Lost Dolphin's homepage

I am using Dolphin on a local webserver with the help of Xampp, i recently updated to the latest version of Xampp by just copying the new version on top of the old one, i can see the folders i previously created to host other pages are still there, but i am missing the main page, and now i only have the main Xampp page showing up instead of my site....

So, long story short....where do i find the Dolphin's index.html ???? or do i have to reinstall it again?

Thanks.

you cannot upgrade by merely overwriiting the files. by chance did you backup before you overwrote the files?

if so just do a restore and upgrade according to the instructions

Dolphin is installed inside the "htdocs" folder of Xampp.

I didn't back up anything, however i can see the other pages i created are still there and accessible (like the forum, it's still showing up on the address 192.168.5.8/2), but the main page (192.168.5.8) it's now displaying the main menu of Xampp and not Dolphin, so, how do i recreate or find the main page??

No backups yet as i am still at a very early stage and kind of experimenting things...

Thanks :)

i think that is because you may have wiped out your lang files. if you have no backup, then you are better off starting over. if you didnt wreck the database, it is possible that that can be recovered.

or if you were following the instructions, and replacing the files and dirs that were suggested as part of the patch, then the other thing that is missing is running the upgrade script. 

 Yes that's what i thought too, i think i only erased the page that is connecting to Dolphin, so, there is anyone that knows how to reconnect to it?

I think i had this problem in the past and someone pasted some code for me, but i cannot find it anymore...

try putting an index.php from dolphin zip into your htdocs directory.

geez, seriously, you had this problem in the past? 

what i would suggest and do myself is to install dolphin in a subdirectory

full install to where you are connecting to the site and admin panel.

then on the file manager, or ftp, or notepad++ open header.inc.php and modify the dbase name, dbase user, dbase pword, to point to the existing database, clear the cache, and see if you can get a connection? then you would have to go through the upgrade script and look at what updated on sql, and you will need to manually make those changes.

vice versa, you can export each of your tables that are relevant i.e,. profiles then import them into the install you done on the subdirectory, there really shouldnt be that much that you would need to export and import, its recoverable, but could require some work

 Just did that, but i am getting an "image" error ??? I also restarted the pc but i am still getting it....

In my original installation, Dolphin was in a subdirectory, but that somehow created a security problem because people could just go to the main directory and have access to Xampp, so, someone suggested to install Dolphin on the main directory instead (that's how i ended up having 2 installations...), by doing that, people would just see the Dolphin's site and not Xampp, so the security issue was fixed.

When i try to remove the not necessary anymore copy of Dolphin, i runned  into troubles again, so i left it there....i then succesively managed somehow to leave only 1 installation.

I think i found the database in PhpMyAdmin but i am not sure on how to "point" to it...also on the Header.Inc.Php i would like the name to remain the same (192.168.5.8).

You should not use XAMPP for a public-facing server, especially if the security script wasn't run.

 Thank you so much for your concern, however this particular server is only accessible from the users on the wifi local area network, so, chances to have an "attack" are almost non existent.

Do you have any ideas on how i could possibly restore this Dolphin's main page?

I am trying the suggestions that i am able to understand, as a very last resort i will erase the whole installation and restart from scratch, but i am trying to avoid that as only the connection to Dolphin seems to be missing

Thanks

 You running php 5.4. There is know bug with it. Please switch to 5.3 or 5.2 and it should work

http://www.boonex.com/trac/dolphin/ticket/2814

 Thanks Prashank25, i started by following the tip in that thread from someone claiming that changing the code from "Files" to "files" fixed his problem, i couldn't actually find the word "Files" on his own, so i changed all the words containing the word "File", by swapping all the upper cases "F" to a lower case "f".

That change bringed back a veeeery messed up Dolphin's page with all the page blocks aligned in a single column and with a tons of string code lines'error on the top and bottom of the page.

I am now trying to reverse back to the previous version of Xampps and see what happen....

I will report back soon

Edit:

Added picture of the new errors

You have done something that messed everything.

Bad news....after i uninstalled Xampp and reverted back to the previous version, nothing works anymore, i only get a white explorer page, so, no Dolphin and no Xampp too

You have not taken any backup and you are just messing things up. I suggest a fresh start.

I double checked with the Apache guys, they say the problem originated from the Dolphin, has 7.09 been updated to work with the last release of php?

Also, the bug or whatever else it is, in this link, it's going on from at least 9 months now.....wouldn't be time for Boonex to give birth to a fix for it  yet ???

What "Apache guys" told you this?

 http://www.apachefriends.org/f/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=51028

Unfortunately it is not in my capabilities to work out a fix for these apparent incompatibilities, i would be happy to invest part of my time in that, i am trying to learn, but the best i can manage right now is to point out at where the problems are....

Good luck with that