Uploading Errors in Joomla 1.0

In this particular article of mine I would want to address an issue that most new comers may have had to experience with Joomla 1.0. Being a new entry at any software, one always tends to work on the first version before moving on towards the latest releases. When I installed the Joomla 1.0 I also faced the similar problem, but with the help of a senior colleague I finally managed to crack it down. I am stating the problem here so that any of you facing the problem may help themselves out.

I firstly received the error message when I first tried to install Joomla 1.0. A friend of mine received the same error message when he tried to install new components or Mambots on his copy of Joomla 1.0. T he message mostly included the following terms which of course were alien to me at that time.

“Upload mambot - Upload Failed ERROR: Could not find an XML setup file in the package Upload mambot - Failed" or "Upload mambot - Failed XML setup file is not for a mambot”

I did an extensive research on the internet but couldn’t understand any thing. My colleague then explained some techniques to me and I starting experiment them. After a series of trial and errors I finally managed to sort out the problem. I was making mistakes in categorizing the installer files. For example if a file named mod is placed under the mambots category it definitely will give you an error. That file should be installed under the modules category. This way com files would go under components and any third extension would go under mambots. I seemed very silly after I discovered my initial mistakes.

However it’s our mistakes that make us learn and become experts. The second problem was that sometimes the file needed to be uploaded to the Joomla in the same zip format which was downloaded for the internet. However in the case of a few other files there was another zip file inside the first zip file and the inner zip file was the one that got accepted. This is why I call my methods trial error ones.

I tried to point out the main problems while uploading to Joomla so you may not have to get as frustrated as I was when Using Joomla for the first time. I had even made my mind to dump Joomla if I hadn’t had a chat with that senior colleague of mine. Best of Luck with your Joomla