Found a fix for the self-hosted bug on hostgator (and some other hosts) where trying to download plugins from your buzztouch.com control panel would result in the "...loading" message staying there forever and not actually doing anything. The issue apparently comes in some security setting that's in place by the host. It results in a "403 (forbidden)" error when trying to access one of the .php files on your server. The fix is to change the pluginsUpdate.php file (located in your /admin directory) as follows: Around line 414, you should see the javascript function "installPlugin" declared. Change that function to this one (hopefully this all comes through on the forum post): //installPlugin... function installPlugin(pluginGuid, uniquePluginId, directoryName, downloadURL){ document.forms[0].pluginGuid.value = pluginGuid; document.forms[0].uniquePluginId.value = uniquePluginId; document.forms[0].pluginURL.value = downloadURL; document.forms[0].webDirectoryName.value = directoryName; document.forms[0].command.value = 'installPlugin'; var controlsDiv = document.getElementById("controls_" + pluginGuid); controlsDiv.style.display = "none"; var resDiv = document.getElementById("submit_" + pluginGuid); resDiv.style.color = "red"; resDiv.innerHTML = "...loading"; var theURL = "pluginUpdate_AJAX.php"; var theString = "pluginGuid=" + pluginGuid + "&command=installPlugin&downloadURL=" + downloadURL + "&uniquePluginId=" + uniquePluginId + "&webDirectoryName=" + directoryName; $.ajax({ url: theURL, type: "POST", data: theString, success:function(data){ if(data != ""){ resDiv.innerHTML = data; } } }); }

Thanks Chris.

@chris1, Totally awesome! Thanks for fixing this! I put up an updated version of pluginsUpdate.php (with proper spacing) at http://buzztouch.me/?ddownload=394 -Cake

Thank you!

Thanks

thanks Chris, I just switched to hostgator.

Thanks for sharing Chris! Unfortunately no luck for this Hostgator user :((( I applied the changes but I just get the red "...loading" text on the plugin I am trying to update and nothing else happens (same as the previous version). Which is a bugger because this would have saved me some time doing manual updates. Cheers Darrel

I noticed this works for downloading plugins from buzztouch but not for updating. Probably a similar thing going on for updates

Ok thanks ... I must of got a little excited when I saw the "...loading" issue and thought it was for updates too ;)

I'll give it a try, thanks.

Thanks Chris, This is really a lifesaver!!! Much appreciated!! Would be nice to have the plugin update proces fixed too. Best Regards, Danny