Magento 1.8 – Admin Personal Module Routes Failed

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I'm following this tuto http://www.magentogarden.com/blog/how-does-magento-adminhtml-grid-work.html to create an admin module.

After trying lots of solutions, i still can't reach my admin controller. I get a 404.

/var/www/app/code/local/Namespace/Configslider/etc/config.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<config>
        <modules>
                <Namespace_Configslider>
                        <version>0.1.0</version>
                </Namespace_Configslider>
        </modules>

        <global>
                <helpers>
                        <configslider>
                                <class>Namespace_Configslider_Helper</class>
                        </configslider>
                </helpers>

                <blocks>
                        <configslider>
                                <class>Namespace_Configslider_Adminhtml_Block</class>
                        </configslider>
                </blocks>
        </global>

        <admin>
                <routers>
                        <configslider>                               
                                <args>
                                        <modules>
                                                <Namespace_Configslider after="Mage_Adminhtml">Namespace_Configslider_Adminhtml</Namespace_Configslider>
                                        </modules>                                
                                </args>
                        </configslider>
                </routers>
        </admin>
</config>

/var/www/app/code/local/Namespace/Configslider/etc/adminhtml.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<config>
<menu>
        <cms>
                <children>
                        <namesptest module="configslider">
                                <title>Configure the slider</title>
                                <sort_order>50</sort_order>
                                <action>adminhtml/configslider/index</action>
                        </namesptest>
                </children>
        </cms>
</menu>

<layout>
        <updates>
                <configslider>
                        <file>configslider.xml</file>
                </configslider>
        </updates>
</layout>

<acl>
        <resources>
                <admin>
                        <children>                              
                                <cms>
                                        <children>
                                                <namesptest translate="title" module="configslider">
                                                        <title>NameSpace - Slider</title>
                                                        <sort_order>100</sort_order>
                                                </namesptest>
                                        </children>
                                </cms>
                        </children>
                </admin>
        </resources>
</acl>
</config>

The admin generated menu link URI is : index.php/admin/configslider/index/

EDIT : From the alan storm tuto, magento generate the following controller file name : /var/www/app/code/core/Mage/Index/controllers/Adminhtml/ConfigsliderController.php and magento can't find the controller class name.

EDIT 2 :
/var/www/app/design/adminhtml/default/default/layout/configslider.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<layout>

        <configslider_adminhtml_index_index>
                <reference name="content">
                        <block type="configslider/adminhtml_configslider" name="configslider"></block>
                </reference>
        </configslider_adminhtml_index_index>
</layout>

EDIT 3 :
NameSpace/Configslider/Block/Adminhtml/Configslider/Init.php

<?php
class NameSpace_Configslider_Block_Adminhtml_Configslider_Init extends Mage_Adminhtml_Block_Widget_Grid_Container
{
    public function __construct()
    {
        $this->_blockGroup = 'configslider';
        $this->_controller = 'adminhtml_configslider';
        $this->_headerText = Mage::helper('configslider')->__('Configure slider');      
        parent::__construct();
    }
}

NameSpace/Configslider/Block/Adminhtml/Configslider/Grid.php

<?php
class NameSpace_Configslider_Block_Adminhtml_Configslider_Grid extends Mage_Adminhtml_Block_Widget_Grid
{
    public function __construct()
    {
        parent::__construct();
        $this->setId('configslider_id');
        $this->setDefaultSort('id');
        $this->setDefaultDir('asc');
    }
...

EDIT 4 : Below my module tree :

Configslider/
  Block/
    Adminhtml/
      Configslider/
        Grid.php
        Init.php
  controllers/
    Adminhtml/
      IndexController.php
  Model/
    Config.php
    Resource/
      Config.php
      Setup.php
      Config/
        Collection.php
  Helper/
    Data.php
  sql/
    configslider_setup/
      mysql4-install-0.1.0.php

Do you know where i'm wrong ?

Best Answer

This should be adminhtml below routers and not configsliders in your config.xml.

<admin>
    <routers>
        <adminhtml>                               
            <args>
                <modules>
                    <Namespace_Configslider after="Mage_Adminhtml">Namespace_Configslider_Adminhtml</Namespace_Configslider>
                </modules>                                
            </args>
        </adminhtml>
   </routers>
</admin>

Also, I'd recommend this guide.

http://alanstorm.com/magento_admin_hello_world_revisited

Updated answer based on new info.

Without re-creating the entire module, this is what I changed to get the admin page to show up and not 404. I substituted the namespace for my testing so you will need to change that. You should be able to take it from here.

Pay close attention to the order of the namespace_extensionname in the config edits, these are important.

Modified: app/etc/local/Stackexchange/Configslider/etc/config.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<config>
    <modules>
        <Stackexchange_Configslider>
            <version>0.1.0</version>
        </Stackexchange_Configslider>
    </modules>

    <global>
        <helpers>
            <stackexchange_configslider>
                <class>Stackexchange_Configslider_Helper</class>
            </stackexchange_configslider>
        </helpers>

        <blocks>
            <configslider>
                <class>Namespace_Configslider_Adminhtml_Block</class>
            </configslider>
        </blocks>
    </global>

    <admin>
        <routers>
            <adminhtml>
                <args>
                    <modules>
                        <Stackexchange_Configslider after="Mage_Adminhtml">Stackexchange_Configslider_Adminhtml</Stackexchange_Configslider>
                    </modules>
                </args>
            </adminhtml>
        </routers>
    </admin>

    <adminhtml>
        <layout>
            <updates>
                <stackexchange_configslider module="stackexchange_configslider">
                    <file>stackexchange_configslider.xml</file>
                </stackexchange_configslider>
            </updates>
        </layout>
    </adminhtml>
</config>

Modified: app/etc/local/Stackexchange/Configslider/etc/adminhtml.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<config>
    <menu>
        <cms>
            <children>
                <stackexchange translate="title" module="stackexchange_configslider">
                    <title>Configure the slider</title>
                    <sort_order>50</sort_order>
                    <action>adminhtml/configslider/index</action>
                </stackexchange>
            </children>
        </cms>
    </menu>

    <acl>
        <resources>
            <admin>
                <children>
                    <cms>
                        <children>
                            <stackexchange translate="title" module="stackexchange_configslider">
                                <title>Configure the slider</title>
                                <sort_order>100</sort_order>
                            </stackexchange>
                        </children>
                    </cms>
                </children>
            </admin>
        </resources>
    </acl>
</config>

Missing: app/etc/local/Stackexchange/Configslider/controllers/Adminhtml/ConfigsliderController.php

<?php

class Stackexchange_Configslider_Adminhtml_ConfigsliderController extends Mage_Adminhtml_Controller_Action
{
    public function indexAction()
    {
        $this->loadLayout();
        $this->renderLayout();
    }
}

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I find the whole XML thing difficult so I am sympathetic to your cause here.

It looks to me like there is a discrepancy with your class name and your block XML

class Crusader_CLHomePage_Block_Qwerty extends Mage_Core_Block_Template

and

    <block type="core/template" name="homepage" template="crusader/home.phtml">
        <block type="crusaderhome/qwerty" name="homeads" as="homeads" template="crusader/homeads.phtml" />
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You may want to look into some of the tools available for generating modules. I find them very useful for avoiding typing errors. I use this one by the very clever people at MGT Commerce (it has simplicity on its side) and this one is all-encompassing and an astonishing piece of coding by Silk Software.

***EDIT following comments below

Additionally based on the error log I think the problem is that Magento can't find your class file. So double-check the caches are refreshed or off, particularly XML cache, and that the compiler is off or re-enabled.

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