i'm having some issues installing the 1.3.8 patch too. i installed my local version of zen cart a while ago, i think 1.3.6. so i followed the 1.3.x instructions to change the admin folder name before beginning the upgrade and it worked, i could see the admin panel behind my new and secret-squirrel admin folder name (and no, i won't tell it to you here).
then i applied the update files to their respective directories. i caught the warning about modifying the right html_output.php and didn't think i had made any changes to it, so i replaced that file with the 1.3.8 version too. when i next tried to load my admin screen, it was just blank. i verified/changed the permissions to be read-only on the configure.php files and loaded it again. the title of the page loads in the browser tab, but the page is still blank.
*sigh* this is why i prefer to stay on the front end of applications.
i went out to my host installation of zencart which i had not yet modified (at all) and grabbed both html_output.php files in case i had replaced the wrong one. i noticed that my version on my host was already 1.3.8. still the same behavior. dang.
so... any advice? i can still see the changes i've made to the front end of the store locally (colors, fonts logos, etc), so most of my work might not be for not.
i appreciate all the answers and troubleshooting suggestions i've gotten from these forums and the readme files included with the 1.3.8 update.
thanks! - fontaholic
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