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« on: August 22, 2009, 01:13:37 AM »

As you can see here:
http://dev.joomlaworks.gr/plugins/

...SuperBlogger works just fine with RokDownloads, as really, there was no reason why it wouldn't work...

If a 404 error is thrown with RokDownloads, it happens because RokDownloads is not properly set.

Soooo... make sure RokDownloads is properly set and that the menu items you've created to RokDownloads folder actually refer to PUBLISHED folders and/or files... and you'll be OK.

If you have further questions on how to setup RokDownloads, I highly recommend you post at the RocketTheme forum. Wink



SOME MORE INSIGHT TO HELP YOU SETUP ROKDOWNLOADS PROPERLY

1. Watch your menu item titles when SEF is on
Joomla! SEF URLs -by design- will throw an error if:
- Joomla! SEF URLs are enabled, but NOT the .html suffix
- Some menu item has a name for which the resulting "menu alias" is identical to a system folder

To be more clear, enable Joomla! SEF URLs without the .html suffix, make sure yout htaccess.txt file is renamed to .htaccess and then go ahead and create a menu item -pointing anywhere- and call this "Templates". Try visiting this menu item from your site and you'll get a white page? Why so? Because there is already a "templates" folder inside Joomla!'s file structure, so when you click the menu link, the server will look at the filesystem first and thus return the white page, as generated by the blank index.html file located inside /templates. If you rename this link to "My Templates", it will magically display properly. Wink

2. Better not use the /rokdownloads root folder for your main URL to RokDownloads when SEF is on
Likewise, you'll get an error if you link to /rokdownloads directly. Not to mention you may get file/folder permission issues. Always make sure you create a folder structure below /rokdownloads so you're always sure you won't have conflicts.

3. Make sure the RokDownloads folders or files you create menu items to actually exist and are published
This point is self-explanatory, but a new user may not notice the small "publishing" state icons in RokDownloads. So be careful with these Wink

If we discover more tips, we'll let you know...
« Last Edit: August 22, 2009, 01:25:43 AM by Fotis » Logged

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