It's possible that the following problems may be related to one another. I'm installing UBBThreads licensed version for the first time. I was able to successfully install UBBThreads to the point where I recieved an e-mail with my registered username and user defined password.
For your info, my hardware and software configuration.
- UBBThreads PHP version 5.5.1
- PHP 4.1.2
- MySQL 3.23
- Windows NT Server 4.00.1381 SP6
- IIS 4
- IE 5.5.50.4807.2300
I then proceeded to view ubbthreads.php and categories.php which displayed blank pages and/or an error message. The error message is typically the same throughout all pages whether they are blank or where I see a prompt that I should login.
The error message displayed is as follows.
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Warning: Failed opening 'D:InetPubsyscon.bc.casysconversation/languages/english/generic.php' for inclusion (include_path='c:\php4\pear') in D:\InetPub\syscon.bc.ca\sysconversation\ubbt.inc.php on line 98
Warning: Failed opening 'D:InetPubsyscon.bc.casysconversation/includes/header.php' for inclusion (include_path='c:\php4\pear') in D:\InetPub\syscon.bc.ca\sysconversation\ubbt.inc.php on line 213
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At first I only got blank pages when trying to view ubbthreads.php and categories.php but after making different changes to main.inc.php and config.inc.php I now see the above messages on pages that were original blank.
I was also able to login at first with my admin username and password, but after making some changes in main.inc.php and config.inc.php and deleting my cookies. I am now not able to login, when I try to login I keep getting a new password. The login page doesn't even display the 'sumbit/login' text in the button.
The following is a copy and paste of my main.inc.php and config.inc.php.
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main.inc.php
<?
// THIS NEEDS TO BE SET, OTHERWISE ADMIN SCRIPTS WILL NOT WORK
// THIS IS THE ACTUAL PATH TO YOUR PHP INSTALLATION
$thispath = "D:\Inetpub\syscon.bc.ca\sysconversation";
// DO NOT EDIT ANYTHING BELOW THIS LINE!
include("$thispath/ubbt.inc.php");
?>
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For "$thispath" I've also tried without success substituting "\" with "\" and "\".
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config.inc.php
<?
/*
# UBBThreads, Version 5
# Official Release Date for UBBThreads Version5: December 12, 2000.
# First version of UBBThreads created July 30, 1996 (by Rick Baker).
# This entire program is copyright Infopop Corporation, 2001.
# For more info on the UBBThreads and other Infopop
# Products/Services, visit:
http://www.infopop.com# Program Author: Rick Baker.
# You may not distribute this program in any manner, modified or otherwise,
# without the express, written written consent from Infopop Corporation.
# Note: if you modify ANY code within UBBThreads, we at Infopop Corporation
# cannot offer you support-- thus modify at your own peril <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="images/icons/smile.gif" />
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
$VERSION = "5.5.1";
// ------------------
// Database Variables
// What type of database are you running
// current options
// mysql, (postgres, sybase are available but untested)
$config['dbtype'] = "mysql";
// Server hosting the database
$config['dbserver']= "dotsyscon";
// Username that has permissions to the database
$config['dbuser'] = "passwordhere";
// Password for the database
$config['dbpass'] = "passwordhere";
// Name of the database
$config['dbname'] = "passwordhere";
// If you are using mysql do you want to use persistent connections?
// Note that on some hosted servers you may not be allowed to do this
// so contact your host before setting this to "on"
// Options: 1 - Use persistent: 0 - Don't use persistent
$config['persistent'] = 1;
// ----------------------
// Path and Url variables
// Url to the main UBBThreads php install
$config['phpurl'] = "http://dotsyscon/sysconversation";
// Relative Url containing the images
$config['images'] = "/images/sysconversation/images";
// Path to your images directory, needed for calculating image sizes
$config['imagepath'] = "/inetpub/syscon.bc.ca/images/sysconversation/images";
// Url to your stylesheets directory
$config['styledir'] = "/stylesheets";
// Path to your UBBThreads php install
$config['path'] = "/inetpub/syscon.bc.ca/sysconversation";
// Path to your stylesheets directory
$config['stylepath'] = "/inetpub/syscon.bc.ca/stylesheets";
// Path to save session information
// This is only used if $config['tracking'] = "sessions"
// Needs to be a world writeable directory outside of your html tree
$config['sessionpath'] = "";
// Domain that ubbthreads is running under.
$config['referer'] = "http://dotsyscon";
// --------------------------
// Site specific / Navigation
// Do you want to do full new post tracking? Show the number of new posts on
// a board/thread and show which posts are new in a thread? This option can
// contribute to high load on forums with hundreds of users online at once due
// to the number of queries that are necessary.
$config['newcounter'] = 1;
// What groups do you want new users to belong to? THIS SHOULD ONLY
// BE CHANGED IN THE ONLINE EDITOR, UNLESS YOU REALLY KNOW WHAT YOU ARE
// DOING
$config['newusergroup'] = "-3-";
// Title of site
$config['title'] = "SYSCONversation";
// Your Home page URL
$config['homeurl'] = "http://dotsyscon/sysconversation";
// Title of Homepage link
$config['urltitle']= "SYSCONversation";
// Email address
$config['emailaddy']= "
[email protected]";
// EMail Title
$config['emailtitle']= "Contact Us";
// Show privacy statement link in footer
$config['privacy'] = "0";
// Show board rules on new user screen?
$config['boardrules'] = "0";
// -----------------
// Special Functions
// Do you want to use sessions or cookies to track your users
// values = "cookies" or "sessions";
$config['tracking'] = "cookies";
// If you are using cookies you can specify a path to make them available
// to other areas of your website. If you only want them to be available
// to things within your ubbthreads installation directory leave this blank
// If you want them available to your whole website, specify a path of "/";
$config['cookiepath'] = "";
// This one variable is used to open or close your forums. Set this to
// 1 if you want to work on your forums. If this is set to 1 then your
// forums will only be accessible by the admin users. Make sure you are
// logged in as an admin before you close the forums.
$config['isclosed'] = 0;
// Show the user list in the navigation menu?
// 0 = No : 1 = Yes
$config['userlist'] = 0;
// Show moderators on the main page
$config['showmods'] = 1;
// Allow users to turn markup / html (if enabled) on or off when they post
// 0 = No : 1 = Yes
$config['markupoption'] = 0;
// Do you want users to be able to mail posts to others
// 0 = No ; 1 = Yes
$config['mailpost'] = 1;
// What type of main page do you want to use.
// 0 = all categories and forums - mainpage = ubbthreads.php
// 1 = categories only - mainpage = categories.php
$config['catsonly'] = 0;
// Allow all users to place polls in posts? If this is off, then only
// admin and moderators may use the polls feature
$config['allowpolls'] = 1;
// Do you want everyone to vote, or just registered users?
// 1 = everyone : 0 = registered
$config['whovote'] = 1;
// How long after a post has been made, can it be edited by the poster?
// This variable is in hours, so you can also use .5 for values of less
// than an hour for example
$config['edittime']= "6";
// Strip everything between < and > signs in email replies and subscriptions
$config['stripcodes'] = 0;
// Check the user's age before creating an account to be compliant with the
// COPPA law found at
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/1999/9910/childfinal.htm // Values = 1 or 0
$config['checkage']= 0;
// If you are checking the user's age and they are under 13 can they register // with the parent consent form?
$config['under13'] = 0;
// Allow special characters in usernames
// Values = 1 or 0
$config['specialc']= 0;
// Allow moderators to edit/delete regular users
// Values = 1 or 0
$config['modedit'] = 1;
// Allow users that are not logged in to choose an unregistered name
// for their post instead of the default Anonymous
$config['anonnames'] = 1;
// Default language. Options can be found in the languages directory
$config['language']= "english";
// Censored replacement word. If you have anything in your filters/badwords
// file then any words matched when adding a new post will be replaced with
// this word. Set this to "" if you do not want to censor words.
$config['censored']= "[censored]";
// Max length of subjects
$config['subjectlength']= "50";
// Max length of signatures
$config['Sig_length']= "100";
// When persistent cookies will expire (Number of seconds from current time)
$config['cookieexp']= "1036800";
// If displayed times need to be adjusted, in hours (2,1,0,-1,-2)
$config['adjusttime']= "0";
// Show the ip address of the posters
// 0 - Show to nobody
// 1 - Show to everyone
// 2 - Show to moderators and admins
// 3 - Show to admins only
$config['showip'] = 1;
// SHow the number of times a thread has been viewed
$config['showviews']= 1;
// Show the total number of registered users on the main page
$config['showreg'] = 1;
// Allow subscriptions to boards. If you allow this then you have to
// have subscriptions.php in the cron directory setup to run nightly
$config['subscriptions']= 1;
// Allow private messages. User's will still receive the welcome message
// and private messages will still be used for admin purposes, but general
// users will not be able to send private messages.
$config['private'] = 1;
// Allow the image markup tag.
$config['allowimages']= 1;
// Allow File Attachemnts. If you provide a path to a directory below
// then File Attachments will be allowed. If you leave it blank, then they
// will not. Make sure this directory is writeable by everyone
$config['files'] = "";
// We also need the url to the files directory
$config['fileurl'] = "";
// Do you want to only allow certain file types, or exclude certain file
// types? Only uncomment one of the following. Seperate your filetypes with
// a , // $config['excludefiles'] = ".php,.asp,.js,.vbs,.sht,.htm";
$config['allowfiles'] = ".gif,.jpg,.txt";
// Maximum filesize allowed
$config['filesize'] = "100000";
// Allow users to specify their password at the time of creating the userid
$config['userpass'] = 1;
// Allow multiple usernames form the same email address
// On- allow multiple usernames from same email. off - disallow
$config['multiuser'] = 0;
// Default to having a preview post screen?
$config['preview'] = 1;
// Dateslip. If this is on, when replies are made to a thread, this thread
// will be moved up to the top of the post list when sorting by descending
// date. If this is off, then threads will stay in their original spot.
$config['dateslip'] = 1;
// These are the extra fields for users to fill out in their profiles.
// If you leave these blank they will not be users. If you give them a
// title then they will show up on the user's profile page.
$config['extra1'] = "ICQ";
$config['extra2'] = "";
$config['extra3'] = "";
$config['extra4'] = "";
$config['extra5'] = "";
// Use the ICQ status indicator. Depending on the size of your user database
// you might be required to turn this off. Please read the ICQ license
// agreemtn at
http://www.icq.com/legal/indicator.html $config['ICQ_Status'] = 1;
?>
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Thank-you in advance for your help!
If you need more info to help with my situation please do let me know.
Leo.
