Hi I have been creating a mod for smf forum I wrote the xml and zip n intstalled it when installing it said Error in Package Installation
At least one error was encountered during a test installation of this package. It is strongly recommended that you do not continue with installation unless you know what you are doing, and have made a backup very recently. This error may be caused by a conflict between the package you're trying to install and another package you have already installed, an error in the package, a package which requires another package that you don't have installed yet, or a package designed for another version of SMF.
The code is listed below
***************package-info*************************
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE package-info SYSTEM "http://www.simplemachines.org/xml/package-info">
<package-info xmlns="http://www.simplemachines.org/xml/package-info" xmlns:smf="http://www.simplemachines.org/">
<name>imate</name>
<id>Abdul:Imate</id>
<type>modification</type>
<version>1.0</version>
<install>
<readme type="inline">welcomet this is the imate jama package</readme>
<modification type="file">jama.xml</modification>
</install>
<uninstall>
<readme type="inline">welcomet this is the imate jama package</readme>
<modification type="file" reverse="true">jama.xml</modification>
</uninstall>
</package-info>
************ end of package info ******************
************start of jama.xml***************
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE modification SYSTEM "http://www.simplemachines.org/xml/modification">
<modification xmlns="http://www.simplemachines.org/xml/modification" xmlns:smf="http://www.simplemachines.org/">
<id>Abdul:Imate</id>
<version>1.0</version>
<info>welcomet this is the imate jama package</info>
<homepage>www.abdulbasitnawab.com</homepage>
<file name="$sourcedir/index.php">
<operation>
<search position="before"><![CDATA[
header('Location: ' . $boardurl);
]]></search>
<add><![CDATA[
echo "this is custom text" welcome ther
]]></add>
</operation>
</file>
</modification>
************end of jama.xml*****************
This one for testing can any one tell me what is wrong with my code thatnx
Question: why are you modifying Sources/index.php? The user never goes there, ever. And if they do, they are meant to get redirected, so they'll never see the text anyway.
I think the issue is that <info> and <homepage> shouldn't be in jama.xml.
Plus, the echo line should be:
echo "this is custom text welcome ther";
Otherwise it's a PHP error.
Also make sure the name of the file is package-info.xml. I made the mistake of not naming it correctly when I was making my MOD.
Hi
thanx for ur reply i was first trying to modify the boardindex/index.php but then for testing purpose i tried to modify this file any how em using smf mod creator for creating mod
tell me if i create the mod manually then how to zip the files i used the winzip for this also tried by linux zip command but when uploading/installing it gives error message then i used smf mod creator using it the mod was installed but when i execute the mod then gives the above mentioned error
tell me how to zip the files coz using winzip or linux command didnot worked with me
thanx in advance
You need to have package-info.xml and jama.xml in the zip file, then you use the Download Packages page, to send the .zip file to the server.
The first file must be called package-info.xml, the second is whatever you called it in the <modification> block in package-info.xml.
The best thing to do is download some existing packages and have a look at them. The mod I have linked in my signature is a very small mod, no database required, and it shows how mods can be applied to 2.0rc1-1.
yes i did all the steps required and also tried it by downloading a smf package from the smf site but the isssue with me is when i click the apply in the installed packages page it gives the error test failed
any idea
There are two tests, first to make sense of the package itself, then second to apply the changes. Which test is it failing on?
hi
thans for the reply i got it done it was acually not matching the regularexpressions coz of spacing issue thanx once again http://www.abdulbasitnawab.com (http://www.abdulbasitnawab.com)