I can't install through the URL given. I get this error:

"Remote Server connection failed, failed to open stream: no suitable wrapper could be found Invalid URL"

Using this URL: http://network.intellispire.com/public/com_updater.tgz

I show cURL support enabled in PHP, but is there something else I need to install?

Current configuration:
PHP ver 5.2.6 (Apache as CGI)
Joomla 1.5.7
FTP mode is NOT turned on in Joomla.

I tried through 2 different Joomla installations, on 2 different hosts... both the same configuration.

Thanks for you help!

Stoney

Hello Stoney, (cool nickname)

This is a Joomla problem. Your hosts php.ini has been set to have "fopen_wrappers" to be OFF, where Joomla! needs it to be "on" to install software using the "install from URL" functionality.

There are 2 solutions:
Have your isp to turn allow_url_fopen = On

OR you can use an alternate installation method:
1) download the extension to your harddrive by clicking this link: http://network.intellispire.com/public/com_updater.tgz

2) Login to Joomla, click "Install / Uninstall" then use the "Upload Package" functionality.

Once it is installed, the system will work IF you have EITHER "curl" or url_fopen on your server. If you have neither, then unfortunately the installer can't work.

(Most people with allow_url_fopen = Off DO have curl installed)

Nick

Thanks, Nick, for your help and for the comment about my nickname!

I downloaded the package. Unfortunately what I got only had one file in it, without the xml installation instructions. So it won't install. BTW, the file I got in the download was named "com_updater.gz", not "com_updater.tgz."

Hate to be a pest, but I really am interested in the component.

Stoney.

The problem is that IE sees that the file is "gzipped" and very nicely un-compresses the file for you ... thereby destroying the ability for it to be opened correctly.

If you rename the file to .tar, then it should work.

Just in case that doesn't work, I will be sending you a copy via email

Sincerely,

-- Erwin --

Thanks, Erwin!

I forgot about that issue with stoopid IE -- Now I remember why I always by habit download the "zip" version of everything!

Received the component - thanks for emailing - and now everything is working like a dream. Love this thing!

-Stoney