After a fresh install of Joomla on your site you get an error message “Error 500 – View not found [name, type, prefix]: frontpage,html”. If everything is fine on the backend and you only see this in the front end when you view your site then turn on your debugger. Usually the Joomla debugger will tell you where the problem is.
On the Joomla frontend, the error message will look like this:
500 – View not found [name, type, prefix]: frontpage,html,contentView
You may not be able to visit this page because of:
1. an out-of-date bookmark/favourite
2. a search engine that has an out-of-date listing for this site
3. a mistyped address
4. you have no access to this page
5. The requested resource was not found.
6. An error has occurred while processing your request.Please try one of the following pages:
* Home Page
If difficulties persist, please contact the System Administrator of this site.
View not found [name, type, prefix]: frontpage,html,contentView
If you preformed a debug on your site and you see the follow messages:
View not found [name, type, prefix]: Frontpage,html,contentView
Call stack
# Function Location
1 JSite->dispatch() /home/mydomain/public_html/mydomain.com/index.php:68
2 JComponentHelper->renderComponent() /home/mydomain/public_html/mydomain.com/includes/application.php:124
3 require_once() /home/mydomain/public_html/mydomain.com/libraries/joomla/application/component/helper.php:162
4 JController->execute() /home/mydomain/public_html/mydomain.com/Components/com_content/content.php:35
5 ContentController->display() /home/mydomain/public_html/mydomain.com/libraries/joomla/application/component/controller.php:236
6 JController->display() /home/mydomain/public_html/mydomain.com/Components/com_content/controller.php:50
7 JController->getView() /home/mydomain/public_html/mydomain.com/libraries/joomla/application/component/controller.php:293
8 JError->raiseError() /home/mydomain/public_html/mydomain.com/libraries/joomla/application/component/controller.php:470
9 JError->raise() /home/mydomain/public_html/mydomain.com/libraries/joomla/error/error.php:171
10 JException->__construct() /home/mydomain/public_html/mydomain.com/libraries/joomla/error/error.php:136
Analysis of the debugger:
- From the debugging messages it looks like it’s missing certain libraries from the installation of Joomla. Either the transfer was interupted or deleted.
Other checks you can do to fix the error:
- Remove any old index.html file in the root of your Joomla site
- Rename any old .htaccess file from your old Joomla site to .htaccess.old
Resolution:
- To fix this error message, upload only the “libraries” folder from the downloaded Joomla installation package to your server. Refresh your site and the error message will disappear.