Post by abarn » Mon Dec 30, 2024 1:49 am

I've come across multiple times where I've modified a file, like the footer, only to come back in a few days and find the modification not there. Anyone else experience this? And yes, please spare me the "4.x is not ready for commercial use yet" posts. Just wondering if i'm not alone and should avoid using the theme editor.

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Post by softmonke » Mon Dec 30, 2024 4:38 pm

abarn wrote:
Mon Dec 30, 2024 1:49 am
I've come across multiple times where I've modified a file, like the footer, only to come back in a few days and find the modification not there. Anyone else experience this? And yes, please spare me the "4.x is not ready for commercial use yet" posts. Just wondering if i'm not alone and should avoid using the theme editor.
That's strange - from what I know, Theme Editor changes are stored directly in the database, and the changes are pulled from the database to be displayed on your frontend. When you say "... find the modification not there", are the changes still there under "Theme History" at Design » Theme Editor but the changes at the frontend are gone or do you mean the changes under "Theme History" are gone entirely?

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Post by paulfeakins » Mon Dec 30, 2024 8:35 pm

abarn wrote:
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I've modified a file
What file exactly?

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Post by abarn » Tue Dec 31, 2024 3:45 am

i'm testing to see if the cpanel Installatron backup was restoring files by disabling it, so far no changes so that may have been the culprit.

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Post by paulfeakins » Tue Dec 31, 2024 7:28 pm

abarn wrote:
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i'm testing to see if the cpanel Installatron backup was restoring files by disabling it, so far no changes so that may have been the culprit.
Ok and what file exactly did you edit?

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Post by abarn » Wed Jan 01, 2025 1:43 am

common/footer

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Post by softmonke » Thu Jan 02, 2025 7:19 pm

abarn wrote:
Tue Dec 31, 2024 3:45 am
i'm testing to see if the cpanel Installatron backup was restoring files by disabling it, so far no changes so that may have been the culprit.
This does sound like a likely cause since the changes made in Theme Editor is stored directly in your database. Unlikely that the changes done will just disappear magically. Something must be updating your database or someone is deleting changes made via the Theme Editor.

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Post by paulfeakins » Thu Jan 02, 2025 8:01 pm

abarn wrote:
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common/footer
Ok but that's not the full path to the file ...

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Post by abarn » Wed Jan 08, 2025 12:52 am

CONFIRMED, it was the installatron backup process.

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Post by paulfeakins » Wed Jan 08, 2025 6:28 pm

abarn wrote:
Wed Jan 08, 2025 12:52 am
CONFIRMED, it was the installatron backup process.
Great! So please add [SOLVED] to the start of this topic title.

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Post by OSWorX » Wed Jan 08, 2025 9:23 pm

abarn wrote:
Wed Jan 08, 2025 12:52 am
CONFIRMED, it was the installatron backup process.
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