So. I dont know what I was thinking but now my admin page is broke.
All the links in the admin page are like this: index.php/admin/dashboard/#
I have no navigation. I did 4 things:
Made a backup like the wiki said.. (but didnt download it)
I followed the wiki update instructions. I did the update from the downloader in admin.
I was navigating the main site afterward.. I wanted to see how the search worked. so just goofing off I searched:
j.a.v.a.s.c.r.i.p.t:alert (not with the . but the word is filtered here..)
Harmless.. and then I figured I should refresh my system cache from the admin panel. Which I noticed new things there.. so i checked everything and pressed: refresh. BOOM. Now-- I cannot navagate. I was like. What the heck. So I cleared my cache from Firefox. went back to the admin page.. nothing. All my links are #
