Vanilla 2.0.3 released

Tim

Vanilla 2.0.3 has been released and uploaded.

This is primarily a bugfix release that takes care of some issues reported with v2.0.2.

Troubleshooting the Vanilla 2 Installation

If you run into any issues during the installation, you may see the "Bonk" error screen. In order to get past this screen, you can remove the following line from your conf/config.php file:

$Configuration['Garden']['Errors']['MasterView'] = 'error.master.php';

This will show you a more detailed screen of information about the actual problem you've encountered. Please include this information when reporting issues (copy & paste exact errors, please).

Upgrading Vanilla 2.0 Forums

1. Sign into your existing forum with the user that has UserID = 1
2. Back up your database.
3. Back up all of your existing files.
4. Unarchive the new files and copy them over your existing files. Make sure that your hidden files (ie .htaccess) are copied to your server.
5. Make sure the conf/config.php from your old version has been copied over to the new version.
6. Navigate to the page in your forum that updates your database (this will not work if you did not sign in as UserID = 1): www.yourdomain.com/path/to/vanilla/utility/structure
7. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click the button to run the update scripts.
8. Navigate to your forum and test away!

Reporting Issues

DO NOT REPORT ISSUES ON THE COMMUNITY FORUM

Please report all issues on the GitHub Issue Tracker. Remember to do a quick search through the issues to make sure your issue has not already been added or resolved.

See the add on page for additional instructions.

binhdo

I was not quite sure if it's worth filing an issue, but in the current version, the 'cache' folder is missing which might cause some trouble during the installation process.

Tim

Already fixed, not sure what caused that to disappear.

kaos

@tim do you still need PDO_enabled?

phreak

Upgrade from 2.0.1 directly to 2.0.3 is ok, or are there any database changes that need to be "utility/structured/" by the 2.0.2 release.

Thanx for info
p*

Boombatze

I´ve got big error from updating 2.01 to 2.03:

Smarty error: the $compile_dir '/homepages/36/d112833829/htdocs/club/eburg-forum/cache/Smarty/compile' does not exist, or is not a directory.
The error occurred on or near: /homepages/36/d112833829/htdocs/club/eburg-forum/library/vendors/Smarty-2.6.25/libs/Smarty.class.php
1109: * @param integer $error_type
1110: */
1111: function trigger_error($error_msg, $error_type = E_USER_WARNING)
1112: {
1113: trigger_error("Smarty error: $error_msg", $error_type);
1114: }
1115:
1116:
1117: /**
Backtrace:
/homepages/36/d112833829/htdocs/club/eburg-forum/library/vendors/Smarty-2.6.25/libs/Smarty.class.phpPHP::Gdn_ErrorHandler();
[/homepages/36/d112833829/htdocs/club/eburg-forum/library/vendors/Smarty-2.6.25/libs/Smarty.class.php:1113] PHP::trigger_error();
[/homepages/36/d112833829/htdocs/club/eburg-forum/library/vendors/Smarty-2.6.25/libs/internals/core.write_compiled_resource.php:20] Smarty->trigger_error();
[/homepages/36/d112833829/htdocs/club/eburg-forum/library/vendors/Smarty-2.6.25/libs/Smarty.class.php:1451] PHP::smarty_core_write_compiled_resource();
[/homepages/36/d112833829/htdocs/club/eburg-forum/library/vendors/Smarty-2.6.25/libs/Smarty.class.php:1274] Smarty->_compile_resource();
[/homepages/36/d112833829/htdocs/club/eburg-forum/library/vendors/Smarty-2.6.25/libs/Smarty.class.php:1126] Smarty->fetch();
[/homepages/36/d112833829/htdocs/club/eburg-forum/library/core/class.smarty.php:82] Smarty->display();
[/homepages/36/d112833829/htdocs/club/eburg-forum/library/core/class.controller.php:1220] Gdn_Smarty->Render();
[/homepages/36/d112833829/htdocs/club/eburg-forum/library/core/class.controller.php:965] Gdn_Controller->RenderMaster();
[/homepages/36/d112833829/htdocs/club/eburg-forum/library/core/class.pluggable.php:188] Gdn_Controller->xRender();
[/homepages/36/d112833829/htdocs/club/eburg-forum/applications/vanilla/controllers/class.discussionscontroller.php:84] Gdn_Pluggable->__call();
[/homepages/36/d112833829/htdocs/club/eburg-forum/applications/vanilla/controllers/class.discussionscontroller.php:84] DiscussionsController->Render();
[/homepages/36/d112833829/htdocs/club/eburg-forum/library/core/class.dispatcher.php:270] DiscussionsController->Index();
[/homepages/36/d112833829/htdocs/club/eburg-forum/index.php:38] Gdn_Dispatcher->Dispatch();
Variables in local scope:
[error_msg] 'the $compile_dir \'/homepages/36/d112833829/htdocs/club/eburg-forum/cache/Smarty/compile\' does not exist, or is not a directory.'
[error_type] 256

Tim

@Boombatze delete the contents of your cache/ folder, and make sure that it is still fully writable by the web server process.

@phreak there shouldn't be any serious db changes, but one or two may have been necessary. either way, running utility/structure is safe even when there is nothing to be done.

@kaos Vanilla will continue to be built using PDO for database access, and if we decide to change that it wont be in a minor point release.

brant

@Tim

Any plans in the future to allow us to track applications or plugins for new updates?

It would be great if I could star Vanilla. http://vanillaforums.org/addon/465/vanilla

kaos

Any chance that you could have a release i mean PDO isnt essential, otherwise alot of other companies would use it surely. Otherwise can you start allowing domains to be hosted on vanillaforums.com ?

Tim

@kaos
PDO: No
You can already have a custom domain on vanillaforums.com

@brant That's a good idea, but we have no plans for it right now.

dkobia

The AddString bug has persisted for the last few releases: http://github.com/vanillaforums/Garden/issuesearch?state=open&q=AddString#issue/521

dkobia

I've gone ahead and submitted a fix at: http://github.com/dkobia/Garden/commit/db7a3187f7bb1ef1cf440c9a61b68d9c3336d891

Desmanthus

Any idea when to expect 2.0.4?

2.0.3 seems to still be very buggy.

glow

i don't get those 2 points sorry

• Navigate to the page in your forum that updates your database (this will not work if you did not sign in as UserID = 1): www.yourdomain.com/path/to/vanilla/utility/structure
• Scroll to the bottom of the page and click the button to run the update scripts.

I'm trying to update from 2.0.1 to 2.0.3 and I see no button at the bottom of.. which page?

EDIT : ok in my local environnement the path was : index.php?p=/utility/structure

SpencerMc

Is there a place to report bugs? I'm hesitant to start a new topic that's not really a support issue.

Tim

Read the first post

SpencerMc

Doh, sorry.