HELP! My Dolphin has fallen and it can't get up!!! LOL

OK guys and dolls. Here goes. I am new to the community and need some words of advice from a guru or two. I have been trying very hard to customize my site and am failing miserably. The menus are kicking my butt and I, for the life of me, can not figure out how to change/edit them.I have been struggling with this program for over a month and there has to be a better way. If only I knew it I am sure this would be a great site.

When I attempted to log into the admin section this morning I got this error and am stuck.

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '}' in /home/gatesmee/public_html/inc/classes/BxDolAdminMenu.php(165) : runtime-created function on line 1

Fatal error: Function name must be a string in /home/gatesmee/public_html/inc/classes/BxDolAdminMenu.php on line 166

Please post the code in that file around that line.

This error here.

runtime-created function on line 1

Tells me you added something to one of the check fields for one of the admin menu items and it contains a syntax error. Code in check fields are turned into runtime created functions. Thats why i have concluded thats where the problem is.

Problem is you will not be able to edit this now in the admin panal.

You will need to find it manually via PHPMyAdmin in the table sys_menu_admin.  By default all admin menu items have a empty check field. You must have added something to one of them which needs to be removed.

And then after it has been found and removed the dolphin cache will need to be manually cleared.

Nothing wrong with that code. As i mentioned in my post above. The problem is with something that was added to a check field in the admin menu.

Don't look like standard code, its your custom code? Please attach the file instead. Can't tell much with this code snippet

As i mentioned in my post. Via phpMyAdmin available in cpanal. Directly removing it from the database is the only way. Then the cache needs to be cleared. I believe i did mention this in my last post. I will double check.

You host should have provided cpanal information to you. It's normally located in there. phpmyadmin is provided by your hosting company to edit and create databases. It's not part of dolphin.

If your host did not provide you with any of that information then you will need to contact them. You may be running something other than cpanal in which case i will not know where it is.

Well this will not be easy to explain.

You need to open your dolphin database. Select if from the left side.

Then you need to look for the table sys_menu_admin

Then in there will be a list of items in that table. One of the fields will be labeled Check.

All of those check fields should be empty. You need to be very careful in the database. One mistake and you could ruin your dolphin install.

Hmm. I had to leave for a bit, and i come back and all of your posts were removed.

Not really sure what that means. Hmmm. Confused now.

Oh, sorry about that. I fixed the problem with your expert guidance. I thank you so very much for that. Was just trying to keep from cluttering up the forum with excess messages.

Your posts should have remained. Many people used these forums to find solutions to their problems. The topic is now difficult to follow and understand due to the missing posts.

 @GatesCoBoy

are you backing up when you are modifying your site, are you commenting what you are changing. 

make a list of what you are wanting done, post it in here, dont get crazy, ......if what you need is relatively easily attainable, i think the community can guide you through most of what you need to do.

you mention you have been doing this for a month, well join the forums, there are some of us that have been doing this for years. 

 when you make changes as a novice, and a professional, a detailed change log should be maintained. 

i will suggest a tool to you, actually a couple of them

notepad++ (file editor)

GIMP (image editor)edits, and restores

winscp (file transfer ) winscp because it is secure ask your host to allow you a sftp connection

dropbox or google drive, to store your modified files 

i would also recommend that you do your testing and learning on a dev environment, unless you have no immediate need to launch your site any time soon. 

dev.domain.com

do all your trickery there, and get familiar, if you blow that up, so what, just reinstall it. 

Snagit (commercial but worth it screen capture and video capture)

winrar or 7zip

external HDD

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