I've never had to use more than 3 components.
From the other hand in most cases I use small snippets within templates or create my own functions instead of using plugins allowing to inject php code (dynpages, execphp...).
Maybe that was the reason along with many components ?
I still wonder why all components have to stay in 1 xml file, when havin e.g. 10 components at most 2 may be used per page.
Now when I think of it, I've noticed that a small website created by me had a broken menu.
In page management everything was ok at first glance, but page order was messed up, and it couldn't be changed in page's options (no additional menu plugins, pure GS functionality). I found out that a testpage created by the one who was managing this page wasn't physically deleted from /data/pages and screwed some things.
I didn't investigate further, but it may have something in common with error you experienced.
edit: I can't even remind myself if GS is creating backups of components during save.
If not, it should get into v3.1 to prevent a complete mess up of the website.
From the other hand in most cases I use small snippets within templates or create my own functions instead of using plugins allowing to inject php code (dynpages, execphp...).
Maybe that was the reason along with many components ?
I still wonder why all components have to stay in 1 xml file, when havin e.g. 10 components at most 2 may be used per page.
Now when I think of it, I've noticed that a small website created by me had a broken menu.
In page management everything was ok at first glance, but page order was messed up, and it couldn't be changed in page's options (no additional menu plugins, pure GS functionality). I found out that a testpage created by the one who was managing this page wasn't physically deleted from /data/pages and screwed some things.
I didn't investigate further, but it may have something in common with error you experienced.
edit: I can't even remind myself if GS is creating backups of components during save.
If not, it should get into v3.1 to prevent a complete mess up of the website.
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