Question regarding forum path in config.php

[bboy]

I just completed installing 3.6 and in the config.php I used the following for my forum path:

$config['Misc']['forumpath'] = '/public_html/forums';

But my actual full path is

/home/myusername/public_html/forums

My install completed successfully and I am not experiencing any issues as of yet. I'm just curious if it makes any difference.

Also, if it is recommended to change it would it simply be a matter of updating my live config.php without needing to re-install?


ps - I do notice on my 2 other 3.5.4 sites that I am unable to successfully upload custom avatars or profile pictures. I get the error message:

Upload of file failed.

Could this be related? Thanks.

[Zachery]

You should use the fullpath or leave it blank.

[bboy]

So, "/home/myusername/public_html/forums".

Am I ok, to go and edit the config.php on my already installed VBulletin to update this or do I need to reinstall from scratch? Thanks.

[Zachery]

Just edit the config and you are good to go.

[bboy]

Done. Thanks again.

Didn't appear to have any bearing on the "cannot upload" problem but I see that seems to be unrelated issue. Sigh.

[Zachery]

In the AdminCP > Maintainence > Diangnostics > Upload File

Copy and paste the error you get.

[bboy]

I get the below:

file_uploads: On
open_basedir: /home/myusername:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php:/tmp
safe_mode: Off
upload_tmp_dir: /tmp
upload_max_filesize: 16.00 MB

Help
Results
No errors occurred while opening the uploaded file for reading.

I'm hosting 3 VB sites at ASO (3.5.4 x 2 and 3.6.0 x 1), all with the same issue.

[Zachery]

Very odd. What sort of attachment are you normally trying to upload and are you sure the attachment is within the correct settings you specified for each attacment type>

[bboy]

I am simply attempting to upload avatar and profile pics, as administrator, (.gif and .jpg) and get this result. Sadly, I get the same for all 3 of my Vbulletin sites.

[bboy]

Just to add though, all 3 of my boards while displaying "Upload of file failed." actually do show the avatar aftewards. Any idea how I might resolve this?


**Another update. I get the exact same result when I attempt to upload an avatar here at vbulletin.com itself. Is anyone else experiencing this? This is when attempting to upload a 60 x 45 gif file (3kb).

* Also notice that inline images cannot be posted in 3.6.0. (see below):

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d108/brandonsuzuki/Temp/Vbulletin_upload_file_failed.jpg

[Zachery]

How are you trying to upload this file? From your computer or from a remote site?

[bboy]

This is from my local PC to my Site (also to Vbulletin.com)