Please don't access SSI.php by URL directly

[ronmcfarlane]

I have a clean install of Joomla 1.08 with Community Builder 1.0 Stable.

I installed SMF in a directory at the same level as the Joomla website. All appeared to be working well.

I have installed the SMF/Joomla Bridge. In the config I selected use the CB registration. and syncronised the users.

I linked SMF to the main Joomla menu as a link - url.

Now when I load the Joomla page I get the following message at the top of the page

Please don't access SSI.php by URL directly; you may want to use the path ('SSI.php') or add ?ssi_function=something.

with firefox the page still loads but under ie I get bigger problems


The XML page cannot be displayed
Cannot view XML input using style sheet. Please correct the error and then click the Refresh button, or try again later.


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Invalid at the top level of the document. Error processing resource 'hxxp:localhost/a/psfc/' [nonactive];. Line 1, Position 1

Please don't access SSI.php by URL directly; you may want to use the path ('SSI.php') or add ?ssi_function=something

I have uninstalled the bridge and the problem is still there.

What has the bridge done to my Joomla installation and how do I fix i?.


Thanks

Ron

[Kindred]

in your bridge configuration (in joomla admin), did you enter the path to SMF as a PATH or as a URL?

[Sooi]

I have the same problem and I entered it as an url i think
How can I fix this?

[Kindred]

go back into joomla admin smf bridge configuration and change the setting...

[Sooi]

maybe stupid question, but when I let the path create automaticly it doesnt work (when i trie to migrate from joomla to swf i get a page only containing the word 'index')

My site setup is as follow:
www.mysite.com/joomla

and smf is installed in
www.mysite.com/joomla/smf

Which path should I use.

[chadness]

Neither of those - you need to use an absolute path, not a URL.  Something like /var/www/html/joomla/smf or /home/sooi/www/joomla/smf.  You can get an idea of what it should be by looking in you Joomla global configuration on the Server tab.  Look for what it lists in Absolute Path:, and it looks like you should just add /smf to the end of that.

[Sooi]

Thanks for the reply.
I looked up the path in the server tab and added /smf.
I get the same path that was suggested by the component.
But I still can't migrate the users.
I still get a page with the sole word 'index" on it when I click 'Migrate'.
When I used the url I could migrate, but then I couldn't get my basic Joomla page!

Which other steps could i take?

these settings i found in my joomla global configuration

abs path     /customers/mysite.com/mysite.com/httpd.www/joomla
Live Site:    hxxp:www.mysite.com/joomla [nonactive]

I don't really understand the way the absolute path is created

[Orstio]

Go to your SMF admin panel.  Click on Server Settings.  Near the bottom, you will find a textbox labelled "SMF Directory".  In that textbox is your absolute path to SMF.  Copy it from there, and paste it into the bridge config.

[Sooi]

Same problem.
It gives the same url.

[Orstio]

No, it's not a URL.  A path is not a URL.  A path looks something like this:

/home/user/public_html/forum

A URL looks like this:

http://www.site.com/forum

You do not want a URL.  Do not use a URL.  You need to use a path, not a URL.