I regret the update to 2.1.4. Can't modify the footer or security questions

[Aleksi "Lex" Kilpinen]

Okay, just to try and continue eliminating suspects,
in your browser settings, what level is your "Enhanced Tracking Protection" set to?
If it's anything other than Standard, try changing it to Standard and see if this changes anything.

[Sir Osis of Liver]

Started FF withhout plugins or extensions but nothing works. Still get the message below:
javascript:void(0);

That's what you should see in status bar if you mouseover 'English'.  There should be 42 files in /Themes/default/scripts directory.  How many do you have?

[Alina400]

I logged in into my test forum with my smartphone, but I can't change it with FF.

Yesterday, I logged in with my Windows 10 and FF and it can't be changed. It seems like it's not possible with the FF browser.

Is there anyone else here who can confirm that they can't change the security questions with the Firefox browser?

[Aleksi "Lex" Kilpinen]

It's not Firefox itself, I thought we established that already. It is something more specific to your Firefox, or your settings. Did you check your tracking protection settings?

Quite a few of us here use FF, and we don't see this issue.

[Alina400]

I have installed the version with Installatron on GoDaddy. What I will try later is to download the zip of version 2.1.4 and extract it in the folder where the test forum installation is located. I will let you know

[shawnb61]

I use FF on mobile & desktop on 2.1.4. Always have. Never an issue.

OTOH, I'd avoid installatron.  Always seems to have issues.

For that matter, so does GoDaddy.

[Kindred]

I use firefox - pc and mobile and tablet with no issues

I think we have two potential vectors, as Shawn said -- your specific firefox install and the fact that you used godaddy's autoinstaller

[Sir Osis of Liver]

There should be 42 files in /Themes/default/scripts directory.  How many do you have?

[Alina400]

I'm sorry guys, I deleted my test forum with version 2.1.4 and switched my main forum back from backup to SMF 2.0.19.

It's too complicated when it's not possible to update or install SMF using Installatron on GoDaddy, or when you try to install SMF 2.1.4 and it doesn't work completely.

I tried it anyway 🤷�♀️

[shawnb61]

Yeah, some unix admin & database & SMF knowledge is needed.

At some point you need to upgrade, though.  Sooner rather than later.

When ready, it may make sense to enlist help on the Help Wanted board:
https://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?board=50.0

[Alina400]

Yeah, some unix admin & database & SMF knowledge is needed.

At some point you need to upgrade, though.  Sooner rather than later.

When ready, it may make sense to enlist help on the Help Wanted board:
https://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?board=50.0

It doesn't sound good if you need Unix admin, database and SMF knowledge to install SMF 2.1.X...

Almost everyone expects a simple and uncomplicated installation without special prior knowledge because very few have it, myself included.
SMF 2.0 was easy to install and worked on almost every host and everywhere.

[Alina400]

Yeah, some unix admin & database & SMF knowledge is needed.

At some point you need to upgrade, though.  Sooner rather than later.

When ready, it may make sense to enlist help on the Help Wanted board:
https://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?board=50.0

The success of SMF 2.0.x was because of the easy installation and update with Installatron and the simple menu for the forum.

✌🏻

[Sir Osis of Liver]

Installing an SMF forum with a host installer is not recommended, it often doesn't go well, moreso if the host is GoDaddy .  You should be able to do a clean 2.0.19 install with a new database, drop tables, import your production 2.0.19 database, and run the 2.1.4 upgrade successfully.  It's not rocket science, as long as the database isn't damaged it should work.
 

[Aleksi "Lex" Kilpinen]

The success of SMF 2.0.x was because of the easy installation and update with Installatron and the simple menu for the forum.

The installation and update have been largely the same always, we have never recommended one-click installers, and when something goes wrong the one-cick installer or your host often won't help you fix things, so it is actually important you understand what happens "behind the scenes" a little. This basically applies to any self hosted application, you should learn what they do and how they work, so you can keep them working.