Newbie : Changing Theme forum Bonk, etc *

UnderDog

This discussion was created from comments split from: [Documentation] Changing Theme and my Forum goes Bonk.

misifi

Hi people, I am also new to Vanilla, had successfully set up a forum people have started to join, one guy complained that using his phone he is getting a bonk error, and I remembered seeing a mobile friendly theme. Rather than change over totally I click the thumbnail or link I cannot be totally sure to just have a look at what it looks like and by doing that I broke my install.

Everybody gets a bonk now.

I have followed the instructions above and the error came up as this: "$compile_dir '/home5/ukoverlo/public_html/misifi/forum/cache/Smarty/compile' does not exist, or is not a directory" just in case it was a silly mistake I created a directory "compile" where the path statement said it should be but no good, it's just the same.

Is there a fix as I would hate to have to ask everyone to sign up again.

Thanks
John

peregrine

You not only have to create the directory you have to give it write permissions.

think about it - it is a compile directory - so it is going to write information there.

try permissions 777 on the compile directory.

misifi

I made it 777, as I assumed that would be the case

misifi

OK I have just tried a different browser and it is working fine and dandy. Sorry to waste your time I should have known to clear the browser cache.

Thank you for your guidance

John

misifi

I am afraid it has not sorted it, I can log on as my user name but as soon as I log on as admin it goes wrong again.

I have noticed an inconsistency in the error report if that means anything.

The headline notice says:Smarty error: the $compile_dir '/home5/ukoverlo/public_html/misifi/forum/cache/Smarty/compile' does not exist, or is not a directory

but the error breakdown below it says:
The error occurred on or near: /home5/ukoverlo/public_html/misifi/forum/library/vendors/Smarty-2.6.25/libs/Smarty.class.php

There is clearly a difference in the path statements, is this important at all?

Thanks
John

peregrine

the $compile_dir '/home5/ukoverlo/public_html/misifi/forum/cache/Smarty/compile' does not exist, or is not a directory

the question first to be answered is:

does this directory exist "/home5/ukoverlo/public_html/misifi/forum/cache/Smarty/compile"

also delete any .ini files in your cache.

misifi

yes the directory exists and there are eight .ini files in the cache directory

misifi

I have found the problem, when I created the directory "Smarty" I made it with a lower case s eg "smarty".

Thanks