Why is Magento 1.4 including javascript files by filesystem path?

Question

I am in the process of testing a Magento 1.3 site using Magento 1.4. I am seeing very weird and inconsistent behavior. Instead of including the URL of my javascript files, M

Answer 1

in magento 1.4 the config_id is 879 (for me) Setting this value to 0 gave me all my .js files back. Super weird

Answer 2

go to System -> Configuration -> Developer Settings -> Javascript Settings -> Merge JavaScript Files (beta) and set it to "no". It is realy a beta :D

Answer 3

Editing the config.xml didn't do the trick for me, I had to disable it in the database.

In table 'core_config_data' set the value of the row with path 'dev/js/merge_files' (config_id 772) to '0'.

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction though!

Answer 4

What are the values for the various Base URL fields under "Web" in the configuration? Should be something along the lines of

{{unsecure_base_url}}skin/

for the base skin URL.