Forums "Go to newest post" problem and new block p

Hangin' Around Joined: Nov 02, 2004 Posts: 31

7.6 patched, upgraded to RN 2.3
Followed the instructions in the upgrade file (ran the couple SQL scripts, uploaded all new files, etc.)
Now in my forums the

that is supposed to take you to the first unread post in the thread doesn't work.

Any thoughts? Was there something else I was missing when updating? There was no Setup or Upgrade script (php file) to run that I could tell.

My theme also lost the 3 columns I had before, so I guess I'll have to re-edit the theme.php to fix that? I have the backup at home to see if that works.

Also, I have a block that shows up weird, but I can't edit the block (I can edit but it won't save). Also can't create a new block, when I save it, it goes back to the blocks menu and the one I made is gone.

Thoughts?

registered · Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 8:21 pm

I would check the cookie settings in your Forums Configuration, make sure those are correct

Site Admin/Owner Joined: Aug 27, 2002 Posts: 17088

Quote:

Also, I have a block that shows up weird, but I can't edit the block (I can edit but it won't save). Also can't create a new block, when I save it, it goes back to the blocks menu and the one I made is gone.

That is indicative of an sql error.

In config.php set
$display_errors = true;

In rnconfig.php set
$error_reporting = E_ALL;
$loglevel = 1;

Go through the create block process and after it fails check your /rnlogs/dblog file for errors. It's probably a mismatch in the column count or a column name mismatch.

Be sure to return the 3 settings in the config files back to their defaults due to security issues after resolving the problem.

Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 5:11 am

evaders99 wrote:

I would check the cookie settings in your Forums Configuration, make sure those are correct

They are. When clicking the button, it just refreshes back to the main forum page with all the sections.

Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 9:27 am

mrkablooey wrote:

Now in my forums the

that is supposed to take you to the first unread post in the thread doesn't work..

Which theme are you using, an old one or one included with RN2.3 ( if so which one? ) ?
When you say it doesn't work, does it take you to correct page, but not the correct post? If so, the anchor tags could be missing from your Only registered users can see links on this board! Get registered or login! file

mrkablooey wrote:

My theme also lost the 3 columns I had before, so I guess I'll have to re-edit the theme.php to fix that? I have the backup at home to see if that works.

You speaking of the left and right side blocks?

Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 9:11 am

I was using the files that came with RN2.3. Clicking the new post button would take me back to the forum directory. And yes, it was the right and left side blocks. I had the left, but not the right. Adding the old theme file didn't work either.
I gave up and removed it all and moved to Wordpress and phpBB. Thankfully there was a script to convert all my news to Wordpress and all my forums to the stand alone phpBB.
Thanks anyway! Very Happy

New Member Joined: Jan 12, 2006 Posts: 15

I am having this same issue and was hoping someone could help me. I am using an older theme that I have had running on my nuke 7.8 site for the last 4 years. I recently upgraded the site to Raven Nuke.

When I open viewforum, the little icon that you click to take you to the last post is instead taking me to the forum index.

When I mouseover the icon I see the following link in my browser:

http://www.xxxxxxxx.com./modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=93157#93157

Once I click on the link the page that opens is:

http://www.xxxxxxxx.com./modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=93157#93157

I notice there is an additional amp; being added to the link when it is clicked. I tried removing the amp; from viewforum.php, but it still was doing it when clicking the link. The first link is correct that I see on the bottom of the browser and if I remove the amp; from the link the page opens correctly.

I also just noticed that there is a . after my domain in the link, but that doesn't seem to be affecting the forums.

Thanks for any help anyone can provide!

Update.....I just checked another site I have that is a Raven Nuke install from scratch and see the same problem with the standard Raven Nuke theme. I also notice that view newest is not working on the ravenphpscripts site either, the icon just takes you to the first post in a thread. Normally it would take you to the last post on the last page of the thread.

Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 3:03 pm

First of all, as has been mentioned many times, this site is NOT using RavenNuke (tm) so it cannot be used to compare functionality.

Older themes may need you to add the additional forum files required to support the attachment MOD that is included as standard in RvenNuke (tm). You should be able to see the errors telling you certain files where not found if you turn error reporting on in config.php

You said you have also seen this behavior of the a standard RavenNuke (tm) theme - can you clarify the name of which theme so I can check please. I'm not aware of anyone else having these specific issues with the themes that are shipped with RN.

Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 4:05 pm

First I apologize for not knowing what is run on this site. I am not a regular reader of the forum and was posting for support of someone else who may have encountered my issue. I searched, found this thread and saw there was no conclusion so I posted.

The site I mention is using fisubice. Standard installation. I don't think this is an attachment mod issue, I believe it is an issue with the nuked phpbb files and just looking for someone who might be able to point me in the right direction. But, obviously I have no idea what it is.

Here are some images to help show what I am experiencing:

This one shows the image I am clicking on that should take me to the last post of the thread. As you can see from the bottom of the browser window, the link that is displayed is correct.

Now this image shows that when clicking on the image, the link in the browser does not match and has an extra amp; which doesn't allow the page to open and goes directly to the index instead:

Now the other site that I was originally asking about is the exact same issue, with a different theme. I have tried editing viewforum.php around line 629 to remove the amp;. This didn't work and I guess not the problem:

Code:

$newest_post_img = '<a href="' . append_sid("viewtopic.$phpEx?" . POST_TOPIC_URL . "=$topic_id&amp;view=newest") . '"><img src="' . $images['icon_newest_reply'] . '" alt="' . $lang['View_newest_post'] . '" title="' . $lang['View_newest_post'] . '" border="0" /></a> ';

Besides that I really don't know what else to try. I viewed my error log and do not seem to be producing an error with this issue that goes to the error log. THanks and sorry for my ignorance of the nuke version used here.

Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 4:37 pm

The & amp is correct and there should be only the one in that line (although that line is used twice in that file looking at my search result.

Have you modified any of the theme files in themes/fisubice/forums/ ??
veiwforum.php pulls in the theme template files so it is possible one of those has a problem.
As a very quick test you could temporarily remove the forum directory in themes/fisubice/
so that should help narrow down whether it is with a theme (fisubice) file or or phpBB 'template' in modules/Forums/templates/subSilver

Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 7:35 pm

rustyhook, Your email address is bouncing. Please correct it ASAP. Thanks.

Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 9:08 pm

Email address updated. Thank you!!

The only thing I have done to the fisubice forum theme is add some custom bbcode additions. I do have a copy of my site without the bbcode upgrades. So, I tested it and it still did the same thing.

I tried removing the fisubice and the other theme forums folder and both still had the same problem with subSilver .

Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 3:18 am

That narrows it down slightly then and rules out the themes, the problem seems to be in the subSilver template.

Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 8:15 am

rustyhook wrote:

Email address updated. Thank you!!

It's still bouncing.

Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 10:24 am

Finally got the email thing right. Sorry. Thought I had updated but think I got an error.

I looked through subSilver viewtopic_body and viewforum_body hoping to find something that looks like it is throwing out a bad link. My untrained eyes couldn't find anything.

i also just tried searching on phpbb site and posting there but was told to post on the nuke sites.

Any other files I should look through to see if I can find where the extra amp; in the link is coming from?

Hangin' Around Joined: Mar 13, 2009 Posts: 28

Im having this same issue too. I did the search for other ravennuke powered sites and got the link error too, for example: www.montegoscripts.com (great site).

Is this issue resolved?.

Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 4:05 pm

I never figured it out.

After testing my template compared to the subsilver template I still had the issue so I gave up on the issue being caused by my template. Then I tried using my old subsilver files compared to the ones that are installed in Raven Nuke and still had the issue. So, I think it has to be one of the other files. I looked and was planning on reverting one at a time until I figured out what file was creating the error.....but I never got around to finishing.

Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 5:17 pm

If I could reproduce it I would help you guys out, but if I can't see it its hard to fix. Sad

Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2009 8:24 am

Palbin wrote:

If I could reproduce it I would help you guys out, but if I can't see it its hard to fix. Sad

Is easy reproduce I think, login as user in any RN web page (montego for example as I said before) and look for any newest messaje. See the images posted by rustyhook a few post before. The issue is only with the following kind of links:

Code:

...&file=viewtopic&t=13&view=newest

Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2009 8:37 am

Are you having this issue at http://www.ravennuke.com ?

Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2009 9:08 am

Raven wrote:

Are you having this issue at http://www.ravennuke.com ?

I've registered in that site and can't recreate the issue, need a newest post to check... I can't find any unreaded / newest post.

EDIT: Just tested a newest link at www.ravennuke.com and dont work.

Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2009 9:14 am

other related issue (I think): The "view=newest" thing is not shortlink tapped in RN 2.3. When I put off the shortlinks in rnconfig the newest post issue remains.

Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2009 9:17 am

I just tried as well. I posted in the only multi post thread as well as creating a thread.

I do not see the icon to go to the latest post on that forum. It's not an option.

Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2009 9:23 am

rustyhook wrote:

I just tried as well. I posted in the only multi post thread as well as creating a thread.

I do not see the icon to go to the latest post on that forum. It's not an option.

Try again now rusty

EDIT: Glance Mod got the issue too Sad

Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2009 9:26 am

Thank you! Newest post is doing the same error on ravennuke.com as well. When I click on the icon it is taking me to the index of the forum rather than the latest post.