Extreme problems trying an install

jimithy · Joined: 05 Jan 2007 Posts: 5

For 24 hours I have searched everywhere I can... read tons... tried everything possible... and my forum is still dead. (no one can log on) after installing MX Google Sitemap. There are forum topics here that seem to discuss my specific problem but they are in French, which I do not understand, so I get only guesses about solutions when reading them.

I believe it is an .htaccess problem (I am on an Apache server).

I totally scrapped my original (and every speck of protection with it.) just to try every solution I could research on your site. Currently my index.php comes up with these errors.

dcz

Well, something I'd like to know is if it worked once ?

Because it seems you are trying to install more than one mod at a time here.

So, now that your forum is up and running again, you should proceed step by step.

Installing mx sitemaps does not change a single phpBB line of code, so I doubt it could have been the problem here.

So please try to install mx sitemaps, with no other changes, I'm pretty sure it will work.

Then, we'll see what to do about mod rewrite (phpBB + sitemaps) Wink

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jimithy · Joined: 05 Jan 2007 Posts: 5

The forum has been up and running smoothly with the last of those minor mods being made a few months ago. So it is clear that none of them created this problem.

It is not practical to "start from scratch" with such a forum because of the effect on security, db, and users if all mods are removed.

dcz

jimithy · Joined: 05 Jan 2007 Posts: 5

I had stated that I experimented a LOT with .htaccess since I felt that it was probably where my problem was and that the .htaccess file I listed was just the last of a great many attempts of understanding a French language forum's suggestions.

You are right that .htaccess does have the Able2Mod code in it (which should not be there since I do not use Able2Mod). In my current careful reinstall I am going back to the original .htaccess file which is supposed to work... getting away from all the suggested changes I found in different areas. Desperation caused me to make blind/stupid changes in .htaccess. Now that my site and forum are back up and I can instantly switch to a working site location if I have install problems... I am not worried about running into trouble.

Yes, your SQL update program is much easier than doing it by hand.

Thank you very much. I will keep you informed of my progress.

jimithy Very Happy

dcz

How come did you think a french topic most likely talking about migrating form able2know mod rewrite could help you out dealing with your problem ?

So, if mx Google sitemaps is the first mod you'll install from here, and if you do not use the able2know mod rewrite, first step is to install it without touching the .htaccess, it will only be a matter of uploading the file at the right place, and it will work Wink

Do not hesitate to ask for support here, at least before you go back to the french forums Wink

You'll se, it's simple in the end.

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jimithy · Joined: 05 Jan 2007 Posts: 5

I try my best to fix things without bothering people (I started programming in 1971 and have lived off of 2 software companies that were based upon my products.). Currently though I am disabled and no longer have the resources I used to have.

So I ended up in desperation trying to decipher French when I don't know it. The forum/MX problem existed long before I got to searching there.

I have done a manual install. Testing every step of the way. The forum had no problems.

I just ran sitemap.php and it generated a sitemap... and killed my forum. I am totally mystified. I do not understand this at all. It does not seem possible Very Happy

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Luckily I was prepared so I immediately switched my entire site to the mirror on the server and everything works ok again.

If you want to give up on me I can totally understand.

dcz

No way

Well, since the mod is really simple to install the second time, you may want to test it on a local test server, so that you can make sure about the possible mistakes before you switch to an online server.

Then, a possible matter could be if you tried to output a huge sitemap and overload the server, I mean, this never occurred so far, but with very big boards, who knows.

Anyway, this would only be possible if you changed some settings in acp, default are very unlikely to cause any trouble.

Settings could, for example if you set sql cycle to 1 and url limit to 50 000, I doubt any server could handle 50 000 sql queries in a single session.

The upcoming udpate is checking for such possible miss-settings.

But the current version is really working nicely.

So, let's proceed by steps, local testing would be a great thing, but in all cases, first upload all file at the right place, then, run the sql script, and voilà, you should be able to load sitemap.php.

If you get errors while doing this, please tell me about them, we'll figure out better if you tell me every time you have doubts Wink

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jimithy · Joined: 05 Jan 2007 Posts: 5

The forum is small with less than 200 topics total. More of a knowledge base than a place to congregate.

I read your config.php carefully and decided to leave everything at default settings until I was confident everything was operational.

I will mess around with local testing.

Thank you for all the time you have spent on this.