Allowing Guests to view Discussions in 0.9.2

JoshuaJenkins · January 2006

Hi everyone, I'm using vanilla to launch an upcoming online magazine but it's giving a couple of issues. One is that I can't set threads to sticky or closed, it says it does it but nothing happens, so I'm forced to go into the database and do it. Not a huge deal, just a minor inconvenience. Also non-members/guests are not allowed to view any discussions. I set "allow non-members to browse forums" but it didn't do anything. The only thing I can do is allow banned members to participate in forums, which is something I really don't want to do. Also just realized that my saved forum preferences for my user account say they're saved, but they're not. Something I really don't feel like diving into the database to handle. Is there a way around this or should I just wait for the 0.9.3 release and see if that remedies things? I'm assuming it'd be better to wait for the next release and just install fresh, does anyone have an estimate on how long that'll be?

Bergamot · January 2006

Are you sure your database user has all necessary permissions for all of the vanilla tables?

It probably would throw a big error if there was a major missing priv, but it might silently fail in certain rare cases.

Mark · January 2006

So strange that these wacky bugs creep up in 0.9.2.x when it's been out without complaints for so long. Upgrading to 0.9.3 right now would be kind of a pain since it's not ready for public release yet. I'm sure these issues could be debugged pretty easily, though. Most of the things you're having problems with relate to the ajax code. You can isolate the javascript function being called when those preferences are set, and then change it to redirect to the ajax page rather than xmlhttprequest it. That way if there are any errors happening, you'll be directed to the ajax page to see it happen.

JoshuaJenkins · January 2006

How would I go about directing to the ajax page instead? Sorry for the lame questions, but I'm still not even remotely up to par with this whole AJAX Web.20 thang.

Mark · January 2006

In your /js/vanilla.js file there is a PanelSwitch function:

function PanelSwitch(PanelItem, RefreshPageWhenComplete) {
	var chkBox = document.getElementById(PanelItem+"ID");
	if (chkBox) {
		ChangeLoaderText("Processing...");
		SwitchLoader(1);
		var dm = new DataManager();
		if (RefreshPageWhenComplete == 1) {
			dm.RequestCompleteEvent = RefreshPage;
			dm.RequestFailedEvent = RefreshPage;
		} else {
			dm.RequestCompleteEvent = HandleSwitch;
			dm.RequestFailedEvent = HandleFailure;
		}
		dm.LoadData("./tools/switch.php?Type="+PanelItem+"&Switch="+chkBox.checked);
		// Debug: document.location = "./tools/switch.php?Type="+PanelItem+"&Switch="+chkBox.checked;
	}
}

As you can see, all you need to do is comment out the dm.LoadData line and uncomment the // Debug line, so the end of the function will look like this:

// dm.LoadData("./tools/switch.php?Type="+PanelItem+"&Switch="+chkBox.checked);
document.location = "./tools/switch.php?Type="+PanelItem+"&Switch="+chkBox.checked;

Then, on the account > Preferences form, it if you check or uncheck one of the preferences that was giving you trouble, it will send you to the ajax page that handles that request so you can see if you get any errors.

JoshuaJenkins · January 2006

I edited the file as you instructed, but checking the box still did the exact same thing. Said "complete" on the little box at the top and nothing happened. Since you're releasing a new version anyway it's not a huge issue if this is resolved or not, so don't worry about it :)

Mark · January 2006

Which box did you check?

JoshuaJenkins · January 2006

Something about what to display in the User section.

Mark · January 2006

the "Display list appendices in the control panel" box should call that PanelSwitch function. If it doesn't redirect, then you might have to hard-refresh your page so that the browser pulls in the latest version of that js file.

Mark · January 2006

Oh, and you can hard refresh your browser in windows by either doing a CTRL+F5 or SHIFT+F5 (I can never remember which it is, so I do both).

JoshuaJenkins · January 2006

Ah, there it is.

I got a nice little chunk of hate


Warning: main(../vanilla/appg/headers.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/xxviiine/public_html/vanilla/appg/init_ajax.php on line 13

Warning: main(../vanilla/appg/headers.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/xxviiine/public_html/vanilla/appg/init_ajax.php on line 13

Warning: main(): Failed opening '../vanilla/appg/headers.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/xxviiine/public_html/vanilla/appg/init_ajax.php on line 13

Warning: main(../vanilla//library/Utility.Functions.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/xxviiine/public_html/vanilla/appg/init_ajax.php on line 14

Warning: main(../vanilla//library/Utility.Functions.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/xxviiine/public_html/vanilla/appg/init_ajax.php on line 14

Warning: main(): Failed opening '../vanilla//library/Utility.Functions.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/xxviiine/public_html/vanilla/appg/init_ajax.php on line 14

Warning: main(../vanilla//library/Utility.Database.class.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/xxviiine/public_html/vanilla/appg/init_ajax.php on line 15

Warning: main(../vanilla//library/Utility.Database.class.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/xxviiine/public_html/vanilla/appg/init_ajax.php on line 15

Warning: main(): Failed opening '../vanilla//library/Utility.Database.class.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/xxviiine/public_html/vanilla/appg/init_ajax.php on line 15

Warning: main(../vanilla//library/Utility.SqlBuilder.class.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/xxviiine/public_html/vanilla/appg/init_ajax.php on line 16

Warning: main(../vanilla//library/Utility.SqlBuilder.class.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/xxviiine/public_html/vanilla/appg/init_ajax.php on line 16

Warning: main(): Failed opening '../vanilla//library/Utility.SqlBuilder.class.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/xxviiine/public_html/vanilla/appg/init_ajax.php on line 16

Warning: main(../vanilla//library/Utility.MessageCollector.class.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/xxviiine/public_html/vanilla/appg/init_ajax.php on line 17

Warning: main(../vanilla//library/Utility.MessageCollector.class.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/xxviiine/public_html/vanilla/appg/init_ajax.php on line 17

Warning: main(): Failed opening '../vanilla//library/Utility.MessageCollector.class.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/xxviiine/public_html/vanilla/appg/init_ajax.php on line 17

Warning: main(../vanilla//library/Utility.ErrorManager.class.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/xxviiine/public_html/vanilla/appg/init_ajax.php on line 18

That's like 1/3 of it.

Bergamot · January 2006

I'm *guessing* that extra slash after "vanilla" in your path is killing it.

Note: I've been wrong many times before, including above.

JoshuaJenkins · January 2006

I actually wonder where that extra slash comes from, as my declared webpath doesn't have a trailing slash.

Bergamot · January 2006

That is strange.

Do any of your other settings have "vanilla" with a slash?

JoshuaJenkins · January 2006

I remember when I was setting up the forums initially I had some issues with double slashes like that but eventually I (though I) resolved them. I'm hunting around right now for that slash, but not really finding anything.

Bergamot · January 2006

Hmm, lines 13, 14, and 15 of ajax_init.php all use different path variables.

JoshuaJenkins · January 2006

edit: nevermind I figured out the double slash issue. Now I'm left with a lot of errors not featuring double slashes such as...


Warning: main(../vanilla/appg/headers.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/xxviiine/public_html/vanilla/appg/init_ajax.php on line 13

Warning: main(../vanilla/appg/headers.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/xxviiine/public_html/vanilla/appg/init_ajax.php on line 13

Warning: main(): Failed opening '../vanilla/appg/headers.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/xxviiine/public_html/vanilla/appg/init_ajax.php on line 13

Warning: main(../vanilla/library/Utility.Functions.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/xxviiine/public_html/vanilla/appg/init_ajax.php on line 14

Warning: main(../vanilla/library/Utility.Functions.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/xxviiine/public_html/vanilla/appg/init_ajax.php on line 14

Warning: main(): Failed opening '../vanilla/library/Utility.Functions.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/xxviiine/public_html/vanilla/appg/init_ajax.php on line 14

Bergamot · January 2006

Well, is appg/headers.php there?

Proper privs?

JoshuaJenkins · January 2006

Yep, but apparently it doesn't want to play nicely at all.

JoshuaJenkins · January 2006

Ah okay I got everything fixed, I had to use a weird server-y kind of path.

Thanks all for the help

Mark · January 2006

Excellent!

(and, of course, you'll need to switch your javascript back to the original way)

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