Blank Forums fix

Site Admin Joined: Aug 17, 2003 Posts: 12350

Does your site run perfectly fine, but can't get your Forums to load at all?
Try this fix:

Code:

in modules/Forums/config.php

DELETE OR COMMENT OUT

@include("../../mainfile.php");

Site Admin Joined: Aug 17, 2003 Posts: 12350

Another tip:

Make sure GZip Compression is disabled in your Forums configuration. phpNuke already tries to enable it. It seems that Firefox is especially affected by this, resulting in a blank page.

If you cannot access your Forums admin panel, change it manually. Use phpMyAdmin and go to your _bbconfig table. Browse and find the field 'config_name' that is 'gzip_compress' - edit and set the 'config_value' to '0'

Nuke Soldier Joined: Mar 20, 2005 Posts: 34

Evaders99 wrote:

Does your site run perfectly fine, but can't get your Forums to load at all?
Try this fix:

Code:

in modules/Forums/config.php

DELETE OR COMMENT OUT

@include("../../mainfile.php");

My forum site is working fine, but registered users cannot see forum, but visitors can. Do I need to implement your solution?

Is there a setting that allows both all visitors , and registered users access to my forums. I changed the module setting to all registered users and then logged in as a user and no forum categories are showing. If I set it to all visitors , you can see the forum topics and post as a guest.

Here is the site url to look at

http://www.cliknsav.com/bridger/modules.php?name=Forums

Thanks

Site Admin Joined: Aug 17, 2003 Posts: 12350

I'm really not sure at the moment. Other problems may include addons such as Sentinel, or if you've updated to BBToNuke 2.0.15, I'm hearing reports of problems with that as well

Sergeant Joined: Nov 22, 2003 Posts: 101

have we heard anything about a fix for 2.0.15, after that upgrade i lost the admin panel and doing everything manually through the database is getting harder

Sergeant Joined: Nov 22, 2003 Posts: 101

Evaders99 wrote:

Another tip:

Make sure GZip Compression is disabled in your Forums configuration. phpNuke already tries to enable it. It seems that Firefox is especially affected by this, resulting in a blank page.

If you cannot access your Forums admin panel, change it manually. Use phpMyAdmin and go to your _bbconfig table. Browse and find the field 'config_name' that is 'gzip_compress' - edit and set the 'config_value' to '0'

also i cannot find this in my database, not sure where it is, i went to nuke_bbconfig and its unfound

Site Admin Joined: Aug 17, 2003 Posts: 12350

BBToNuke 2.0.15 - this maybe a problem when not using the Patched files. Make sure your systems are Patched - http://www.nukefixes.com

Other possible solutions:

One with Sentinel - make sure you are using the latest Patched files and latest Sentinel version

If you are trying to use a false config.php
(code such as)

Code:

<? include('../config.php')' ?>

this will break your forums. You can try using the full path to the file

Code:

<? include('/path_to_file/config.php'); ?>

Talk to your host to figure out the full path

Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 8:16 pm

The best fix I have seen for this common topic - and believe me it took some searching to find this - can be found here:

http://ravenphpscripts.com/postp37556.html#37556

BUT - keep in mind that this bug has A LOT to do with the version of NUKE, BBTONUKE (PHPBB), and SENTINEL you are using - as well as the latest patches from Chat and the gang.

It all boils down to making sure that the files mentioned by Chatserv in the above post

Quote:

mainfile.php, db.php, pagestart.php, common.php and sentinel.php

match up with regards to the newer coding changes implemented in patch 2.9.

IF you are using a sentinel version greater than 2.1 (I think), then the name of the last file has been changed to nukesentinel.php.

Once I made the appropriate changes - in my case the files pagestart, common, and db were the ONLY ones that had an issue, everything came back as it should.

Quote:

This means the files have a mix of $forum_admin and FORUM_ADMIN which is the correct one to use, these have to be edited in mainfile.php, db.php, pagestart.php, common.php and sentinel.php, they all must match, in essence:
if ($forum_admin == 1) {
is incorrect, it should be:
if (defined('FORUM_ADMIN')) {
in the listed files, same with:
$forum_admin = 1;
which should be:
define('FORUM_ADMIN', true);

Thanks to Chatserv for this clarification...

-sting

Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2005 6:47 pm

McKooter wrote:

have we heard anything about a fix for 2.0.15, after that upgrade i lost the admin panel and doing everything manually through the database is getting harder

Here's how I got the forum admin panel in BB2Nuke 2.0.15 to work with PHP-Nuke 6.5 +2.8...

In 'modules/Forums/admin/pagestart.php' I changed:

Code:

[snip]

if (!defined('IN_PHPBB'))
{
die("Hacking attempt");
}

define('IN_ADMIN', true);
define('FORUM_ADMIN', true);
define("PHPBB_ROOT_PATH", $phpbb_root_path);
define("PHPBB_PHPEX", $phpEx);
include("../../../mainfile.php");
$phpbb_root_path = PHPBB_ROOT_PATH;
$phpEx = PHPBB_PHPEX;
include($phpbb_root_path.'common.'.$phpEx);
//
// Do a check to see if the nuke user is still valid.
//

[snip]

To:

Code:

[snip]

if (!defined('IN_PHPBB'))
{
die("Hacking attempt");
}

define('IN_ADMIN', true);
if (defined('FORUM_ADMIN')) {
define('FORUM_ADMIN', true); // PHP-Nuke 7.7+ and/or PHP-Nuke Patched 2.9+
} else {
$forum_admin = 1; // PHP-Nuke 7.6- and/or PHP-Nuke Patched 2.8-
}
define("PHPBB_ROOT_PATH", $phpbb_root_path);
define("PHPBB_PHPEX", $phpEx);
include("../../../mainfile.php");
$phpbb_root_path = PHPBB_ROOT_PATH;
$phpEx = PHPBB_PHPEX;
include($phpbb_root_path.'common.'.$phpEx);
//
// Do a check to see if the nuke user is still valid.
//

[snip]

If you look around, you'll find multiple causes/cures, but this hack fixed my problem... Wink

Lieutenant Joined: Apr 30, 2004 Posts: 157

Quote:

in modules/Forums/config.php

DELETE OR COMMENT OUT

@include("../../mainfile.php");

PHPNuke 7.7 (fresh install) I belive includes PHPBB built in?

I have this problem with members list and forums showing blank.

I tried this fix and something showed, the forum layout with forum information with all the links like "Search" etc but when clicking these they just load the same page over and over again.

Also the forum infortmation is showing under members list as well.

I suppose it is better than nothing but unfortunately for me still not workable.

:S

Site Admin Joined: Aug 17, 2003 Posts: 12350

Tried upgrading your BBToNuke? http://www.nukeresources.com

Lieutenant Joined: Apr 30, 2004 Posts: 157

Hi Evaders,

Yes I have uploaded all new files for:
Current version: 3.0b + BBtoNuke 2.0.15 (nuke 7.7)
and loaded the altered .sql dump. In the hope it would fix the problem.

But unfortunately no change, same problem in both IE6 and Firefox.

Have deleted cookies and temp internet files just incase but that was a shot in the dark.

Very strange, maybe a problem that I havent installed in the root directory, but really scraping the barrel now.

Any other ideas would be greatly appreciated!

Nuke Soldier Joined: Apr 18, 2005 Posts: 19

I am having either the same or a similar problem. Users, both registered and unregistered, can see and interact with the forums just fine. When I log in as administrator and try to go to the forums the main window is blank. Member List is also blank. Everything else seems to be ok, even the phpBB administration. Not sure how long its been like this but it did not used to and I just noticed it yesterday.

I am running a plain install of 7.6. I was about to install the 3.0 patches and FNA 3.0 when I discovered this. I would like to resolve it before I go any further.

Paul

Site Admin Joined: Aug 17, 2003 Posts: 12350

If the Patched files don't resolve this, than tell us and we'll work on it

Nuke Soldier Joined: Apr 18, 2005 Posts: 19

I cleared my cache in firefox and all is working fine now?!

Paul