Hello, I'm trying to switch my XOOPS Over to another server, I transfered the DB no problem, and edited the mainfile.php accordingly.

Ok now I have a problem, the system module seems corrupted or something cause it won't show any of the system blcoks on the site and when i go to the admin panel there is no button on the top for all the system stuff. And when i got to /modules/system/admin.php I get this stuff outputed in the table instead of the options, and if I click any of them, the page doesn't load correctly in the sense that it just shows up as wariable names like the stuff below:

_MD_AM_IMAGES _MD_AM_SMLS _MD_AM_COMMENTS _MD_AM_ADGS _MD_AM_AVATARS
_MD_AM_BANS _MD_AM_BKAD _MD_AM_PREF _MD_AM_TPLSETS _MD_AM_MDAD
_MD_AM_MLUS _MD_AM_FINDUSER

Thanks for your help.

I had a problem like this ages ago, but I don't really know what I did to solve it.

Basically I had the problem like yours, it seems to have something to do with the fact that your language definitions are not working, I think that is what I was told.

Basically I think I had some kind of corrupted download when I took a copy of my site prior to moving it, when I uploaded the copy to the new server, I had the problem, I tried several things and I am not sure which actually fixed it, so your welcome to try them all as I remember them

First of all clear your cache and templates_c folders and check the site again, (I guess you probably already tried this, but just in case)

I uploaded the following folders to the server again (I took them from an older backup of the site as like Isaid before I think my most recent 'backup' had been corrupted somehow)

/language

/modules/system/language

I then cleared the cache and templates_c folders again, used CTRL+F5 to reload my browser and the menus re-appeared, or they appeared as they should at least.

I did actually try a couple of other things, but I think it is a language issue more than anything else.

I think what it is you are seeing is the calls for those menu items, your language definitions should tell the system that _MD_AM_AVATARS is Avatars in English or 'what-ever' in Spanish, French etc.

Anyway, try re-uploading the language info and see what happens.

Should you need more help, it might be good to include:



This info might make it easier to identify the problem.

Also try turning on the various debug options as these may provide more info.

Dave

Thank you.

I actually managed to fix it myself.

It turns out there was an error in transfer when using SmartFTP when that particular section was being copied over. So I just used another FTP program to upload the files that were missing. It seems to work fine now except for1-2 things. A couple modules I didn't install appear to be missing from the list (although this is not important). And the menu for the system module button is still using variables rather than a language, although thats probably cause i missed a file, so no worries. I consider this pretty much solved. Thanks.