Template and k2 gets messed up after update

starlight

Hi. In 2016 I asked in the JoomlArt forum if you guys could update the JA Kranos template and make it responsive. One of the JoomlArt admins - Joey - emailed me and said: "I've received your request of reponsive layout for JA Kranos template via JA forum, let me know if you're still interested in this.''. I said "Hi. I am. Do you work for JoomlaArt?" And he replied "Yes, I do." And from there he agreed on a price for the work and I paid him what he requested.

He spent over a year to deliver the responsive template, and it was full of bugs! At the end he stopped replying to my emails, and I hired a freelancer to install the broken template on three sites I needed it for. The freelancer managed to install it and fixing tons of bugs in it. But I am still having problems with it. I don't know whether your support can cover this, as I don't know if he did the work privately or on behalf of JoomlArt, but he presented himself as he was doing it as a JoomlArt admin, so I hope you guys can be so kind and help me out.

There are 2 main problems:

Whenever joomla is updated, the template crashes, and needs to be fixed. And to do that in sha Allah the past I used the freelancer I mentioned. Can you guys please look into the issue and fix the bug that crashes the template when its updated? By crash, I mean it just gets messed up.
After Joeys work, the K2 articles did no longer work properly. Whenever I hit the save button from the admin, it just loads and loads untill the site crashes. Then it comes back after a few minutes. The same freelancer I used to fix the template, also fixed this bug, but after updating K2, it came back. So if you guys, please, can help me out, I would be so gratefull.

I have backed up the site.

aman204

starlight Hi

To be precise, You may kindly share some screenshot showing the layout after updating the template specifically showing majorly the sections seen to be not appropriate. This should probably enable us to try and troubleshoot the relative issue more appropriately

saguaros

starlight There are 2 main problems:

Whenever joomla is updated, the template crashes, and needs to be fixed. And to do that in sha Allah the past I used the freelancer I mentioned. Can you guys please look into the issue and fix the bug that crashes the template when its updated? By crash, I mean it just gets messed up.

After Joeys work, the K2 articles did no longer work properly. Whenever I hit the save button from the admin, it just loads and loads untill the site crashes. Then it comes back after a few minutes. The same freelancer I used to fix the template, also fixed this bug, but after updating K2, it came back. So if you guys, please, can help me out, I would be so gratefull.

I check your site and see that the frontend still displays correctly, could you detail the issue here?
I go to Backend > K2 > edit an item > then Save, it also works normally (screenshot)

starlight

Thx. Please look at the extra link I added in the "site url" area. Its a video that explains all the issues related to the template breaking after joomla update. I.e. relating to my point nr. 1.

aman204

starlight Also, Kindly confirm if we can try to update the Joomla version to try and troubleshoot the relative issue

starlight

aman204 yes you can.

aman204

starlight Hi

Kindly take akeeba backup of the site as it would be more feasible and convenient to deploy and try to examine the relative issues on local install by deploying the site on local and doing needed comparisons

starlight

I can do it tomorrow. Or you can do it if you think that would be better?

aman204

starlight I can do it tomorrow. Or you can do it if you think that would be better?

You may kindly do it yourself and let us know when done so as to enable to download the latest download package and deploy it on local

starlight

When I try to install Akeeba Backup, I get this error.

aman204

starlight When I try to install Akeeba Backup, I get this error.

You can try the steps outlined here here for installing FOF 3.0

In some cases Joomla! forgets to install files for the FOF 3 library used by most of our components (Akeeba Backup, Admin Tools, Akeeba Ticket System and others). This could mean that even removing the directories above you could still be unable to access your site. If this happens, try the following solution:

starlight

I have installed Akeeba, and taken a backup that you can download. But there were some warnings that I don't know what mean. If you want you can take another backup to be sure, if you don't think its nescery, the backup is there ready.

aman204

starlight For some reasons, The backup isnt getting restored on local.

Having reviewed for relative issues as seen in screencast, You can try add this to template.css file ever since there are some CSS rule-sets coming from bootstrap stylesheet which are conflicting :

.navbar .container{width:1170px !important;}
.top-social .custom{padding:5px 10px !important;} /* adjust padding value accordingly */
@media only screen and (max-device-width: 1200px)  {.navbar .container{width:970px !important;}} /* adjust width value accordingly */

Kindly ensure to clear your browser cache if changes dont reflect

You may kindly let us know as to how it goes after adding above CSS

starlight

Thx. I can't see any change, do you?

If needed I can send you backup from our host, or I can do a backup of one of the other sites where I am using the same template.

aman204

starlight Thx. I can't see any change, do you?

You may check now as I have added the above CSS in the file in isolated folder : "/local/css/custom.css" in template "kranos2"

starlight

Thx. Should I remove the code from the template.css file?

Please see here for the remaining bugs in the template: https://www.useloom.com/share/e2b4da172af749c6aed9620fecd3d519

aman204

starlight Should I remove the code from the template.css file?

Yes, You can as nevertheless, the CSS code added there isnt getting applied

Will have further look at the remaining issues and try with best of ability in finding resolutions as the template has been customized and modified to good extent which invariably brings in several code changes

starlight

Yes, You can as nevertheless, the CSS code added there isnt getting applied<

I have removed it. But I noticed I made a mistake while adding it. I added it to "ja_kranos" in stead of "kranos2". So that may be the reason it was not applied.

Will have further look at the remaining issues and try with best of ability in finding resolutions as the template has been customized and modified to good extent which invariably brings in several code changes

Thx!

starlight

If it is of any help, I can also send you the ftp and login details of the working site where joomla has not been updated.

aman204

starlight I can also send you the ftp and login details of the working site where joomla has not been updated.

Yes, You can update the details of working site in edit fields which should make the task easy to review in depth by comparing the code reference for relative issues as seen in screencast

starlight

I have now updated the details in edit feilds.

aman204

starlight Kindly check as it seems that the site with latest Joomla version has been removed from edit fields. You may add it too so as to enable me to review both the sites simultaneously