Start page not in the root domain...

[Rickard]

I have 3 forums
www.poolforum.se
www.atvforum.se
www.varmepumpsforum.com

in Poolforum and ATVforum a click on the forum logo (top left corner) opens the root address (www.poolforum.se)
In Varmepumpsforum a click on the logo takes me to http://www.varmepumpsforum.com/vpforum/index.php , same if i write the domain name in the address field of the browser.

Any one that has a suggestion about what can be wrong, it feels like the start page should be in the root for SEO reasons...

[Deaks]

open up ftp and tell us do you have anything in the main folder besides vpforum folder ... is their an .htaccess or index.php file

[Rickard]

Yes, there is a index.php file in the folder.

I have had the same problem in my other forums earlier (old MKportal index with redirect in the first line) fixed today.
But if i put in the "default" index that works in the other 2 forums i just come up with a blank page i Varmepumpsforum.com...

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<?php
header('Location: http://www.varmepumpsforum.com/vpforum/index.php');
/*
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|   MkPortal
|   ========================================
|   by Meo aka Luponero <Amedeo de longis>
|      Don K. Colburn <visiblesoul.net>
|
|   Copyright (c) 2004-2006 mkportal.it
|   http://www.mkportal.it
|   Email: [email protected]
|
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|   > MKPortal
|   > Written By Amedeo de longis
|   > Date started: 9.2.2004
|
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/

/*define ( 'IN_MKP', 1 );

$_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'] = str_replace(array('%3C', '%3E', '<', '>'), array('', '', '', ''), $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'] );
$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] = str_replace(array('%3C', '%3E', '<', '>'), array('', '', '', ''), $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] );

$MK_PATH = "./";
require $MK_PATH."mkportal/conf_mk.php";

switch($MK_BOARD) {
case 'IPB':
$driverf = "IPB/ipb_driverf.php";
$board_functions = "IPB/ipb_board_functions.php";
    break;
case 'PHPBB':
     $driverf = "PHPBB/php_driverf.php";
$board_functions = "PHPBB/php_board_functions.php";
    break;
case 'VB':
     $driverf = "VB/vb_driverf.php";
$board_functions = "VB/vb_board_functions.php";
    break;
case 'OXY':
     $driverf = "oxy_driverf.php";
$board_functions = "oxy_board_functions.php";
    break;
    case 'IPB13':
     $driverf = "IPB13/ipb13_driverf.php";
$board_functions = "IPB13/ipb13_board_functions.php";
    break;
case 'MYBB':
     $driverf = "MYBB/mybb_driverf.php";
$board_functions = "MYBB/mybb_board_functions.php";
    break;
default:
     $driverf = "SMF/smf_driverf.php";
$board_functions = "SMF/smf_board_functions.php";
    break;
}

require $MK_PATH."mkportal/include/$driverf";
require $MK_PATH."mkportal/include/functions.php";
require $MK_PATH."mkportal/include/$board_functions";
require "$mklib->template/tpl_main.php";

$mkportals->input = $mklib->mkp_input();

if($MK_OFFLINE && !$mkportals->member['g_access_cp'] && !$mklib->member['g_access_cpa']) {
$message = $mklib->lang['offline'];
$mklib->off_line_page($message);
exit;
}

$switch = array('blog'         =>   "blog",
                'chat'         =>   "chat",
                'contents'     =>   "contents",
                'downloads'    =>   "downloads",
                'gallery'      =>   "gallery",
                'news'         =>   "news",
                'quote'        =>   "quote",
                'reviews'      =>   "reviews",
                'search'       =>   "search",
                'topsite'      =>   "topsite",
                'urlobox'      =>   "urlobox",
'staff'        =>   "staff",
'docs'         =>   "docs",
'xebook'       =>   "xebook"
                );


if (!isset($switch[$mkportals->input['ind']])) {
    $mkportals->input['ind'] = "contents";
}
if (!$mklib->disablegzip && $mkportals->input['ind'] != "downloads") {
ob_end_clean();
@ob_start('ob_gzhandler');
}
require "./mkportal/modules/{$switch[$mkportals->input

[Deaks]

Did you ever have mkportal installed?

[Rickard]

Yes, and i have noticed that the index page in all my forums have been the mkportal index, probaly for a few years.
I have solved the problem on the other 2 forums earlier today, but when i put in the smf index.php it just shows a blank page in this forum...

[Deaks]

You could move all the files from the forum folder into the main folder, then run repair_settings.php to fix the paths

[Rickard]

OK but i have a LOT of files and folders in the main folder, making backup will take a day...
And a day to go back if it doesn't work...

I need to check what distinguishes my sites, why this forum doesn't work as supposed.

[Kindred]

Well, actually, it is worked exactly as "it is supposed"
Because it is doing exactly what the files tell it to do...

This might. It be what you WANT It to do... In which case, you will need to change the files...

[Rickard]

But why doesnt the same index file work in this forum when i try to change it, when it works in my other forums.
I have taken a index.php-file from a clean installation of SMF, and swapped the old mkportal index file.
It works as suuposed in atv and pool forums, but not in the varmepumpsforum, just showes a blank page...

[Kindred]

because, apparently something ELSE is misconfigured....

Jusr replacing files, willy nilly rarely solves the problem -- unless you replace ALL the files with clean ones.

[Rickard]

Usually one gets a warning message in the browser when the index file doesnt work... Not a blank page with no source code...

[Deaks]

Not always.

[Rickard]

What is strange is that simple portal didnt put a new index file in the root when i installed it, very strange.
When i make a clean install, simple portal opens (startpage) when i type in the root domain.