Completely lost setting up

[baker011]

Hi,

I have been using vb for a number of years and set up most of the major releases. However, vB5 has me well and truly beat.

After multiple installs my site (http://skillbasedgaming.com) will only show the following message on each page, even when trying to access the ACP:

That action could not be completed. Please try again, and if this occurs again please contact the system administrator and tell them how you got this message.

I have checked the config files to make sure they have the same base URL and found a stray "your domain.com" but now I am completely and utterly lost.

Help

[Mark.B]

Your URLs are wrong somewhere.

Have a look at THIS thread which contains a couple of simple scripts for determining the correct entries in the URL sections.

[baker011]

I have just tried downloading the files suggested, used it to create new config files, even reinstalled the forum, but still getting the same message:

"That action could not be completed. Please try again, and if this occurs again please contact the system administrator and tell them how you got this message."

I even get this when trying to use the admincp - unless I go to "/core/admincp" - not sure if that helps?

[Mark.B]

I have just tried downloading the files suggested, used it to create new config files, even reinstalled the forum, but still getting the same message:

"That action could not be completed. Please try again, and if this occurs again please contact the system administrator and tell them how you got this message."

I even get this when trying to use the admincp - unless I go to "/core/admincp" - not sure if that helps?

It does, insofar as it indicates your URL setup is wrong somewhere.

What do you have in the URLs section of your front-end config.php? This is I suspect is where the problem may lie.

[wave-rice]

Could you paste a copy of your presentation configuration file please? (The one in your root directory)

[baker011]

<?php/*
======================================================================*\
|| #################################################################### ||
|| # vBulletin 5 Presentation Configuration                           # ||
|| # ---------------------------------------------------------------- # ||
|| # All PHP code in this file is �2000-2012 vBulletin Solutions Inc. # ||
|| # This file may not be redistributed in whole or significant part. # ||
|| # ---------------- VBULLETIN IS NOT FREE SOFTWARE ---------------- # ||
|| # http://www.vbulletin.com | http://www.vbulletin.com/license.html # ||
|| #################################################################### ||
\*======================================================================*/


/*-------------------------------------------------------*\
| ****** NOTE REGARDING THE VARIABLES IN THIS FILE ****** |
+---------------------------------------------------------+
| When making changes to the file, the edit should always |
| be to the right of the = sign between the single quotes |
| Default: $config['admincpdir'] = 'admincp';             |
| Example: $config['admincpdir'] = 'myadmin';  GOOD!      |
| Example: $config['myadmin'] = 'admincp'; BAD!           |
\*-------------------------------------------------------*/




    //    ****** Base URLs ******
    // The following settings all deal with the url of your forum.
    // If set incorrectly your site/software will not function correctly.
    // These urls should NOT include a trailing slash
    // This is the url and web path of your root vBulletin directory
$config['baseurl'] = 'http://skillbasedgaming.com';




// This will only be used if you wish to require https logins
// You will not need to change this setting most of the time.
$config['baseurl_login'] = $config['baseurl'];


    // If you do wish to use https for login, uncomment this line
    // Then fill in your https url.
//$config['baseurl_login'] = 'https://www.yourdomain.com/folder';




    //    ****** System Paths ******


    // This setting allows you to change the name of the admin folder
$config['admincpdir'] = 'admincp';


    //    ****** Cookie Settings ******
    // These are cookie related settings.
    // This Setting allows you to change the cookie prefix
$config['cookie_prefix'] = 'bb';




//    ****** Special Settings ******
// These settings are only used in some circumstances
// Please do not edit if you are not sure what they do.


// You can ignore this setting for right now.
$config['cookie_enabled'] = true;


$config['report_all_php_errors'] = false;
$config['no_template_notices'] = true;


// This setting should never be used on a live site
$config['no_js_bundles'] = false;


// This setting enables debug mode, it should NEVER be used on a live site
$config['debug'] = false;


// Assumes default location of core. 
// These are the system paths and folders for your vBulletin files
// This setting is for where your vbulletin core folder is
$config['core_path'] = realpath(dirname(__FILE__)) . '/core';


    // This is the url and web based path to your core directory
$config['baseurl_core'] = $config['baseurl']  .  '/core';




/*======================================================================*\
|| ####################################################################
|| # Downloaded: 
|| # CVS: $RCSfile$ - 
|| ####################################################################
\*======================================================================*/

[Mark.B]

Just a long shot first of all, but I know some people have had difficulties with this:

Next to "All PHP code in this file is", up at the very top, is a "?" character. Delete that, save and reupload.
It is, as I say, a long shot, but I have known this cause issues on some servers.

[Wayne Luke]

1. You need to upload the included .htaccess file in the upload folder.

2. Make sure there are no Byte Order Marks (BOM) at the beginning of your /config.php file. The easiest way to ensure this is to save the file as ASCII/ANSI not UTF-8. The BOM is a hidden character and doesn't show up in many text editors.

[baker011]

1. Done and has been since the beginning.

2. The config files are the ones created by the makeconfig.php linked to earlier


Also, removing the "?" Ended up breaking further - nothing would load.

[Wayne Luke]

Why are you removing the question mark?

Even with makeconfig.php, I'd verify that the file is stored as an ASCII format file.

[baker011]

I was asked to by one of your colleagues in a post above your

I will try verifying my ASCII.

Thanks for all the help so far and the patience

[Mark.B]

The question mark is supposed to be a copyright symbol and it's been corrupted in a number of files, this was in the tracker at one stage.
I am aware of a couple of people who had difficulties with it and had to remove it. It was a long shot but these things have to be ruled out.
Most people have no problem with it though, I never have.

Removing it should certainly not break anything though...so I am starting to wonder if whatever you're using to edit the files is causing issues.
What editor are you using?

[baker011]

I think this is now fixed!

I use Notepad to make my edits and always have done. I ensured they were all saved as ASCI.

What I did notice was when I opened the Core config.php file the formatting was all over the place (straight from the downloaded .zip) and I spent time tidying it up. Combination of saving again ensuring ASCI and doing this seems to have sorted the problem.

Thanks again for the help!