Unable to see existing threads after update

timaldiss

Hi
Unless you register and/or log in you now no longer see the discussion threads that exist on my well established forum... What did I do wrong?
http://vwlt.co.uk/forum/
Thanks

R_J

Check if you have $Configuration['Garden']['PrivateCommunity'] = true; in your /conf/config

It is also possible that you have revoke the view permissions from guest role

timaldiss

Added that line which was missing but no change

R_J

No, you shouldn't set "Private" = true, because that would exclude guests from your forum, therefore you should have checked that

If you want to add something to your config, add $Configuration['Garden']['PrivateCommunity'] = false;.

Have you checked the permissions of the guest roles? You can also set individual permissions per category so that shoul be checked, too

timaldiss

timaldiss

@R_J said:
Have you checked the permissions of the guest roles? You can also set individual permissions per category so that shoul be checked, too

I don't know how to do this?

R_J

You have to go to "your_forum.com/dashboard/role" and click the dit symbol of the guest role.

End the end of the screen you will find the "View" permissions for the categories:

You see that there is a default category and three of my categories (I have silly names in my test forum: GROUP, UND, MODERATORENBEREICH) have individual permissions and you have to check this settings, too.

timaldiss

I don't have that - I have this:

R_J

Please run yourforum.com/utility/structure

timaldiss

Done. Here's my Roles screen:

R_J

This should have nothing to do with your problem, but you need to set the default roles. Edit each role and pick the correct one

timaldiss

Hi
I'm still stuck with this and would like to pay someone to fix this. How do I do that?
Thanks

maldonadoxico

I'm having the exact same problem.

Heres what I have found so far.

. After updating from 2.5 (php5.6) to 2.6.4 (php7.0), every time I logout a "No Categories/Discutions were found." message appear.

. After running myforum.com/utility/structure I get this every time (not sure what to do with it).

---

alter table GDN_UserAuthenticationNonce
-- [Existing: Timestamp timestamp not null default CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, New: Timestamp timestamp not null]
change Timestamp Timestamp timestamp not null;

alter table GDN_UserAuthenticationToken
-- [Existing: Timestamp timestamp not null default CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, New: Timestamp timestamp not null]
change Timestamp Timestamp timestamp not null;

alter table GDN_AccessToken
-- [Existing: DateInserted timestamp not null default CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, New: DateInserted timestamp not null default current_timestamp]
change DateInserted DateInserted timestamp not null default current_timestamp,
-- [Existing: DateExpires timestamp not null default CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, New: DateExpires timestamp not null default current_timestamp]
change DateExpires DateExpires timestamp not null default current_timestamp;

update GDN_User User
set Permissions = ''
where Permissions <> '';

insert GDN_UserMeta
(UserID, Name, Value)
values ('0', 'stubcontent.record.locale', 'en');

---

. I recovered my old 2.5 version to find that it was the same problem with php 7.0 (I did check that my server has all the required stuff).

. Tried to go back to php 5.6 and everything is working again.

I did try a fresh install and the above problem persists.

When I try to a change users roles I get this:

Thanks

R_J

@maldonadoxico that PHP version hint looks promising! I'm trying to help @timaldiss and he is also using PHP 7.0 and there are really srange behaviors that I cannot explain.
I (as a user with the admin role) cannot see any categories in the dashboard, although I cannot see any problems in the database concerning GDN_Role, GDN_Permission, GDN_Category and GDN_UserRole
Can you go from PHP7.0 to 7.1 or above?
(And don't mind about that utility/structure left overs, they will always appear)

@aajake13 @our420room
Which PHP version do you use? Is it 7.0? If yes, do you have the possibility to upgrade to a newer PHP version? If yes, please do, retry and give feedback. Your problem might be connected to this one:

R_J

@maldonadoxico @aajake13 @our420room
@timaldiss just reported back that a PHP version upgrade to 7.1 solved his problem

maldonadoxico

Hi, I can confirm that it works with PHP 7.1 and 7.2 for me to.
Thanks for the help.