HOT Start installation doesn't work ?!

Hi everyone !

I have recently purchased a Hot destinations template.
First I tried to install it fresh from scratch through Joomla extention manager, but then my top menu was growing instead of horizontaly (as it would suppose to), when ever I was adding new menu items and positioning it into user3 position (top menu) it was growing down vertically..?!
So I tought it'll be a long way...to set it all up from scratch. I checked some of the suggestions here on the forum and decided to go for a Hot Start package installation... So I deleted everything, dropped the database and started fresh. I copied everything on to the hosting into the site folder.. started the installation done evrything to the letter, as it says in the manual, installed sample data too! But finally when the installation is finished when I procced to the frontpage I only see a clean joomla installation there. It looks like sample data simply was not installed. And when I check the backend there's no sign of hot destinations template, however when I check cPanel FileManager the folder is there.
I've tried it several time allready even checked a tutorial on a youtube. I do exactlly as it shown there, but it just doesn't work ?!
Could anyone please please help me, I'm completelly lost !


One more day and I'll start pulling hair out of my head :woohoo:

Make sure you clicked Install Sample data button. Make sure you did not change wa89g_ as database table prefix during installation.

Thanks mate ! It was so simple I just should've left the prefix as it was, but I kept changing it. It's sorted now! :whistle:
Appreciate that !

Hi milos !

Thanks for your help, last time

I have one more problem now, could you please help me with that ?
Everything is working fine now, except that I've set a slideshow background..
I'm using a style3 color scheme (HOT Destinations).
Slideshow background starts fine first, but in a couple of minutes, it changes to a white background and stays like that, it's happening on all pages and articles that I open on a frontpage. Maybe you might know how can I fix it ? Or where I should look for a solution ?

I would really appreciate if you could give me any suggestions

Thank you in advance.

Opne templates\hot_destinations\js\animbg.js

You will see:

var imgArr = new Array( // relative paths of images
'templates/hot_destinations/images/bg1.jpg',
'templates/hot_destinations/images/bg2.jpg',
'templates/hot_destinations/images/bg3.jpg',
'templates/hot_destinations/images/bg4.jpg'
);

maybe links are not existing, try changing them to absolute URLs.

Hi Ivan !

It didn't actually worked for me. Maybe that's because.. I couldn't set a style3 to work with slideshow in the actual template in joomla backend settings, as when I was switching it to "style3" slideshow didn't work, only a static background wallpaper, but when I was choosing a "custom" setting and switching it to a slideshow it was turning into "style1" if you understand what I'm saying So I went into style3.php through file manager on my hosting and set it to a slideshow, (I don't know php at all, but I found that line that I had to change). And first it loked like it's working fine (I mean, I managed to set a style3 and a background slideshow), but in reality it just stop slideshowing after first bg1 picture on every page.
BUT !! I have one article that I rebuild from the sample data (that I installed "HOT destinations start package") and it works perfectly on that page ( slideshow goes on and on.., no troubles at all), but once I'm switching to any other page/article (that I've created) it shows first picture and then a white background after.

Do you have any thoughts about that ?
I appreciate your help !