PHPNUKE 7.6 to RNuke Issues

blinksy · Hangin' Around Joined: Apr 25, 2007 Posts: 33

Hi guys,

I thought instead of having 10 different topics, id post it all here.

I upgraded from just a normal PHPnuke 7.6~7.7 to RNuke not long ago. I am very happy with it but i just need some tiny things fixed.

Firstly, i will tell you how i did the conversion. I basically uploaded all the files for RN, and used my old database from 7.7. Since there were a few nukesentinel tables missing, i simply just imported them.

Ok, so here are the issues,

1. News will not submit/Blocks will not create/Blocks will not move. Every time i approve a news item, it will say it has processed but then will not show up on site. I believe this could be a Db problem? Can anyone point me to the right table? I believe since these are all admin functions it will have something to do with the admin files/tables??

2. View posts since last visit does not show any posts, even though there has been. I have searched High and low for this but understandably there has been no fix as of yet. I can verify the db table contents are correct.

3. Al my activation emails are being sent to hotmail and gmail junk folders. I have verified the email contents to be the same as this sites emails, So i would like to find a No email YA hack. I have tried a few but they are not compatible with RN.

Although there are a few errors, this is nothing compared to the errors I was receiving with the old nuke version(not to forget the added security and better links).

Thanks RN for the CMS and for the help received so far. Look forward to your replies.

persona_non_grata · Joined: Posts: 0

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Firstly, i will tell you how i did the conversion. I basically uploaded all the files for RN, and used my old database from 7.7. Since there were a few nukesentinel tables missing, i simply just imported them.

Hope that went fine.....

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News will not submit/Blocks will not create/Blocks will not move. Every time i approve a news item, it will say it has processed but then will not show up on site. I believe this could be a Db problem? Can anyone point me to the right table? I believe since these are all admin functions it will have something to do with the admin files/tables??

You believe?.....have you realy checked the install and included howto textfiles with db dumps ?

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View posts since last visit does not show any posts, even though there has been. I have searched High and low for this but understandably there has been no fix as of yet. I can verify the db table contents are correct

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Its obvious you missed a few things.....,whats there to say.....

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Al my activation emails are being sent to hotmail and gmail junk folders. I have verified the email contents to be the same as this sites emails, So i would like to find a No email YA hack. I have tried a few but they are not compatible with RN

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Yes there is one....search for that in the forum.....

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Although there are a few errors, this is nothing compared to the errors I was receiving with the old nuke version(not to forget the added security and better links).

Thanks RN for the CMS and for the help received so far. Look forward to your replies.

Upgrading can be as easy as you make it,sometimes its simple and sometimes its not...
going to ravennuke is a bit more then just uploading a few files...
im pretty sure you mis a few things here and there..
Wink

montego · Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 7:21 am

blinksy, unfortunately, that is not the migration process that we presented in the HowToInstall manual. Is there any way that you can get your old 7.7 nuke database back and then go through the migration again, this time following step-by-step what the HowToInstall page called "Upgrading" says to do in this situation?

persona_non_grata · Joined: Posts: 0

no matter how many times its written,copied,published....they always forget a few things....

fkelly · Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 3:30 pm

Not to pile on but ... just to explain a little of the reasons behind what Montego said so you will realize why this is needed ... if the database structure between Nuke 7.7 and RN 2.10 is AT ALL different then the programs in RN2.10 will not work successfully when they access those tables. Because the two database structures are VERY SIMILAR there are many aspects that will work okay, but when you get to an area where the databases are different the programs won't work. In some cases you may see blank screens but in other cases RN will just proceed on ignoring the SQL errors but updates that depend on the SQL working properly won't be done. Thus you will have further problems.

Reading back to your first post, it appears you are actually using the Nuke 7.7 database intact (with a few added imports). If that's the case you are in luck because you will be able to do what Montego said ... go back thru the installation process and complete the update of your table structures before you try to work further with RN 2.10. Good luck.

montego · Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 6:42 pm

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using the Nuke 7.7 database intact

In fact, the HowToInstall manual points out that there is a downgrader script that will take you from a 7.7/7.8 database down to 7.6 and then from there, the instructions should get you through (if they are followed properly).

If you get stuck, I am convinced most of your issues will be database table discrepancies and you could try installing a fresh RN 2.10 database side-by-side and use mySQLDiff to compare the two structures. It will even produce SQL that you can copy and paste into phpMyAdmin to physically alter the tables to get them to match.