when i click install nothing shows up

[sahmjay]

To be sure we understand each other. In the modules directory there are only three sub-directories, none of them have the name of the template you are using in ZC, correct? Shipping, payments, and orders I think are the name of the three directories.I too am a little as you say jaded, I installed v1.3.9h, v1.5.0, and v1.5.1 each individually and as an upgrade in one setup and things went fine. It's those odd things that generally have to be corrected/discovered. So, is your current setup an upgrade or fresh install?

i see what your saying with the modules now. yes there are 3 directories under modules in the admin panel payment shipping and order total.

[mc12345678]

thank you for taking time out to assist a newbie. it is a fresh install. in the modules directory there is classic, debug_blocks, order_total, pages, payment, shipping, sideboxes and a list of php files

Well, if a fresh install, then would suggest uploading all of the files again. (Or downloading all of them, comparing to a fresh install and uploading those that have differences.) Sometimes in an upload, one or more files do not get received/saved as they should be and this results in things not working. It could also be a database error, but off the top of my head, I don't know what values would need to be removed from the database to force a clean slate.

Earlier you said you had an update button, what happened when you clicked on it?

[sahmjay]

[mc12345678]

i see what your saying with the modules now. yes there are 3 directories under modules in the admin panel payment shipping and order total.

Sorry, apples and oranges... I recalled the admin directory, but so far the discussion has been centered around the store directory. The admin directory in 1.5.1 does not yet have an override, so I would not expect to see your template name there. Sorry. The list of directories from your store/catalog side looks correct. Because you have stated that this is a fresh install and I see no other template directories, at this time I am not investigating down the override path.

[sahmjay]

Well, if a fresh install, then would suggest uploading all of the files again. (Or downloading all of them, comparing to a fresh install and uploading those that have differences.) Sometimes in an upload, one or more files do not get received/saved as they should be and this results in things not working. It could also be a database error, but off the top of my head, I don't know what values would need to be removed from the database to force a clean slate.

Earlier you said you had an update button, what happened when you clicked on it?

nothing happened when i clicked update. the first 2 times i extracted the files on my pc then ftp'd them to the server which caused some files to be missing. on my third fresh install of 1.51. ( i uploaded the zip file to the server and used cpanel to extract the files.)

when i installed 1.39, i did the same thing, uploaded the zip to server then extracted it there. no issues with the cart so far.

[sahmjay]

[sahmjay]

has anybody else encountered this issue with their v1.51 cart also? i tried google, zen-cart forum search, reading through documentation help but couldn't find a solution to this particular issue.

[mc12345678]

i don't have a your template directory

i checked the files here and they are the same as stock file set.
/includes/modules/payment

Still trying to go through this to figure out why after what appears to have been a clean install at least three times, the same response is appearing at the payment installation for PayPal. In all three cases (if not mistaken two were zipfile uploaded and decompressed on site, one was unzip local and ftp to site) was the same database referenced? I haven't looked through the code to see the execution path after clicking the install button, but there's a number of things that look wrong on the page that displays after clicking install (update page), first is that there is no arrow next to the expected module, then there is nothing below the update option. Have you tried reviewing:
http://www.zen-cart.com/content.php?124-blank-page ?

It seems that perhaps this is the problem being encountered. Also, have you tried installing any of the other PayPal options, just to see if get any further/different system response?

[sahmjay]

Still trying to go through this to figure out why after what appears to have been a clean install at least three times, the same response is appearing at the payment installation for PayPal. In all three cases (if not mistaken two were zipfile uploaded and decompressed on site, one was unzip local and ftp to site) was the same database referenced? I haven't looked through the code to see the execution path after clicking the install button, but there's a number of things that look wrong on the page that displays after clicking install (update page), first is that there is no arrow next to the expected module, then there is nothing below the update option. Have you tried reviewing:
http://www.zen-cart.com/content.php?124-blank-page ?

It seems that perhaps this is the problem being encountered. Also, have you tried installing any of the other PayPal options, just to see if get any further/different system response?

i've given up trying to resolve this issue with this version. i've deleted the database and reinstalled each time to ensure there is a fresh database. my options are either install the prior version of zen or work with magento which i'm in the process of editing on another domain.

[mc12345678]

i've given up trying to resolve this issue with this version. i've deleted the database and reinstalled each time to ensure there is a fresh database. my options are either install the prior version of zen or work with magento which i'm in the process of editing on another domain.

What host are you using?