The only thing I hadn't done, or thought of doing, was to try installing hotpot from a standard theme. I was using the latest aardvark and this appears to have been the problem.
Upon changing to formal white, the install went smoothly.
I spotted something on the notifications page during the installation that made reference to updating aardvark and another theme (didn't think to note what it said) so I guess that was the issue.
Brian
From what you say, there was some issue with the Aardvark theme. The error message was about "blocks", wihch are a different kind of plugin to "Activity modules" such as the HotPot module. I don't think the HotPot module - or any other module for that matter - can do much about the message or the white screen that you get when using the Aardvark theme.
Glad to hear you found a workaround
Gordon
Sorry Gordon,
been busy and didn't have time to get on here. Yes, the hotpot module installed okay as soon as I changed themes and having gone back to aardvark (the fluid version) it works fine. In fact, I found another way to trigger almost the same error, and I believe Mary identified what was causing this problem. If anyone else has the same problem, with the fluid aardvark, for the moment the solution is to install via another theme and then switch back to aardvark. I'm sure Mary will fix the issue soon enough, so it isn't such a problem.
Brian
Brian,
Thanks for confirming that I am not crazy. I had the exact same issue while using the aardvark theme and trying to install the hotpot module. Im sure it will be resolved soon.
