Unable to write to Smarty Directories with 2.1.1*

stonyau

First of all, I am a new user of Vanilla Forum.

Vanilla forum is pretty user friendly I have to say, download, upload, unzip, until this happens.

Yeah this error message comes up when you startup the forum.

How frustrating to a new user.

So I tried remove the whole folder, upload, unzip etc again, for 2 times with different settings. But it still happens.

So I wonder it is the server problem. Then, I booked a new cloud server.(subdomain for the forum is a pretty good idea right?)

Then, I tried to do the same thing again.

No error message in the browser console, no error message in /var/log, nothing. Who the hell can fix this giant thing.

Until I got an idea, download 2.0.18.13 and unzip it again.

Then everything works!

I mean, many people could have been scared away by 2.1.1...

Vanilla should remove this version as soon as possible because it contain a giant bug: No one can startup the forum!!

stonyau

PS: I am using CentOS6.6, PHP 5.3.3

x00

Vanilla should remove this version as soon as possible because it contain a giant bug: No one can startup the forum!!

This is nonsense, like implementing any software you have to troubleshoot sometimes. Something goign wrong is not necessarily a bug, failure is often by design.

Many people are running 2.1.1 as they did 2.1

Expecting server software to work out of the box every time for every possible validation under the sun is unrealistic, just like the myth that some host sell the being a webmaster requires no learning curve. Reality is server admin is a skilled job, really many people who should be under managed hosting aren’t.

Fist step put in conf/config.php

$Configuration['Debug'] = TRUE; 

ensure the folders cache/Smarty and cache/Smarty/compile exist and they are writeable.

peregrine

I think they should change the

Something Has Gone Message to ....

"Jeez, Something Has Gone Wrong ...., Why don't you read the Readme to learn how to get rid of Giant Bug"

learn to search the forum for the phrase "Something Has Gone Wrong"

or just read the troubleshooting tips in the Documentation"

peregrine

General tips to ensure smooth upgrade...

if you upgraded to 2.1 or 2.1.1

see the instructions and troubleshooting here

http://vanillaforums.org/discussion/26685/vanilla-2-1-stable-released/p1

addfitional tips here
http://vanillaforums.org/discussion/26685/vanilla-2-1-stable-released/p3

if you use vanilla 2.1 or higher add this to your /conf/config.php file.

$Configuration['Debug'] = TRUE;

if it wasn't a result of an upgrade see this:

http://vanillaforums.org/discussion/comment/199091/#Comment_199091

if you upgraded to 2.1 without disabling your plugins, that could be the problem.

also make sure your .htaccess is correct

https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla/blob/master/.htaccess#L8

read line 7 in the above link and change line 8 accordingly.