Hi

I have done something stupid it seems. I wanted to put a copyright sign on the footer of my UBB.threads 7.2.2 and tried to do this by editing the footer template. I had two browser windows open and changed the html in the template editor in the UBB.threads control panel after changing the permissions on the footer template file in my ftp program.

It all saved fine, and when I loaded the page in the non control panel browser the forum looked fine. I then went through the template and changed the class of the other text on the footer bar from whatever the default was to 'small' which was the default text class for the UBB.threads link in center of the footer. A message came up at the top of the template editor in the control panel saying I have to change that using the style sheet or some such thing...then when I changed what I changed back to what it was...the whole board crashed.

I couldn't even go back using the browser back button...all I get is a white browser window No UBB.threads forum page works now.

I have gone back into my ftp and changed all the permissions back on each file and folder to what they used to be...I also copied another copy of the footer.tpl file into my /forums/templates/default/ folder but that hasn't changed anything either.

I am at a loss and desperate to get my forums back online as they are just taking off really well and I have killed them...and stupidly have gone well beyond my ability level and am pretty sad about all this...

Please help!!

Can't you re-upload your template files you had downloaded from UBB by way of FTP?

I have done that...and I still get the white screen whenever I click any link to my forums!

Thanks to Rick, I have my problem solved. The permissions were set incorrectly. Thanks Rick

speaking of which.. it SURE would be nice to add an FTP layer to the I/O part of threads or at least to just the Cpanel, where we check permissions..

that would then allow a one-click checkup and an auto-fixing button kinda dealio...

don't know how many times i've seen 'it was a permissions thing' kinda answer to fix a problem on a board..

wordpress and joomla do this and it works very well.. you very rarely see the term 'CHMOD' in any problem threads...

:2c:

Is this working now? The guest forum comes up for me, but not sure if that was an issue or not.

What SD mentioned will be coming probably the next major version after blogs. We'll have an FTP layer in the installer/upgrader and in the control panel to check/set permissions.

Yes, only the guest forum is visible to non members

It is all working now, except I can't access the board's control panel! It is white screen the same as the whole forum was before...so it's a permission problem also I think! No doubt someone will help again...I have submitted the problem to Rick

Thanks to Rick all is well again! I have today successfully upgraded to 7.4.2 I followed to upgrade guide carefully and all worked really well and did as it was supposed to