why is my joomla template unwritablE, PENDING, OR administrator not working?
There are a couple of Joomla issues that you may find bothering especially if you are new with the platform. The great news is that most of these issues are rather easy to solve and you can also go to the Joomla community for help. What are these common issues? Here are some answers to solve Joomla problem from Joomava.
Why My Joomla Article Is Pending
Why My Joomla Article Is Pending
You may encounter an instance when your article has been published but it states that it is pending. This can happen even if the published date and time is current.
It is important to understand that pending is not really a Joomla status. If this is so, why are you seeing it? The possibility is that this is a status from a plugin or the front end waiting for an administrator approval. You also need to verify that you are the super administrator. To resolve this problem:
This should update the status of the article.
Why Joomla Administrator Not Working
It is important to understand that pending is not really a Joomla status. If this is so, why are you seeing it? The possibility is that this is a status from a plugin or the front end waiting for an administrator approval. You also need to verify that you are the super administrator. To resolve this problem:
- Log in as admin;
- Choose Content then Article Manager;
- Under Filter, type in the name of the article and click on Go;
- Click on the article and edit it;
- Choose the Parameters (Article);
- Verify the Created Date as well as the date for the Start Publishing, these should be the same;
- Save the article.
This should update the status of the article.
Why Joomla Administrator Not Working
It can happen that when you log into Joomla Administrator there is no response and no error message is displayed. Sometimes, what happens is as you try to log in, you will get redirected back to the login page. The problem may be traced to the session.savepath of Joomla, which means there is a problem in maintaining the information of the person logged in. If that information cannot be saved to the session, the person will not be able to log in.
The initial thing to do is to verify whether the session was working or not. If the session is working, then the problem lies elsewhere. Another possibility was the Access Control List (ACL) of the website. Try to log in using the phpMyAdmin and select the database of the Joomla website. Verify if the contents are all good. Check the specific table entries as well to make sure that they are not interfering with the login process.
It that does not solve the problem, try extracting the database, including backups, and compare the working database with the non-working one. Check at the first line for any changes. Sometimes the smallest difference can cause Joomla to malfunction. The number 1 for example at the first line instructs the plugin to enable user activity, while a 0 disables it.
The common cause of this problem is the installation of a badly written third-party plugin.
WHY IS MY JOOMLA TEMPLATE UNWRITABLE
The initial thing to do is to verify whether the session was working or not. If the session is working, then the problem lies elsewhere. Another possibility was the Access Control List (ACL) of the website. Try to log in using the phpMyAdmin and select the database of the Joomla website. Verify if the contents are all good. Check the specific table entries as well to make sure that they are not interfering with the login process.
It that does not solve the problem, try extracting the database, including backups, and compare the working database with the non-working one. Check at the first line for any changes. Sometimes the smallest difference can cause Joomla to malfunction. The number 1 for example at the first line instructs the plugin to enable user activity, while a 0 disables it.
The common cause of this problem is the installation of a badly written third-party plugin.
WHY IS MY JOOMLA TEMPLATE UNWRITABLE
This issue is considered quite insignificant due to the fact that it will not have drastic effect on your site. Despite this issue, you will still be able to edit the template using the Template Manager because it operates independent of the file permission. The notifications are merely warnings of the file status.
There is really no official documentation on why templates are left unwritable. Many developers believe that it is a form of security feature that the Template Manager Editor activates once the file is clicked. Upon saving, the template becomes unwritable again.
The important thing to note with this particular issue is that if you correct the permissions of the file under the Template Manager Editor, the issue will crop up again in the future. This means that this is only a temporary fix. But, if you do the correction using the File Manager of the host or via an FTP client, the issue with the file permissions will be resolved.
There is really no official documentation on why templates are left unwritable. Many developers believe that it is a form of security feature that the Template Manager Editor activates once the file is clicked. Upon saving, the template becomes unwritable again.
The important thing to note with this particular issue is that if you correct the permissions of the file under the Template Manager Editor, the issue will crop up again in the future. This means that this is only a temporary fix. But, if you do the correction using the File Manager of the host or via an FTP client, the issue with the file permissions will be resolved.