Blocks can not be added

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Joined: 11/13/2007

After installing Ubercart alpha8 into a fresh Drupal 5.3, I can no longer enable blocks in regions. (At first I thought I just misunderstood something, but actually blocks are not working how they should.)

Basically, I see the correct list at /admin/build/block but whatever I do there does not stick. It does work in only one theme, Garland, but I think that is because that is the particular theme that was enabled when I installed ubercart. If I switch to another theme and try to enable modules for it, they never appear in that theme.

In the database, the appropriate records are never added to the blocks table.

To reproduce the problem:
- install drupal 5.3
- install ubercart plus dependencies
- install the Zen theme
- set Garland as the Admin theme (not sure if this is necessary for reproducing the problem.)
- make Zen the default theme
- attmpt to set blocks for the Zen them at /admin/build/block
- viewing public pages (non-admin pages) don't display the blocks that you set, and if you check the blocks table in the database, you should see that the expected records have not been added for the Zen theme.

Modules that I have enabled:

Color
Comment
Contact
Help
Menu
Path
Taxonomy
Tracker
Upload

Tables API

Token
uBrowser

Cart
Order
Product
Store

Attribute
Notify
Payment
Shipping Quotes
Shipping

Flatrate (shipping)

Test Gateway
Authorize.net
Credit Card

Workflow-ng
Workflow-ng UI

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Joined: 08/07/2007
AdministratorHead Code Monkey - I eat bugs.

This shouldn't be an Ubercart specific problem unless it's a memory issue... however, I experienced some bugginess trying to enable blocks on a site between my site theme and admin theme. I'm wondering if yours might be related... have you tried this on a setup where the admin theme is the same as the site theme?

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Joined: 08/16/2007
Internationalizationizer

I got the same problem, and i confirm it's just a bug between theme / admin theme, you need to have the same admin theme to solve this.

Posts: 6
Joined: 11/13/2007

Ryan, Mog, you're absolutely right. When I set my admin theme to System Default, and then go assigning modules, everything works as expected. Would this be considered a bug in Drupal core? I think I burned like 2 or 3 hours on that problem, and it's such a simple workaround!

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Joined: 08/07/2007
AdministratorHead Code Monkey - I eat bugs.

Yeah, looks like a bug at least with Drupal 5.3. I remember it working fine before... I don't know if it's been reported already or not.