Sidebar popout button not appearing on live site

[Aetherdan]

Hi Guys,

I bet its something simple that I have overlooked, but when moving to my live site, away form localhost, I noticed I can't configure the sidebar, because the arrow that's usually on the left hand side of the site while browsing the index, isn't appearing. Have I configured something wrong? Thanks in advance!

This is for the forum app.

[AndyF]

Check your settings to ensure that you have permission to manage the sidebar first. ACP > Members > Staff > Moderators (as admins must have mod permissions to perform mod actions) > Edit the Admin group here > 'General' tab > 'Can Manage Sidebar'

Would be worthwhile while you are on this page quickly examining the settings for the other tabs for this group too.

 

 

[Aetherdan]

Thanks for the prompt response  Andy, unfortunately I already checked there with no success.

I am starting to think it might be related to CHMOD permissions, as that seems to be the only difference between both environments.

[AndyF]

Is anything else "missing" that you notice ?

Go to the ACP and run the Support tool, just choose "something is not working" , keep going until it gets to the stage where it wants you to submit a ticket and stop there.

Now view your site 'front end' again, hard refresh the page (CTRL+F5 usually) any better ?

If it persists , temporarily turn off your localhost server (if its wamp just right click and 'stop services') , as I wonder if its picking something up from localhost. This way you can be sure what you see is "live"

Next step after that, temporarily try a different browser if possible.

[Aetherdan]

Thanks for your support Andy.

I located the issue. It was related to my template edits for the footer. I accidentally removed the component when customising my footer template file.

 

{{if \IPS\Dispatcher::i()->application instanceof \IPS\Application AND \IPS\Dispatcher::i()->application->canManageWidgets()}}
	<button type='button' id='elWidgetControls' data-action='openSidebar' data-ipsTooltip title='{lang="manage_blocks"}' class='ipsButton ipsButton_primary ipsButton_narrow'><i class='fa fa-chevron-right'></i></button>
{{endif}}

 

[AndyF]

You're welcome. Thanks for posting back with your answer too.