Site errors, please check my last posts

[Arantor]

Pretty URLs or PortaMX (or both) are trying to rewrite URLs and something's wrong with respect to the .htaccess file...

[DAVID. D.A]

Pretty URLs or PortaMX (or both) are trying to rewrite URLs and something's wrong with respect to the .htaccess file...

what do i do? uninstall them? and the .htacess files, is this my hosts fault or mine?

also, there are two other mods that rewrite url, one removes -index from title the other index.php from 3 places. i dont know if this helps

[MrPhil]

is it normal for smf to show log in/sign up button and after clicking the log in link you see your profile details, then if you refresh, it doesn't ask you to log in again?

It's normal after you log out to be invited to log in again. What do you mean by "profile details"? User ID and (obscured) password? Depending on cookie behavior and the amount of time a session is set to live, I've seen SMF automatically log me in (more or less) when I bring up the forum for a little while after logging off.

for the past 30 mins I've been trying to install a package, the page just keeps loading but nothing

No, that's not normal. If your host can't help you with something as simple as a vanilla SMF, you'll be much better off finding a better host. Some of your mods may be fighting each other, but I don't think it would cause this problem.

/logout/dc1a61a1db1e/05132bfa0ef8e15d007a6a9f809fe193/

No idea what that is. It doesn't look like anything I've ever seen in SMF.

[Arantor]

No idea what that is. It doesn't look like anything I've ever seen in SMF.

It is the logout URL rewritten using a friendly URLs option, as the regular URL is index.php?action=logout;firstpart=secondpart (where the firstpart and secondpart are the two aspects of the URL, one is the session id and one is a value unique to the session)

[DAVID. D.A]

Mr phil, it's a bit complicated to explain, maybe you should log in and see, set your log period to forever, then after some mins just close the tab, wait for some mins again, and go back to the site, poof, you're logged out, but if you then click log in link (if you refuse to use drop down) or any other site link, again, poof, you're automatically logged in and see your 'hello ..' at the top of the page (this is what i meant by profile details)
 
      I dint think it was something my host would try and fix, since its a site done by me and modifications installed by me, thought it'd be like me asking them to code for me.

Arantor, you just identified the problem, how about suggesting a fix?   

[DAVID. D.A]

i tried un installing the url rewriting mods, but the problem of delay with package install comes back, this time after some mins brought a page with this error

Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 300 seconds exceeded in /home/threadnc/public_html/Sources/Errors.php on line 252

[Kindred]

you have some very silly mods in there...
pretty urls is a waste and causes problems with other mods.
remove index.php from url is just plain stupid, IMO...   

and as arantor pointed out one or both probably conflict with the portal rewriting.

I'd suggest that you just uninstall those.you also seem to have duplicate mods... two mods that do essentially the same thing
for google Facebook and twitter. If you want all of those, then why install individual mods when there are several that combine them all into a single mod?

I also wonder if maybe you have the firewall misconfigured.

[DAVID. D.A]

I've been trying to uninstall those two mods, but still getting the problem of a continuous page load, and no uninstall

What two mods are those?

I installed the facebook, twitter, and google+ individually because the other mods with all in one don't allow the button to appear in each post, just the first post.

Firewall, just remembered it was tricky configuring it, I'll check after i manage to get these mods uninstalled

Thank you

[DAVID. D.A]

Finally uninstalled them, error continued, but stopped after i unchecked sef urls in the porta settings, uninstalled portamx for the time being tho.

But the login and package install/uninstall problems are still on 

[DAVID. D.A]

fix to the package manager problem found.. guess pretty urls changed paths
FIX: http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=28393.msg1323590#msg1323590

[kat]

All sorted, now, then?

[DAVID. D.A]

Just the theme error involving login sessions, will probably contact the theme author on that

[kat]

I'll mark this as having been solved, then.

If anything else crops-up, just mark this as being unsolved and post away!

[DAVID. D.A]

K@, tried reinstalling the latest portamx, but without backing up  (figured since the previous version worked ok) and got not found error for all site pages, then followed your post here: http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=400356.msg2782585#msg2782585     and now if i try visiting my site it just ends up blank.

[kat]

With the fun and games that you've been having, I think I'd want to kinda start from scratch, if I was in your position.

I must put a doc on the ol' wiki, about this...

Here's what I'd do, if I was in your position:

I'd get the large upgrade archive: http://download.simplemachines.org/index.php?thanks;filename=smf_2-0-3_upgrade.zip (Assuming you're using SMF v2.0.2)

I'd dearchive that and upload all the files to the site, overwriting what's there, now, except upgrade.php.

Voila! You have an almost virgin forum. All your members,posts, etc. will be intact, coz they're all stored in the ol' database.

I say "Almost virgin", because your mods will still be in "Packages" and your themes will still be in "Themes". They'll just need to be reapplied.

But, that's just what I'd be tempted to do, if I was in your position...

[DAVID. D.A]

was just about to re-install before i got your reply, no members yet or anything so i'll just start from scratch and have a test site on a sub-domain

[kat]

Remember the ol' "Backup" thing, woncha?

Have phun!