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Attachments not working on fresh install

Thu 17 Oct '13, 7:10am

I have installed a fresh version of the newest forum. I double checked the permissions of the attachment folder, it is correct. I double checked that uploads work fine using the upload in Diagnostics. I cleared the cache and tried different browsers. I checked suspect file versions. I'm running out of things to try. Avatars work fine, attachments have broken links. http://forums.houston86.com Any other ideas?
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Thu 17 Oct '13, 7:29am

Speaking of attachments, maybe my recent issues with images can help. See my recent post here: Attachment Permissions.
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Thu 17 Oct '13, 7:36am

When I upload an image and go to insert it into the post the code pasted is as followed: "[ ATTACH=CONFIG]n4[/ATTACH]"
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Fri 18 Oct '13, 5:37am

I'm loving this response time. Cmon, any clues? I've been googling for a while and all I can find are threads like this where the stuff is just broke and no one knows what's going on. Is it a php problem?
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Fri 18 Oct '13, 9:06am

The lack of support on here is disgusting. Is your attachment system database or file? Go to the admin panel then settings then attachment settings and try moving them to database if it's set to file. If it's database then I don't know what's wrong. If it's set to file then the issue would be with the permissions of the folder attachments are stored in (/attachdir I think)
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Fri 18 Oct '13, 9:52am

Originally posted by scamtacular

The lack of support on here is disgusting. Is your attachment system database or file? Go to the admin panel then settings then attachment settings and try moving them to database if it's set to file. If it's database then I don't know what's wrong. If it's set to file then the issue would be with the permissions of the folder attachments are stored in (/attachdir I think)

It's set to file. I checked the permissions of the folder and they are fine. I think it's a php config setting. But I don't know which one it is since I don't know anything about php.
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Fri 18 Oct '13, 10:11am

Just set it to database, much easier!
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Fri 18 Oct '13, 11:04am

Originally posted by scamtacular

Just set it to database, much easier!

I just tried that, still broken even on database.
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Fri 18 Oct '13, 11:24am

What file types are you trying? If just images, try something else. If that works then you have the same problem as me!
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Fri 18 Oct '13, 11:28am

Originally posted by scamtacular

What file types are you trying? If just images, try something else. If that works then you have the same problem as me!

PDF's work just fine. It looks like I'm just having issues with jpg's.
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Fri 18 Oct '13, 11:45am

Same problem as me then. Make sure you have GD2 enabled (it's a PHP extension) and ideally Imagemagick support too
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Sat 19 Oct '13, 12:37pm

Originally posted by scamtacular

Same problem as me then. Make sure you have GD2 enabled (it's a PHP extension) and ideally Imagemagick support too

I looked at my PHP info and didn't see GD2 or Imagemagick. Is there a guide for installing either?
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Sat 19 Oct '13, 12:46pm

Are you on a VPS? Or do you have proper shell access (or terminal)?

If you do, what operating system does your server run? E.g. Debian
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Mon 21 Oct '13, 11:25am

Originally posted by scamtacular

Are you on a VPS? Or do you have proper shell access (or terminal)?

If you do, what operating system does your server run? E.g. Debian

Installed everything from scratch. Running Ubuntu, latest version I believe. I have full shell access.
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Mon 21 Oct '13, 3:53pm

Ok, in that case type

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apt-get install php5-gd apt-get install php5-imagick

as root

Then

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/etc/init.d/apache2 restart
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