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accessing a second database

Hi folks, I'm hitting a problem with a site which I'm trying to develop using concrete5. I'm conscious that it isn't going to be a straightforward one to solve, and really, what I'm looking for are tips, hints and nudges in hopefully the right directi…

Unable to get category for permission view_page Error

I updated our site to 5.6 after conducting a backup. However, once updating, the entire site is down and I am unable to access anything from the site. After upgrading to 5.6, I received the following error; "An Unexpected Error occurred while upgrading:…

Pages not loading

Hi all - all webpages from the news section of our website are not loading - e.g. http://www.bringyourownbaby.com/index.php/news/news-archives/22dec2014/ No message comes up - it is just a blank screen. Can anyone advise why that might be? Many than…

looking for an addon

I am looking for an addon that would permit me to build a links page, or articles page, where i can adjust the layout at will. Ideally i want to build a Links page where i can have the link in an alphabetical layout, and if I need to slip another cate…

BPG Better Portable Graphics - a new file format

I've just read about a new file format called .bpg There are comparison between images processed as .bpg .png and .jpg on the inventor's website http://bellard.org/bpg/. At the moment it seems that conversion tools are command line and you need to inc…

Concrete5 Hack opens up Dashboard to public

Hey Community, I have had to sites hacked with 5.6.3.1 and 5.6.3.2 which opens up my dashboard to the public. So far going in manually fixes the problem however there was some damage done with one of my sites. Has anyone else encountered this issu…

site on lamp dev server suddenly haywire

My development site was working great. I signed in yesterday and my social media links were chinese (I THINK) Symbols and so were parts of my dashboard. That was yesterday. Now today, upon sign in it says my site is down for maintenance! Any thoughts? Btw…

Sitemap Access

I'm having difficulty allowing user groups to access the sitemap. I've set this up as I have historically on other sites, which would usually run fine. However, whatever I try this time, my user group just cant access the site map. I can see it in the …

Private Messaging and adding friends not working

hi there, i am using 5.6.3.2. For "Private Messaging" i have pubic profiles enabled. I think my problems may have something to do with the "cleaning up" i followed a few months ago from a forum (http://concrete5tricks.com/blog/cleaning-up-member-prof…

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