After uploading vanilla to wordpress portion of site, now the forums portion does not work
My vanilla forums are not working.
I had functional, working forums here: http://nolamil.com/forums.
Here I have wordpress driven section of my site: http://nolamil.com/info
After installing the vanilla plugin on my wordpress portion, my forums are broken. I just get the "bonk" page.
Thanks for any help out there! Oh, I did try removing the plugin but it's still broken. I completely deleted from my server so I just don't konw what to do
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whu606
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OK Tammie, I think that in your cache folder you need to create a folder called Smarty (use capital S) and inside that a folder called compile (all lower case).
That sorted me out when I had that (or a very similar) error.
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sahotataran
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@TammieEarl its when you clear all the cache folder at once - you delete .ini files and Smarty folder - which is used by the Smarty engine - and is used if you use a .tpl file as a template to your forums. So you will have to watch this folder - next time you clear the cache folder
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sahotataran
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compile is just the folder - you might have to create a folder named compile inside smarty folder to make it work
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Tammie - first thing is to get past the 'Bonk' message.
You need to access the Vanilla/conf folder on your webserver, and
if you are using vanilla >= 2.0.18 Put
and if its < 2.0.18 put
in your config.php file.
This will give you a detailed error message, rather than the 'Bonk' one. Once you have that, either it will help you see what to do, or else you can post another question, asking specifically about the error.
tbh even though I'm on 2.0.18 I found the 2nd option worked for me.
You might also try deleting the .ini files (not the folders) in the cache folder.
It's getting hung up on the addition to the conf file:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE, expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or T_NUM_STRING in /home8/vonwardk/public_html/nolamil/forums/conf/config.php on line 38
Figured out what I did wrong with the code you gave me. I finally got it right and below is the copied and pasted information I got INSTEAD of the bonk message
Fatal Error in Smarty.trigger_error();
Smarty error: the $compile_dir '/home8/vonwardk/public_html/nolamil/forums/cache/Smarty/compile' does not exist, or is not a directory.
The error occurred on or near: /home8/vonwardk/public_html/nolamil/forums/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:
[/home8/vonwardk/public_html/nolamil/forums/library/vendors/Smarty-2.6.25/libs/Smarty.class.php:1113] PHP::Gdn_ErrorHandler(); [/home8/vonwardk/public_html/nolamil/forums/library/vendors/Smarty-2.6.25/libs/internals/core.write_compiled_resource.php:20] Smarty->trigger_error(); [/home8/vonwardk/public_html/nolamil/forums/library/vendors/Smarty-2.6.25/libs/Smarty.class.php:1451] PHP::smarty_core_write_compiled_resource(); [/home8/vonwardk/public_html/nolamil/forums/library/vendors/Smarty-2.6.25/libs/Smarty.class.php:1274] Smarty->_compile_resource(); [/home8/vonwardk/public_html/nolamil/forums/library/vendors/Smarty-2.6.25/libs/Smarty.class.php:1126] Smarty->fetch(); [/home8/vonwardk/public_html/nolamil/forums/library/core/class.smarty.php:81] Smarty->display(); [/home8/vonwardk/public_html/nolamil/forums/library/core/class.controller.php:1566] Gdn_Smarty->Render(); [/home8/vonwardk/public_html/nolamil/forums/library/core/class.controller.php:1141] Gdn_Controller->RenderMaster(); [/home8/vonwardk/public_html/nolamil/forums/library/core/class.pluggable.php:193] Gdn_Controller->xRender(); [/home8/vonwardk/public_html/nolamil/forums/applications/vanilla/controllers/class.categoriescontroller.php:196] Gdn_Pluggable->__call(); [/home8/vonwardk/public_html/nolamil/forums/applications/vanilla/controllers/class.categoriescontroller.php:196] CategoriesController->Render(); [/home8/vonwardk/public_html/nolamil/forums/library/core/class.dispatcher.php:322] CategoriesController->All(); [/home8/vonwardk/public_html/nolamil/forums/index.php:53] Gdn_Dispatcher->Dispatch();
Variables in local scope:
[error_msg] 'the $compile_dir \'/home8/vonwardk/public_html/nolamil/forums/cache/Smarty/compile\' does not exist, or is not a directory.' [error_type] 256
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OK Tammie, I think that in your cache folder you need to create a folder called Smarty (use capital S) and inside that a folder called compile (all lower case).
That sorted me out when I had that (or a very similar) error.
Hmm. Well a similar thing happened only a week or so ago. Having the same issues but they don't present themselves the same... and having to re-do the fixes. Thank you whu606, you've been very helpful. I will come back and accept your answer once I have time to try this fix.
@TammieEarl its when you clear all the cache folder at once - you delete .ini files and Smarty folder - which is used by the Smarty engine - and is used if you use a .tpl file as a template to your forums. So you will have to watch this folder - next time you clear the cache folder
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OK, made the Smarty folder again. So compile - does it have an ending? LIke is it compile.tpl or compile.ini? Thanks for the help guys, I hope we are almost there!
I'm just getting a white screen now. Not the bonk, not the long message... is this good? What next? Here's the site: http://nolamil.com Here's the troubled link: http://nolamil.com/forums Thanks so much guys! I REALLY appreciate the help!
compile is just the folder - you might have to create a folder named compile inside smarty folder to make it work
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Yes, 'compile' is the folder name.
cache/Smarty/compile