[CMS] Forum upgrade to CMS -- White page?

[vapid2323]

I am getting a white page when I goto my website... the forum still works if you goto /forum.php

my URL is http://forum.vapidflats.com

I do have VBSEO installed if that helps.

[vapid2323]

Just to add it redirects me to /content/

I dont even have that directory on my server lol

[Steve Machol]

That redirect (and the white page) is coming from vBSEO or another htaccess redirect. You will need to disable vBSEO and any other add-ons, including temporarily removing the .htaccess file.

To troubleshoot this, first reupload all the original vB non-image files (except install.php). Make sure you upload these in ASCII format and overwrite the ones on the server. Also be sure to upload the admincp files to whichever directory you have set in your config.php file. Then run 'Suspect File Versions' in Diagnostics to make sure you have all the original files for your version and that none show 'File does not contain expected contents':

Admin CP -> Maintenance -> Diagnostics -> Suspect File Versions

[Note: In some cases you may also need to remove any of the listed .xml files in the includes/xml directory.]

Next, disable all products (except vB Blog, vB CMS and Skimlinks if you have them.)

Admin CP -> Plugins & Products -> Manage Products -> Disable

Then manually uncheck all plugins that are not for 'vBulletin Blog' and vBulletin CMS' here:

Admin CP -> Plugins & Products -> Plugin Manager

You must do BOTH of those steps in order to disable all non vBulletin Modifications.

Then if you still have this problem, create a new style and choose no parent style. This will force it to use the default templates. Finally empty your browser cache, close all browser windows then try again. Make sure you change to the new style and view your forums with it.

[vapid2323]

Found the issue, it was both vBSEO and vB Optimise Lite, I disabled them and it works just fine! Thank you! Now to go chat with the SEO guys