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8: Undefined index

Started by wonky, June 19, 2011, 11:58:30 PM

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wonky

I just upgraded to SMF 2.0 and most members seem to have no problem with the site. However, one of our moderators can't login to the site. He says that only part of the page loads and the rest is blank. Without logging in, the site looks normal. He has tried several browsers and computers. I checked the log and from his last recorded logon it looks like this:

xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx    <Membername>    8: Undefined index: logout ?    Today at 03:43:25
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx    <Membername>    8: Undefined index: register ?    Today at 03:43:25
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx    <Membername>    8: Undefined index: login ?    Today at 03:43:25
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx    <Membername>    8: Undefined index: mlist_menu_view ?    Today at 03:43:25
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx    <Membername>    8: Undefined index: members_title ?    Today at 03:43:25
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx    <Membername>    8: Undefined index: calendar_post_event ?    Today at 03:43:25
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx    <Membername>    8: Undefined index: calendar_menu ?    Today at 03:43:25
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx    <Membername>    8: Undefined index: calendar ?    Today at 03:43:25
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx    <Membername>    8: Undefined index: pm_menu_send ?    Today at 03:43:25
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx    <Membername>    8: Undefined index: pm_menu_read ?    Today at 03:43:25
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx    <Membername>    8: Undefined index: forumprofile ?    Today at 03:43:25
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx    <Membername>    8: Undefined index: account ?    Today at 03:43:25
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx    <Membername>    8: Undefined index: summary ?    Today at 03:43:25
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx    <Membername>    8: Undefined index: profile ?    Today at 03:43:25
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx    <Membername>    8: Undefined index: mc_reported_posts ?    Today at 03:43:25
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx    <Membername>    8: Undefined index: mc_unapproved_attachments ?    Today at 03:43:25
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx    <Membername>    8: Undefined index: mc_unapproved_poststopics ?    Today at 03:43:25
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx    <Membername>    8: Undefined index: modlog_view ?    Today at 03:43:25
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx    <Membername>    8: Undefined index: moderate ?    Today at 03:43:25
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx    <Membername>    8: Undefined index: edit_permissions ?    Today at 03:43:25
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx    <Membername>    8: Undefined index: errlog ?    Today at 03:43:25
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx    <Membername>    8: Undefined index: package ?    Today at 03:43:25
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx    <Membername>    8: Undefined index: modSettings_title ?    Today at 03:43:25
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx    <Membername>    8: Undefined index: admin ?    Today at 03:43:25
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx    <Membername>    8: Undefined index: search ?    Today at 03:43:25
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx    <Membername>    8: Undefined index: help ?    Today at 03:43:25
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx    <Membername>    8: Undefined index: home ?    Today at 03:43:25
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx    <Membername>    8: Undefined index: quote_from ?    Today at 03:43:25
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx    <Membername>    8: Undefined index: search_on ?    Today at 03:43:25
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx    <Membername>    8: Undefined index: quote_from ?    Today at 03:43:25
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx    <Membername>    8: Undefined index: quote_from ?    Today at 03:43:25
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx    <Membername>    8: Undefined index: quote_from ?    Today at 03:43:25
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx    <Membername>    8: Undefined index: quote ?    Today at 03:43:25
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx    <Membername>    8: Undefined index: code_select ?    Today at 03:43:25
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx    <Membername>    8: Undefined index: code ?    Today at 03:43:25
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx    <Membername>    8: Undefined index: code_select ?    Today at 03:43:25
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx    <Membername>    8: Undefined index: code ?    Today at 03:43:25
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx    <Membername>    8: Undefined index: forum_index ?    Today at 03:43:25
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx    <Membername>    8: Undefined index: today ?    Today at 03:43:25
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx    <Membername>    8: Undefined index: not_applicable ?    Today at 03:43:25
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx    <Membername>    8: Undefined index: not_applicable ?    Today at 03:43:25
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx    <Membername>    8: Undefined index: not_applicable ?    Today at 03:43:25
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx    <Membername>    8: Undefined index: not_applicable ?    Today at 03:43:25

It seems strange that only one or a few members (I assume that there might be several others that have not been able to report the problem because of not being able to access the site) get this problem. In the log there seems to be about 15 000 of these errors from the last couple of days although most of them are from guests.

Does anyone have any idea what this problem might be? He also says that once logged in, he can't logout without clearing cookies.

It's a Windows server and it uses PHP Version 5.2.14 and MySQL 5.0.51a.

Oldiesmann

Most of those appear to be missing language strings, so make sure that whatever theme he's using is up to date.
Michael Eshom
Christian Metal Fans

wonky

Thanks for the help! It turned out that he at some point had chosen the old SMF 1.x.x site template that is not compatible with the new installation. Hopefully he will be able to login now, when I reset it.

Oldiesmann

To prevent that from happening in the future, you can go into the admin center and either uninstall that theme or set it so that users can't select it (if you plan to update it for 2.x at some point).
Michael Eshom
Christian Metal Fans

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