erratic login failure

[AngryHamsters]

 

Yeah.... a lot of the forum is open to the public, but that link may have been a hidden area that Gary gave you....

I think the paths look ok, but like I said, the titles are red, so that makes me think something is off.... Keep in mind that I don't think I've ever changed any settings in there until today, so it's probably still at whatever setting it was at when I originally uploaded... and I haven't changed hosts or anything...

I changed the CHMOD to both the attachments and avatars directory to 777, but still nothing...

[garyoa1]

Didn't you say eons ago that you disabled them due to bandwith problems? Possible they're just disabled? Don't know the software so no clue what it's capable of.
And here we go with the verification...

[kat]

Yeah, sux, that. I goes after ten posts.

The fact that it's in red makes me think that it has to be wrong.

The avatar directory's usually something like /home/site/public_html/avatars

whereas the Avatars URL is the actual path, like http://www.site.com/avatars

[AngryHamsters]

I double checked.... attachments are enabled... I DID change the file size at one time though because of bandwidth... the avatars still worked after that change though...

The attachments directory is site/forums/attachments

The avatar directory is site/forums/avatars

The avatar URL is site/forums/avatars

It's a subdomain, so I don't know if that has anything to do with it or not.

Ah, well... we can read... we can comment... we can do just about anything else... avatars were the least of my worry... You don't know how much I appreciate you taking the time to answer and helping me get the log in issue resolved... 

[garyoa1]

Interesting that there's no mention of "avatars" in the source code. It's all singular. "avatar".

[kat]

OK. Just an off-chance, with this. It checks paths and things, just to make sure they're OK.

Have you tried this?

http://wiki.simplemachines.org/smf/Repair_settings.php

[AngryHamsters]

Ouch! I uploaded it and kept getting either page not found or a 500 Internal Server error, so I deleted it. I also tried changing the path to avatar without an s, but nothing.

I think I've been staring at the problem too long. I'm going to step away for a bit and come back to reread everything later and go through it one more time. I'll let you know if I stumble across anything, or if you think of something, just let me know and I'll try it.

Thanks so much!  You're a stinkin' sweetie for helping me with the login issue and trying to sort this out!

[AngryHamsters]

Well, I'll be a danged hornswaggled hornet's nest!!! I see avatars!!! What the heck!!!

Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[kat]

[garyoa1]

Interesting that this is marked unsolved as the original problem was solved. I think! The only problem remaining as I see it (that wasn't even brought up) is that the email notifications don't work.

[kat]

For posts, PMs, or both?

[garyoa1]

Didn't know PM's would send a notify. They do notify when you open the web page but not via email. Neither will send email.

[kat]

OK. I'll assume that you have them enabled, in admin and in your profile...

On the Admin>Maintenance<Mail section, are all the details correct?

Has the mail ever worked?

[garyoa1]

I'll have to track KC (the hamster) down to see. She may have missed a message so doesn't even realize this is continuing. She's ecstatic over the progress so far.

From what I understand the admins do get them. But it used to work for users as well. It's been a good year that they stopped for users.

And yes, they are enabled in the users (my) profile.

[kat]

I really can't see why they're not happening, if the settings are correct. If admins get them, one has to assume that the settings are correct.

[garyoa1]

I sent her a PM to get her back here. She's probably out and about. Weather wise it's probably the first nice day we've had in 8000 years.

Personally I think it's a critical part of a board. Brings a lot of folks back in that may have just forgot about it and builds traffic.

FWIW, I ran a bunch of boards in the past but basically CGI/Perl. Never really got into PHP.

[kat]

Yeah, it's trying to be spring, here, too. Might even manage it, come October.

Again, I'm gonna hit the sack, soon.

I'll take another look, here, tomorrow, to see how you get on.

[garyoa1]

Thanx. You've been amazing. And you have a cute cat too!

[kat]

Had to take her to see the vet, today.

[AngryHamsters]

Yay! Finally! The host had changed something. I was using an email to send messages that was not hosted on their server and that, apparently, is no longer allowed. *sigh*

I changed emails to one hosted by them and BAM! Messages once again!

Hope your kitty is ok.