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Hello,

I am using v2.2 and try to install extension in the admin Extension Installer/Upload, but it is not accepting Zip file. How can I Upload the extension with zip file that I downloaded from Opencart/my account?

Please help. Thanks in advance!

What is the name of zip file.
And any error received while uploading.
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I mentioned it before, but that Topic got removed, for some reason.... ! When downloading an OC Extension, it will likely NOT be saved in it's correct File name.

As a consequence of this, an OcMod can ONLY be installed by the OcMod Install Routine, after beeing renamed to a file Title, consisting of .ocmod !
Sample:
whatever_filename.ocmod.zip
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Or then, if after the above step still nothing works, unpack the ZIP, and if it only
consists out of one Single install.xml file (besides possibly other unused visible or hidden crab like images or info files!) and possibly an empty Upload Subdirectory, then RENAME
install.xml
to:
whatever_name_matches_its_purpose.ocmod.xml
and then, you should be able to install it, as unpacked single File, by the OcMod Installer.
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So, every ZIP/RAR Package needs to opened/checked FIRST, to make sure, to get a correct installation! It's since OC changed it's design, and seemengly, no-one realized it yet...
See imaged samples below!
Ernie

The extension fie name is 581fed801add6.zip (I downloaded from OC My account)
See attached error message.

vqmod folder name found in the zip.

Please help.

harap wrote:The extension fie name is 581fed801add6.zip (I downloaded from OC My account)
See attached error message.

vqmod folder name found in the zip.

Please help.

Like you've been told before, RENAME its extension to .ocmod.zip. Is you still can't install it via installer, then install it manually. But if you have only "vqmod" folder, then you'll definitely not be able to install it via extension's installer. See the documentation for this particular extension on how to install it. Usually it comes in the package or can be found on extensions page or developer's site.

OpenCart recently have some problems with the extension's package downloading, as i know this issue was resolved several days ago

@ harap:
when did you last time download this package and did you try to make this one more time?
also, you faced this problem only with one particular extension's package? any other extensions are installed correctly? or this is common problem with any OCmod modification?

@ thekrotek:
>>>> RENAME its extension to .ocmod.zip
this is not good idea because OCmod extension's package already has to be named as {SOMETHING}.ocmod.zip
>>>> then install it manually
it is impossible to install OCmod modification manually, or i missed something?
>>>> But if you have only "vqmod" folder,
anyway he will not have any other folder, OCmod modifications are installed in quite another place

phenomena wrote:>>>> RENAME its extension to .ocmod.zip
this is not good idea because OCmod extension's package already has to be named as {SOMETHING}.ocmod.zip

It is THE ONLY idea, because now filenames are randomly generated and packed in "pure" zip. And there's absolutely nothing bad in renaming them back.

phenomena wrote:>>>> then install it manually
it is impossible to install OCmod modification manually, or i missed something?

Looks like you indeed did, because you can upload files from the package via FTP.

phenomena wrote:>>>> But if you have only "vqmod" folder,
anyway he will not have any other folder, OCmod modifications are installed in quite another place

He said, that he has a "vqmod" folder in the package, so most likely it's not even an OCMod, but rather a VQMod. In this case a VQMod parser can be installed and "any other folder" will be created.

filename.ocmod.zip still doesn't work and get Invalid type error.

Should I try filename.vqmod.zip ? (Because I have vqmod folder and upload folder in the package).
I prefer to use Extension Installer instead of manually, because it is easier, and the system should work for users as it is designed. I have not try manual yet.

I downloaded this random name zip package from my account yesterday. I have v2.2 running with full site SSL environment.

Please help. Thanks in advance!

Is this an ocmod you are trying to install or a vqmod ??

cyclops12 wrote:Is this an ocmod you are trying to install or a vqmod ??

It was filename.ocmod.zip

Got invalid file type error.

Why not just extract the zip file then ftp the files manually if you are having trouble with the installer ??

Thank you all,

Good news. Developer provided me: filename.vqmod.ocmod.zip
It is accepting now.
I am still working on it and will update here when complete for reference.

Like it was said multiple times, if something goes south, just unpack and upload everything via FTP (install XML file via extensions installer, if necessary). It's usually the best and fastest solution.

thekrotek wrote:Like it was said multiple times, if something goes south, just unpack and upload everything via FTP (install XML file via extensions installer, if necessary). It's usually the best and fastest solution.

Thank you thekrotek.
Prefer to use Installer not only much easier as it is original purpose, but will also test both module and Installer systems.

Thank you again!

Glad its sorted for you and well done to the developer for supplying you with the correctly named file

harap wrote:Prefer to use Installer not only much easier as it is original purpose, but will also test both module and Installer systems.

Not all extensions can be installed via installer, there're tons of ones, which can only be installed via FTP. This is why I recommended next time you hit the same issue, just use old-fashion installation, using FTP. It's faster, than asking for support on forums or developer to provide .ocmod.zip.

another Post, related to this:
Ernie
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