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#9279 Site broke, can't restore

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Latest post by user46916 on Monday, 09 January 2012 14:58 CST

user46916
Mandatory information about my setup:

Have I read the related troubleshooter articles above before posting (which pages?)? No
Have I searched the forum before posting? No
Have I read the documentation before posting (which pages?)? No
Joomla! version: (1.7/latest)
PHP version: (5something)
MySQL version: (unknown)
Host: (1and1.com)
Akeeba Backup version: (latest)

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Description of my issue:

If you take a look at my site: http://www.therollerskate.com/

You'll see this error:
"Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'LogException' in /homepages/13/d369589260/htdocs/website3/libraries/joomla/log/loggers/formattedtext.php:179 Stack trace: #0 /homepages/13/d369589260/htdocs/website3/libraries/joomla/log/log.php(367): JLoggerFormattedText->addEntry(Object(JLogEntry)) #1 /homepages/13/d369589260/htdocs/website3/libraries/joomla/log/log.php(172): JLog->addLogEntry(Object(JLogEntry)) #2 /homepages/13/d369589260/htdocs/website3/libraries/joomla/error/error.php(248): JLog::add('JError::raiseEr...', 16, 'deprecated') #3 /homepages/13/d369589260/htdocs/website3/includes/application.php(202): JError::raiseError(500, '') #4 /homepages/13/d369589260/htdocs/website3/index.php(43): JSite->dispatch() #5 {main} thrown in /homepages/13/d369589260/htdocs/website3/libraries/joomla/log/loggers/formattedtext.php on line 179"

I've never seen this before. I have an exact copy at backup.therollerskate.com, both were stable last week, now both get the same error.

I've attempted to restore earlier backup files from Akeeba, all get this same error.

Please help!

user46916
I can't share the link because it is too big, and my site is completely down.

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
This is kinda strange, but it actually means that the component you are loading on your front-page is throwing an uncaught exception. The only thing I can recommend is to remove all the files from your site and restore the last known good backup archive. Since this is not really related to Akeeba Backup I can't help you :(

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

πŸ‡¬πŸ‡·Greek: native πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§English: excellent πŸ‡«πŸ‡·French: basic β€’ πŸ• My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

user46916
I tried that with three different backups before this one, all of them worked before, as far as I know.

This sucks, commence frowny face :(

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
Yes, but have you actually tried removing all of your site's files before restoring a backup?

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

πŸ‡¬πŸ‡·Greek: native πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§English: excellent πŸ‡«πŸ‡·French: basic β€’ πŸ• My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

user46916
no....but I did try restoring from a completely different folder. But not all of them... Hm..., let me try an older one with a completely fresh and blank folder. Good idea...

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