nicky9499 said:

I tried to PM @flyalaska (Eddie?) but the forum reported the account is unable to receive PM at this time.

To reduce the back-and-forth, could we perhaps correspond via my "serious" email? [nic@ccrx.us]

Thank you in advance for offering to help, I deeply appreciate it.

Had to be a glitch. Its says your box is full.

Click the Contact Us link under support.

https://phpvms.209studios.com/downloads_OceanBlue3.php

Edited January 28, 2020 by flyalaska

[nicky9499]

Just sent you a message from there.

[nicky9499]

I have a follow up questions for the experts here.

Following a clean install and attempt to install OceanBlue with Eddie's help, he has advised that I need a particular version of phpvms in order to run his theme.

I am now past the point where I can easily do another clean install with some pilots already filing flights under an early release/testing phase. On the other hand, because my server also runs other sites that require php7.2 (IPB for example), downgrading the php version is out of the question.

Putting aside the continuous frustration that is the seemingly endless varieties of phpvms and no apparent official release version, can someone advise how one would jump from a "5.6-friendly" 5.5.2 to a "7.2-friendly" 5.5.2 without losing any data please?

 

Edited January 31, 2020 by nicky9499

[ProAvia]

Save the 5.5.2 database and after you get 5.5.2.72 tweaked to your liking, link it to the 5.5.2 database.The databases in default 5.5.2 and 5.5.2.72 are exactly the same except for some default date/time formats in a few tables which shouldn't affect the end result (and were done to make the install MySQL 5.7 compatible). If you are using MySQL 5.6 you won't see any difference.

Or run the subdomain/phpVMS 5.5.2 folder under PHP 5.6 - and the rest of your hosting account on 7.2

[nicky9499]

Thanks for the advice. Could you elaborate a bit on the "link it to the 5.5.2 database" step please?

[ProAvia]

After 5.5.2.72 is all set up and tweaked to make all the modules work as you want, you basically edit local.config.php (near the top) to use the 5.5.2 database - edit DBASE_USER, DBASE_PASS, DBASE_NAME

[nicky9499]

OK this is going to sound a bit stupid, but it turns out I have been running the "7.2-friendly" version all along.

The reason why I got confused (other than that there's so many "releases") is the bottom right of my Admin panel stated "5.5.2.72 simpilot", so when Eddie give me a link and said I needed to use one from ProAviaAZ's github (which is yours), I thought it was another release altogether. I compared the files, they were identical, uploaded them to another subdomain, set it up and sure enough the bottom right reads simpilot as well.

So we're back to square one where OceanBlue does not install properly on a 7.2 compatible phpvms install. Have uploaded lib, core, additional modules, imported the airmail SQL. What else am I missing??

Edited February 1, 2020 by nicky9499

[ProAvia]

Yeah - the reason I left simpilot there is my update is of the simpilot version to make it compatible with PHP 7.2

Mine says - Verson 5.5.2.72 - Simpilot/PHP7.2

Simpilot version says - Simpilot 5.5.2

[nicky9499]

Theme has been installed successfully with Eddie's kind assistance.

The problem was something with the chat module and site works well after removing it.

[ProAvia]

Great. Thanks for letting us know its solved.