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Fresh installed SMF Forum 2.0.15 - no theme

Started by ///M3Power, February 12, 2019, 08:37:22 AM

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///M3Power

February 12, 2019, 08:37:22 AM
Hello,

I've recently downloaded and installed SMF 2.0.15
https://imgur.com/a/SGIcHVr
Created database and all, but I have no idea why it doesn't have the proper page layout/theme as you could see on the above images.
Note: Already tried to upload and install again, but it remains the same.

Any help would be appreciated.

Aleksi "Lex" Kilpinen

#1
February 12, 2019, 08:39:59 AM
This can happen sometimes, on certain server configs, but is luckily easy to fix.
Check out repair_settings and go through the urls for your themes. :)

What is repair_settings.php?
Slava
Ukraini!
"Before you allow people access to your forum, especially in an administrative position, you must be aware that that person can seriously damage your forum. Therefore, you should only allow people that you trust, implicitly, to have such access." -Douglas

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///M3Power

#2
February 12, 2019, 08:45:39 AM
Hello Aleksi and thank you for your quick response.
I've clicked on the link you provided, but got the following error:
https://imgur.com/a/XcJOMFp

Aleksi "Lex" Kilpinen

#3
February 12, 2019, 08:50:59 AM
That's interesting - Seems like our Wiki might have misbehaved. Do try again, or if it doesn't work - go and download the tool from https://download.simplemachines.org/index.php?tools

Next, upload it to your forum's root, and access it through your browser.
Slava
Ukraini!
"Before you allow people access to your forum, especially in an administrative position, you must be aware that that person can seriously damage your forum. Therefore, you should only allow people that you trust, implicitly, to have such access." -Douglas

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///M3Power

#4
February 12, 2019, 09:28:25 AM
I've uploaded and ran it through my browser.
Not sure what to do next, hmm?
https://imgur.com/a/EMhoBl1

Illori

#5
February 12, 2019, 09:29:51 AM
at the bottom of the file click on where it says reset all settings and save the file, once complete check if this fixed issue then delete the file off your server.

///M3Power

#6
February 12, 2019, 09:45:37 AM
Did it as you've said, but it seems to be all the same:
https://imgur.com/a/A4LAB2T

Aleksi "Lex" Kilpinen

#7
February 12, 2019, 09:55:40 AM
I am unable to reach your domain at all, are you using local addresses to run the tool? If you are, there's a risk you are just repeating the mistake the installer did.
EDIT: no, sorry - My bad. Wait a second.
Slava
Ukraini!
"Before you allow people access to your forum, especially in an administrative position, you must be aware that that person can seriously damage your forum. Therefore, you should only allow people that you trust, implicitly, to have such access." -Douglas

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Aleksi "Lex" Kilpinen

#8
February 12, 2019, 09:59:57 AM
Quote from: Aleksi "Lex" Kilpinen on February 12, 2019, 09:55:40 AM
I am unable to reach your domain at all, are you using local addresses to run the tool? If you are, there's a risk you are just repeating the mistake the installer did.
EDIT: no, sorry - My bad. Wait a second.
Alright, seems your urls are still wrong - they should be full urls, so most commonly the suggested values under the boxes in repair_settings.
What I see now is "href="/css/index.css?fin20""
What I should see is "href="https://elite-duckerz.eu/forum/Themes/default/css/index.css?fin20"
Slava
Ukraini!
"Before you allow people access to your forum, especially in an administrative position, you must be aware that that person can seriously damage your forum. Therefore, you should only allow people that you trust, implicitly, to have such access." -Douglas

How you can help SMF

///M3Power

#9
February 12, 2019, 10:13:29 AM
So, any suggestions for the further improvements?
Here are the URLs in repair_settings.php:
https://imgur.com/a/1h5x8Jo

Bob Perry of Web Presence Consulting

#10
February 12, 2019, 10:51:42 AM
Quote from: ///M3Power on February 12, 2019, 10:13:29 AM
So, any suggestions for the further improvements?
Here are the URLs in repair_settings.php:
https://imgur.com/a/1h5x8Jo

Coming in late to conversation, when you went through the list of path settings and checked that all the paths were set correctly, did you click the blue recommendation for each of the theme paths? if they are even listed, cause the pic doesn't go all the way to bottom of screen so we can't see them?
Best Regards,
Bob Perry



"The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can't be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it." Elbert Hubbard

///M3Power

#11
February 14, 2019, 08:07:22 AM
Not sure what's wrong with it neither I know how to fix it, that's the reason for my post over here.
I did use SMF in the past without any problems and I have only good words to say for SMF.
What's the reason for my kind of problem? Is it perhaps the webhost?
Any working solutions posted in here would very much please me as I love SMF and I wouldn't really like to use any other Forum platform for my community other than SMF.

Cheers & have a nice day!  :)

Arantor

#12
February 14, 2019, 09:05:35 AM
Well, I went to the link in question and see a phpBB installation in progress, but the issue is a bug in the installer which can be fixed by way of using repair_settings.php correctly.

///M3Power

#13
February 16, 2019, 12:55:01 PM
Just freshly installed SMF Forum:

https://imgur.com/a/KxtSBAC

After clicking on the "red marked" saying "your newly installed forum" I get the following error message

https://imgur.com/Q1V2fEv

With many of previous errors caused by SMF I lost my motivation a little bit for using SMF services anymore even though it might be error caused by me/my webhost.  :(

Kind regards.

Kindred

#14
February 16, 2019, 01:00:09 PM
Those issues are, 100% , a p er obl er m eith how you have set up and/or the webhost
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///M3Power

#15
February 16, 2019, 01:14:56 PM
Any kind of assistance to this kind of problem would be appreciated.
Now I don't know if it's the problem of the webhost or something, but I can't quit from installing SMF as I simply adore it.

shawnb61

#16
February 16, 2019, 01:37:10 PM
This really does look like the type of issue repair_settings should help resolve.   

I'd reload repair_settings, and audit every folder, paying careful attention to whether the urls are http vs https.   

At first glance, it looks like you need ALL URLs, including themes, etc., to be https. 

Hope this helps,
Address the process rather than the outcome.  Then, the outcome becomes more likely.   - Fripp

Arantor

#17
February 16, 2019, 05:28:23 PM
Quote from: Kindred on February 16, 2019, 01:00:09 PM
Those issues are, 100% , a p er obl er m eith how you have set up and/or the webhost

No, no they are not, it is a known bug in the installer that's been there since 2.0.7 removed the fix I put in 5 years ago.

As for why the installer apparently completed with no tables, that's a different problem.

Kindred

#18
February 16, 2019, 05:32:42 PM
that's what I meant, Arantor...  I know that the missing theme paths is the known fault in the installer.
However, the failure of repair_settings and the missing tables means that the OP either totally screwed up using the repair or the webhost just plain sucks.
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GigaWatt

#19
February 16, 2019, 11:09:28 PM
Since when do we have a phpBB theme ???.

https://elite-duckerz.eu/forum/
"This is really a generic concept about human thinking - when faced with large tasks we're naturally inclined to try to break them down into a bunch of smaller tasks that together make up the whole."

"A 500 error loosely translates to the webserver saying, "WTF?"..."

Sir Osis of Liver

#20
February 16, 2019, 11:15:18 PM
Copyright says it's phpbb forum.
Ashes and diamonds, foe and friend,
 we were all equal in the end.
                                     - R. Waters

GigaWatt

#21
February 16, 2019, 11:39:15 PM
Well... I didn't scroll down to the end of the page :D.
"This is really a generic concept about human thinking - when faced with large tasks we're naturally inclined to try to break them down into a bunch of smaller tasks that together make up the whole."

"A 500 error loosely translates to the webserver saying, "WTF?"..."

Kindred

#22
February 16, 2019, 11:54:26 PM
Yeah, op gave up
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shawnb61

#23
February 17, 2019, 01:42:52 AM
I kinda don't blame him for giving up...   

Yes, this is a phpbb forum:
https://elite-duckerz.eu/forum/

HOWEVER...
This is the one he is trying to setup, I assume to replace it:
https://elite-duckerz.eu/forumsmf/

And yes, he's having lots of issues that sure seem to be fixable by repair_settings, but he's having an issue doing so for some reason.   If you look at the broken page, there is a mix of http & https, plus his theme settings are very broken... 
Address the process rather than the outcome.  Then, the outcome becomes more likely.   - Fripp

///M3Power

#24
February 17, 2019, 07:44:06 AM
It's https://elite-duckerz.eu/forumsmf/ as we are using phpBB for replacement as per now. :)
Fixing the issue(s) with SMF Forum would make me very happy as I used SMF ever since and it's great in my opinion! ;)
And btw I haven't and don't want to give up, just tell me from where to start dealing with those issues.

///M3Power

#25
February 17, 2019, 09:45:33 AM
Alright, the issue with Table ´SMFForum.smf_messages´doesn't exist seems to be fixed and I've completed a fresh installation of the SMF Forum. You can see it here --> https://elite-duckerz.eu/forumsmf/index.php

Now, I'm back to the old issue again, which is no theme. You can see the Forum (without theme) by clicking on the above attached link.
Any suggestions, guys? How to get rid of the "no theme" issue. I will now try to figure out something with the previously mentioned repair_settings - in the meanwhile any suggestion would be well appreciated.

Arantor

#26
February 17, 2019, 09:50:04 AM
The suggestion is "upload repair-settings, browse to it, update the values since 127.0.0.1/smf isn't your URL" and hit the save button at the bottom, a crucial step that is often overlooked.

///M3Power

#27
February 17, 2019, 10:07:33 AM
Woo-hoo, I've somehow managed to install it browsing through a basic html page which then offered me to upload the theme and install it ---> https://imgur.com/a/P4QVCpC
I'd like to thank to everyone who contributed anyhow to the solution of fixing this problem. :)

///M3Power

#28
February 17, 2019, 10:22:09 AM
Just for your information, the issue seems to be with compatibility with themes that are made for 2.0.15 only.
On the SMF Theme Site I've clicked on the SMF 2.0.15 Themes only and downloaded a few themes which seems to be working flawlessly as per now.

Cheers

Kindred

#29
February 17, 2019, 10:42:55 AM
No,  the issue was the urls.
Once you fixed that,  all themes for 2.0 x will work
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