Just 3 weeks after Joomla 1.5.12 was released, joomla.org released the 1.5.13 update that fixed some MAJOR security issues. However, along with this fix came some problems. One VERY LARGE problem, namely – Media Manager is now broken.

Well, there has been a fix already committed to the development branch of the 1.5.* SVN, but it has not been fixed in a release for the general public yet. I have updated my sites and fixed the issue, but I am sure that many of you out there are still struggling. So I have attached a .zip file that addresses the issue. This is the “unofficially official” fix for the issue. It is the EXACT SAME files that were updated in the SVN for 1.5. This WILL BE the fix that Joomla! implements in 1.5.14 (at least I am 99.99% sure that it will be.)

UPDATE - Joomla! 1.5.14 was released today, 7/31/09, and it DOES use this fix for the media manager. However, it also fixes a couple other things, so I would suggest using that upgrade patch instead of the files located at the bottom of the post. View the Joomla! release notes for 1.5.14 here, http://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5244-joomla-1514-released.html.

Anyways, just download the .zip, unzip it, and upload it via FTP to the root directory of your Joomla! installation. Your FTP client will ask you if you want to overwrite some files, click yes, and you’re all set! (Trust me it works!) Anyways, to verify that this indeed fixes it, log into your Joomla! admin panel and go to media manager, and you will see the problem very clearly. Then do the fix, and refresh your media manager page. Vóila! Functioning Media Manager!

Enjoy!

Attachments:

administrator.zip – sha1 sum – f62ae2fdf768cd06ea18ae7475ad69b52d074f01