SkaDate : location field is not visible under Profile questions in Admin panel.

Issue: location field is not visible / available for managent in Admin Panel >> Users >> Profile questions.

Known to happen when: plugin re-installation, plugin updates.

To resolve  the issue:

  • open cPanel >> PhpMyAdmin >> your database >> $OW_DB_PREFIX_base_question table
  • find row with name = “googlemap_location”

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SkaDate / Oxwall troubleshooting : svg images are not displayed

Some theme related images in SkaDate / Oxwall are in .png format and some are in .svg . Depending on your server configurations .svg files might be blocked . On front end this will result in missing images. Example: image to the left has missing svg console icons. Image to the right is the way console should have looked like:

svg image missing skadate / oxwall    Screenshot-987

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SkaDate / Oxwall : how to deactivate plugins in database

Deactivate plugins via database only when:

  • you can’t access your admin panel due to an error.
  • you know which plugin is causing the error
  • you were not able to fix the error using other solutions.

Be aware that plugin deactivation will not fix the issue. It will just hide it, so that you can access your admin panel and do further actions to actually resolve the issue.

To deactivate the plugin:

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SkaDate / Oxwall Troubleshooting: 404 not found error when using software under temporary URL

Sample error: 404 not found. The server can not find the requested page: http://www.sitename.com/blabla (port 80)

Known to happen when: software is used (usually fresh installation/migration) under temporary URL.

Temporary URL format: http://server.domain.com/~cpanelusername/ .

Error usually appears on all site pages except ones that refer to direct file. URL: http://server.domain.com/~cpanelusername/index.php will work , but http://server.domain.com/~cpanelusername  will results in 404 not found error.

Admin Panel accessibility: Not accessible.

Possible Solution:

1. open ow_includes/config.php file >> make sure that your temporary URL is used for OW_URL_HOME line.

2. open main .htaccess file and add following rewrite rule right after “RewriteEngine On” line:

RewriteBase /~cpanelusername

SkaDate / Oxwall Troubleshooting: Plugin not found error when updating plugin

Sample error: Plugin not found.

If DEBUG mode is set to “true” following error message might also be visible:

file_get_contents(): SSL operation failed with code 1. OpenSSL Error messages: error:14090086…

Explanation: None

Known to happen when: updating plugins.

Admin Panel accessibility: Accessible.

Possible Solution: Check which version of PHP is used on your server. If 5.6 version is used, downgrade it to 5.4.  Try updating plugins once again after that.

SkaDate / Oxwall Troubleshooting: Fatal error: Class ‘ClassName’ not found in /ow_plugins/plugin_name/classes/filename.php on line 86

Sample error: Fatal error: Class ‘WyswygRequiredValidator’ not found in /public_html/ow_plugins/mailbox/classes/new_message_form.php on line 86

Explanation: Core platform is using certain class that no longer exists in updated version of the plugin.

Known to happen when: certain plugin is updated before core platform.

Admin Panel accessibility: Not accessible.

Solution: Updating core platform. There are 2 available options…

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