i changed my hosting company to godaddy.com, and am having a strange problem.
the web site works fine; its
www.clannbs.net
currently running version 1.4.9 of mybb
the forums dont work properly; i get pretty much just the advertisements from godaddy, with a couple small symbols;
the site is located at
www.clannbs.net/mybb or
http://forums.clannbs.net
but the admin panel works fine; it is currently located at
www.clannbs.net/mybb/admin
perhaps the free hosting isnt going to work properly with mybb, but i dont see why not; i probably have some configuration set incorrectly, but im not sure what it is.
i did adjust both the config.php and the settings.php files.
one thing; if i break the sql database, THEN it gives me the proper error message/web page saying that the sql database is broken/missing/whatever (i found this out accidentally when trying different combinations to see what worked)
and one other thing; i have another sub site;
www.clannbs.net/sourcebans or
http://sourcebans.clannbs.net that works (i just copied the files over from the old site and set the database up; getting some ajax errors because i missed a few things, but it shows these types of php based programs should work with their free hosting).
any ideas?
thanks,
mark
hello,, the ads are awful
i suggest you try this company it offers free hosting plan ads free i tried it and it is perfect
http://byethost.com/index.php
Yeah, those ads are going to cause problems, other people have had problems with hosting GoDaddy, with the ads.
Also you should upgrade ASAP to 1.4.11:
[Wiki: Upgrading] (Broken link, head over to docs.mybb.com instead)
(2010-01-31, 10:00 PM)MattRogowski Wrote: [ -> ]Yeah, those ads are going to cause problems, other people have had problems with hosting GoDaddy, with the ads.
Also you should upgrade ASAP to 1.4.11: [Wiki: Upgrading] (Broken link, head over to docs.mybb.com instead)
ok, so i moved it from godaddy to byethost. some issues, but fairly easy to get done.
one major issue; i need to set the board url and cookie domains (not sure exactly which of these, if not both, are required to make the boards work properly, but i figured setting both correctly wouldnt hurt)
in any event, i cant change them via the admin panel. it just keeps closing the page, makes me relog in, and they stay the same.
so i downloaded the settings.php file, updated it in those two spots to the correct urls, and reuploaded. then downloaded it just to make sure it made it, and that the settings were correct. they were.
except....when i go into the admin panel, it still shows the old settings.
i know this is impossible, so i must have screwed something up, but i cant figure out what!
any ideas? almost there!
mark
ps; byet forums are nice, but problematic as well; they cant connect ports to external applications, so sourcebans wont work. i guess for free i cant complain....
The settings are stored both in file format and in the database as a safety thing so you can still edit the settings if you can't get into your ACP. You need to change the settings in the file as you did so you can get into the ACP then update them again in the ACP settings to update them in the database.
(2010-02-01, 06:22 AM)TimB. Wrote: [ -> ]The settings are stored both in file format and in the database as a safety thing so you can still edit the settings if you can't get into your ACP. You need to change the settings in the file as you did so you can get into the ACP then update them again in the ACP settings to update them in the database.
ok, that makes sense.
but i tried to set them in the acp, and they wont take. i can enter them, hit save settings, and the acp takes me to the log in panel again with no change. (and the only one i am trying to change at this point is the forum url; i suspect that is the main issue here?)
its possible that the web hoster is using some sort of shared sites, and i need to input a different web site name, but it should still remember what i put into that field when i 'save settings', shouldnt it?
mark
Yes, change your forum URL and cookie domain in settings.php then go and change them again in ACP.
(2010-02-01, 06:45 AM)TimB. Wrote: [ -> ]Yes, change your forum URL and cookie domain in settings.php then go and change them again in ACP.
i did that; it wont take the changes in the acp; it just goes back to the log in screen....
If they're right in settings.php, you'll stay logged in... what's your URL and what settings are you putting in?? Did you try clearing your browser cookies??
(2010-02-01, 08:20 AM)MattRogowski Wrote: [ -> ]If they're right in settings.php, you'll stay logged in... what's your URL and what settings are you putting in?? Did you try clearing your browser cookies??
url for the site;
http://forums.clannbs.net
i tried a few different sets of settings where i changed the url/cookie variables. the site url is clannbs.net.
$settings['bburl'] = "http://forums.clannbs.net";
$settings['cookiedomain'] = "";
$settings['cookiepath'] = "http://forums.clannbs.net";
$settings['cookieprefix'] = "";
they apparently use shared hosting, so the so called 'home' directory for the forums sub domain is /home/vol13/byethost14.com/b14_4995221/forums.clannbs.net. so i tried that:
$settings['bburl'] = "http://home/vol13/byethost14.com/b14_4995221/forums.clannbs.net";
$settings['cookiedomain'] = "";
$settings['cookiepath'] = "http://home/vol13/byethost14.com/b14_4995221/forums.clannbs.net";
$settings['cookieprefix'] = "";
same result
one note; i tried changing the cookie domain to ".clannbs.net" even though it says it can remain blank, no change.
i cleared my browser cookies each time i made a change; i probably just have something set incorrectly...
mark