Module Manager

This module allows the process of patching database while installing new modules (that uses this module) to be done automatically.

Download:
http://code.google.com/p/zencart-module-manager/downloads/list

Hi everyone,

I've also installed the module manager and all of it's classes. My question, since there aren't any directions anywhere that I could find, is: How to use the module manager???

Do I just drop files that haven't been merged or copied into the catalog folder and let the manager find them? Do I put them into a special folder? What? How?

New to ZenCart. All help is appreciated.

Raven

Sorry for the lack of documentation, working on it.
You can go to Admin->Tools->Module Manager to manage the modules.

Hi,

I installed module manager but when I go to admin > tools > module manager, I get the following error. Did I do anything wrong?
1 statements processed.
Success Set up version tracker table
Error Failed to create .keep file

dealbyethan.com:

Hi,

I installed module manager but when I go to admin > tools > module manager, I get the following error. Did I do anything wrong?
1 statements processed.
Success Set up version tracker table
Error Failed to create .keep file
http://code.google.com/p/zencart-module-manager/wiki/Installation

TROUBLESHOOTING: After installing itself, this module writes a file named ".keep" in admin\includes\module_installation, if your server doesnt allow it to do so, it may make the module attempting to install itself everytime. The fix is easy though, just manually create a .keep file there (after the module has already installed itself, of course)

Hi thanks for your quick response.

Do you mean to create an empty .keep file in admin\includes\module_installation?

I also have some questions in numinix.com's forum. It will be apprecaited. if you can please have a look at them here. Thanks.
http://www.numinix.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=784#784

Yes, exactly, just create that empty file.

PS: as for your other question, create that file first, then try again and see. I will try to prevent this in the future version somehow.

ok I created an empty .keep file and the errors went away. So then I clicked
Install new modules and got this:
Found and attempted to install 0 new modules.

Clicking on List all modules gave me this:
1 yellow1912_store_credit 6 3.01c update

Does that mean Store Credit has been installed successfully? But when I go to admin > modules > order total, Store Credit is not installed. Am I supposed to hit the install button to make it work?

dealbyethan.com:

ok I created an empty .keep file and the errors went away. So then I clicked
Install new modules and got this:
Found and attempted to install 0 new modules.

Clicking on List all modules gave me this:
1 yellow1912_store_credit 6 3.01c update

Does that mean Store Credit has been installed successfully? But when I go to admin > modules > order total, Store Credit is not installed. Am I supposed to hit the install button to make it work?
I think something went amiss in the readme file of sc module.
Let me fix it later. Anyway, normally the module manager will take care of all things. However, since this one is a special module (a payment module), it also requires you to click install there.

Regards.

It does seem to work okay now after I hit install. Does the sc module still need to be fixed? Please let me know when your instructions are ready. Thanks again.

I was talking about the problem with the readme file only

Regards

I am a bit confused. Does sc stand for store credit or share classes? When you said something about sc module is missing in the readme file. What exactly is missing? I was just wondering if I have installed share classes, then module manager and finally store credit correctly or if I have missed something.

By the way, I noticed that the URL seems to become user friendly even though I don't have any SEO url turned on. Is this due to share classes/module manager?

Weird, since this one has nothing to do with seo links, i hope i dont put Simple SEO URL code there by accident. If you want me to have a look, pls pm the link.

I mentioned the readme file because it seems to me like the installation process was not documented well.

If everything is working fine for you then there is nothing to worry about.

dealbyethan.com:

I am a bit confused. Does sc stand for store credit or share classes? When you said something about sc module is missing in the readme file. What exactly is missing? I was just wondering if I have installed share classes, then module manager and finally store credit correctly or if I have missed something.

By the way, I noticed that the URL seems to become user friendly even though I don't have any SEO url turned on. Is this due to share classes/module manager?

Weird, since this one has nothing to do with seo links, i hope i dont put Simple SEO URL code there by accident. If you want me to have a look, pls pm the link.
You can have a look at this on my website at https://www.dealbyethan.com. Simply click on any products/category. The URL looks SEO/user friendly. From memory, they normally look like a string of meaningless codes. I might be wrong. Let me know. Thanks.

I think you or someone installed Ultimate SEO ^_^

Oops! Didn't know I turned it back on again. Anyway, I was thinking to replace Ultimate SEO with Magic SEO. But then I found out that you have Simple SEO and it's free and better. If I was to switch to your Simple SEO, how do I remove Ultimate SEO? Or can I just turn off Ultimate SEO without removing and then install Simple SEO? Please advise. Thanks for your quick response! :)

If you are using ultimate seo and it's working fine (without breaking anything on your site), keep it, you dont need to replace it by any other module.

Regards

Well, there has been some controversy over Ultimate SEO URL. One of the problems I could recall is the duplicate URL it generates which Google dislikes. Also, the script is not as good as Magic SEO and perhaps your Simple SEO. Do you think Ultimate SEO is good or worth keeping?

I actually do not use Ultimate SEO URL, hence not aware of any problem it may have.
If you havent been using it for long (like you just accidentally turned it on yesterday for example), you should turn it off now, and check the forums to see if such problems exist. Dont wait till Google picks up your new links, it will be too late then.

dealbyethan.com:

Well, there has been some controversy over Ultimate SEO URL. One of the problems I could recall is the duplicate URL it generates which Google dislikes. Also, the script is not as good as Magic SEO and perhaps your Simple SEO. Do you think Ultimate SEO is good or worth keeping?

I installed per instructions (to the best of my ability) but I get the following errors:

Failed: 1
ERROR: Cannot create table module_version_tracker because it already exists
Note: 1 statements ignored. See "upgrade_exceptions" table for additional details.
Failed to set up version tracker table

The database table module_version_tracker does exist and has 1 record.
There is nothing in the upgrade_exceptions table.
What did I do wrong? Do I need a .keep file like dealbyethan?