Unable to browse package server through package manager

[goofy2feet]

Using SMF 1.1.7 - with no other mods installed. Default theme.

In package manager --> download packages, I am unable to browse the smf package server - I just get a blank screen every time... no time-out message or anything, just a blank screen once the page has loaded.

While searching for an answer here, I edited Packages.php as suggested here, but that has made no difference.

Have found a mod I would like to install, but will wait for a response here before moving to the manual installation.

[Acans]

if you cant get it working, remember you can always browse HERE

[goofy2feet]

Thanks for your suggestion. I thought I had hinted in my post reference to 'manual installation' that I know about the SMF mods forum, but thanks for the tip anyway.

[JimM]

Go into phpMyAdmin and click on your database. Then click on the SQL tab and copy paste the following code and run it:

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UPDATE smf_package_servers SET `url` = 'http://custom.simplemachines.org';

[goofy2feet]

Thank you for providing a solution.

Incidentally, can I simply add extra urls to other Mods/Themes sources (eg., [Unknown]'s Packages, Jack.R.Abbit's Package Server, Grudge's Package Server, etc..) to browse them from within the package manager on my site?

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UPDATE smf_package_servers SET `url` = 'http://custom.simplemachines.org', 'http://anothersite.com', 'http://yetanothersite.com';

[JimM]

Yes you should be able to add additional package servers.  The query would be something like this:

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INSERT INTO smf_package_servers (name,url)
VALUES ('Grudge Package Server','http://www.yetanothersite.com');

You would want to run this query for each package server you want to add.

[goofy2feet]

Thank you for the support! Great info.

[JimM]

Glad to do it.  I tried that query on my database before posting so it has been tested.   If this issue is solved, please mark the topic solved by clicking the 'topic solved' link at the bottom of the page under the linktree.

[goofy2feet]

Yup, sorry - forgot to say that the query worked fine and I'm now happily browsing mods...

I was looking for that Topic Resolved thing but couldn't find it!