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ionsurge
10-11-2002, 05:28 PM
Erm, can you see my forum (www.ionsurge.co.uk/forum) and if you can't can you see my site (www.ionsurge.co.uk).

If you cant see the forum - which is there, but you can see the website, can you figure out why you can see one - but not other other.

I know that this is confusing, but you will realise it when you visit it.

Also, does anyone know how to resolve this problem - if it happens to you that is.


<edit>

I have just put a link on (www.ionsurge.co.uk) so you can access the forum from there, well you are meant to access it from there.

</edit>


Thanks.

Ionsurge

:confused:
whackaxe
10-11-2002, 05:44 PM
i can see your page
i cant see your server, i get an "impossoble to find server" error
if i go to a directory that doesnt exist likionsurge.co.uk/blah i get a apache error saying page not found. wierd
ionsurge
10-11-2002, 05:51 PM
I dont know what is wrong with it, it was there, and still is according to my FTP manager... and I guess you are aware to why I am so confused.

Ionsurge.
whackaxe
10-11-2002, 06:06 PM
reminds me, i had a site on www.f2g.net, and it was on the FTP server but when i accesed it i ended up on some chinese page! and the ******* at f2g didnt even repky to my emails!
abeere
10-11-2002, 08:05 PM
What operating system is your server using? The obvious things that come to mind the check are:
- that the directory really is there, and not in another sub-directory
- that it is spelled correctly (CaPS iNCludeD)
- what are the permission settings on the directory (VERY important, especially on a Unix box).
- have you tried using the full URL (i.e. http://www.ionsurge.co.uk/forum/index.html (or whatever the name or your file is) instead of just http://www.ionsurge.co.uk/forum?

Hmmm, those are the only obvious things I can think of checking for.

Andrew
Nightfire
10-12-2002, 12:23 AM
Dunno if you fixed it whilst I was loking but when I tried the forum url on here it didn't work, so I went to it from your main site and now it works everytime.
webmarkart
10-12-2002, 05:44 AM
I tried all 3 links you posted in your original thread and I was able to get to the appropriate pages no problem... did you find the problem and fix it already?
ionsurge
10-12-2002, 07:54 AM
No - I dont know what to do to fix it and therefore can't access it - although I am the admin... so I am pretty stuck.
ionsurge
10-12-2002, 07:56 AM
Strange... I just got in... :confused:
ASAAKI
10-12-2002, 01:01 PM
got in, no problem
ionsurge
10-12-2002, 04:01 PM
I upgraded to PHPBB v.2.0.3 and now I can't post... :frustrated:
Mhtml
10-14-2002, 10:22 AM
Can't get in.
murphyz
10-14-2002, 10:47 AM
me neither - says database error this morning.

Whilst we're on the topic of the phpforums...how easy is it to set up? Only I was wanting to set a forum up for my site and want a nice easyish version.

Mxx
ionsurge
10-14-2002, 11:11 AM
yeah - I have taken down the database, but I am gonna put it back up as soon as I press the submit button.

... and I still can't post.

Ionsurge.
ionsurge
10-14-2002, 11:31 AM
It turns out that I can't create a database that already exists - despite having deleted it.

The problems grow worse....

:extremely frustrated:


Ionsurge
ronaldb66
10-14-2002, 01:07 PM
Site shows normally, forum shows:
phpBB : Critical Error

Could not query config information
ionsurge
10-14-2002, 03:07 PM
Okay, I can't make the database, so I am resorting to vbulletin - which I am not really fond of (no offense)...

Arghh!!! :mad:


Oh well, I will do that in about an hour.... :rolleyes:


Ionsurge
murphyz
10-14-2002, 03:10 PM
so referring to my earlier question...does that mean the phpbb board isn't easy to set up?

Mxx
whackaxe
10-14-2002, 05:03 PM
yeah it is, i have never had a single problem with it. people just dont like the fact that PHPBB is installed through the browser (which i have been told "isnt profesional"). phpbb rules
murphyz
10-14-2002, 05:15 PM
I took a quick look at the site over the weekend and was a little scared off with the blurb it gave - all of the access databases and such like. My host requires me to dial their number to upload stuff through ftp. Although I figure if I can get a cgi blog working then the php forum can't be that much harder.

Will have to re-read the site and then dive in - eeps.

Mxx
ionsurge
10-14-2002, 05:16 PM
PHPBB is great - and I am not the only one who would even say that it is better than vb - and it is REALLY EASY to set up. It's just the odd problems that get you, which cause you hassle - which I can guarantee is almost certainly to do with something stupid that I wasn't meant to do.

I am gonna sort out the forum - try again with PHPBB exing all :( mods.

Ionsurge.