I guess my main question is this. After I change all those permissions to 777 to get thiis update installed (and there's ALOT of files AND folders here) , do I need to go back and change them all back to what they were before?
(so much for AUTO updates)

folders should be 755
and files should be 644
I forget now what they were...

I'm running Joomla 1.5.18
trying to update from Joomla SEF 3.4.3 to 3.6.5
its giving me this long list of red file permissions errors

do I have to go thru and change permissions for all these files and folders manually in filezilla
to get the install to work

then, do I need to go back and manually set them back again to be secure????
eek

also, is this going to break my VIRTUEMART extension (version 2.0.11)
should I update the virtuemart extension first maybe?

thanks in advance
love the program
got some permissions issue here

I think you're right
because when I disable those 2 switches in global config
and disable SEF component, and revert to the stock .htaccess
the problem is still there...
so I don't think its an issue with JoomSEF

everything was working like a DREAM
then out of the BLUE
this UPS shipping module stops working
so I posted to virtuemart forum and I'm waiting for a response
but not a peep yet...

I see that many others also have suddenly had this issue with their shipping module
out of the blue...and others will certainly start popping up I venture to guess...
I'm wondering if this link to UPS shipping calculator could have been changed, and I need to change this setting somewhere...it seems to be timing out and not connecting to the UPS server...
UPS should be all over this, they are losing money left and right I'm guessing...

here again is the notes from debug mode:

Debug: Starting Shipping module: ups
Debug: Using the cURL library for communicating with www.ups.com
Error: couldn't connect to host
Error: Internal Error processing the Request to UPS.com
Debug: The Shipping Module 'standard_shipping' couldn't
find a Shipping Rate that matches the current Checkout configuration

I really want to get this store back online obviously
due to the holiday season which is upon us
any ideas are MOST welcome
and Happy Holidays!

parrystreefarmnursery.com/

thanks very much
yes still unavailable...

from this page I hit "upgrade"
and it hasn't worked yet
administrator/index.php?option=com_sef
I tried all those upgrade buttons in the admin side
thanks again for your response
I'm going to run JoomSEF3.5.1 now..
without uninstalling 3.4.3

how do I get the new SEF extension Virtuemanrt 2.0.14
we bought 2.0.11 and I can't seem to get the upgrade to 2.0.14 on the site

thanks Jan. I appreciate you looking into this, its been broken for almost a week now
and obviously this client is hitting his peak season right now and really wants his store to be working
for the holidays. I'm working around the clock to fix this issue for him, he's a great guy.

I tried switching off seo in global config as well as mod_rewrite switch
but still broken in the same spot...

the odd thing is, everything was working fine, then just out of the blue it stopped working
we didn't really touch anything...

I noticed the new version Joomsef 3.5 is out, and SEF extension virtuemart 2.0.14 is out
although those might not fix this issue I'm guessing...

do I Need to also commment out some lines in .htaccess?
we can probably get it working without sef
but would be nice to also have sef working...

I had it working fine with and without joomlaSEF installed...
so I'm optimistic

thanks again for your quick response and for caring.

Joomla 1.5.14
virtuemart 1.1.2
JoomSEF 3.4.3
SEF extension virtuemart 2.0.11


automatic upgrade isn't working (it says your server is busy)
but I have JoomSEF 3.5
can I just install that on top of 3.4.3?
or should I un-install that first

also I want to upgrade to SEF extension virtuemart 2.0.14
can I just install that on top of 2.0.11 or remove that one first?

thx

excuse me, that's extremely rude to interrupt my unsolved thread with your TOTALLY DIFFERENT issue...
can you start your own thread? my problem has not been solved and now you are confusing my issue...
diluting my theme...and I can't imagine what you were thinking to post in the middle of my thread like that...
except that YOUR Problem is more important than my problem and worth interrupting my thread...

thanks very much indeed for your quick response.
yes, I certainly considered the possibility of the UPS server being down
but it has been doing this for about a WEEK now....
and I don't think UPS is going to let its server stay down that long
it seems unlikely to me...

Joomla 1.5.14
virtuemart 1.1.2
JoomSEF 3.4.3
SEF extension virtuemart 2.0.11

when I click
"NEXT" at "please select a shipping address"

it says

"Error: couldn't connect to host
Error: Internal Error processing the Request to UPS.com"

I've tried every possible setting in .htaccess...I'm pretty sure that not the issue in this case.

maybe the new version JoomSEF 3.5 will fix this issue?

also this might be a clue...I noticed at step one
the URL is:
index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=checkout.index&Itemid=96&redirected=1&Itemid=96

which seems fishy to me..