Cannot open any forums

[Vince Taglia]

I know this is an old thread but I just have the default theme and the same thing is happening to me. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Original thread here: http://xenforo.com/community/threads/cannnot-open-any-forums.31130/

url is http://www.unchartedtrails.net/

Boards are currently open

 

[lms]

Set the board url to http://www.unchartedtrails.net/forums (with full url).

Salud2

 

[Vince Taglia]

Set the board url to http://www.unchartedtrails.net/forums (with full url).

Salud2

I was too lazy to wright out the whole thing sorry.

Thats what I have had and it is still not working

 

[Vince Taglia]

So does anyone know what is going on?

 

[Valkyr]

I had this problem once when my webhost who was troubleshooting another site of mine accidentally deleted my .htaccess file in my XenForo installation's root directory.

That made the site do the exact same thing that yours is now.

I luckily had a backup of the htaccess file, but I'd assume you could turn full friendly urls (Admin CP > Options > Basic Board Information > Use Full Friendly URLs) off and then try accessing a forum to see if that is what's wrong.

#    Mod_security can interfere with uploading of content such as attachments. If you
#    cannot attach files, remove the "#" from the lines below.
#<IfModule mod_security.c>
#    SecFilterEngine Off
#    SecFilterScanPOST Off
#</IfModule>
 
ErrorDocument 401 default
ErrorDocument 403 default
ErrorDocument 404 default
ErrorDocument 500 default
 
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On
 
    #    If you are having problems with the rewrite rules, remove the "#" from the
    #    line that begins "RewriteBase" below. You will also have to change the path
    #    of the rewrite to reflect the path to your XenForo installation.
    #RewriteBase /xenforo
 
    #    This line may be needed to enable WebDAV editing with PHP as a CGI.
    #RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]
 
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR]
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
    RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L]
    RewriteRule ^(data/|js/|styles/|install/|favicon\.ico|crossdomain\.xml|robots\.txt) - [NC,L]
    RewriteRule ^.*$ index.php [NC,L]
</IfModule>

If you don't have a backup you could try using mine also, simply place the above code inside a file called '.htaccess' (Assuming you're using a linux based host) inside your forum's root directory.

Good luck!

 

[Vince Taglia]

I had this problem once when my webhost who was troubleshooting another site of mine accidentally deleted my .htaccess file in my XenForo installation's root directory.

That made the site do the exact same thing that yours is now.

I luckily had a backup of the htaccess file, but I'd assume you could turn full friendly urls (Admin CP > Options > Basic Board Information > Use Full Friendly URLs) off and then try accessing a forum to see if that is what's wrong.

#    Mod_security can interfere with uploading of content such as attachments. If you
#    cannot attach files, remove the "#" from the lines below.
#<IfModule mod_security.c>
#    SecFilterEngine Off
#    SecFilterScanPOST Off
#</IfModule>
 
ErrorDocument 401 default
ErrorDocument 403 default
ErrorDocument 404 default
ErrorDocument 500 default
 
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On
 
    #    If you are having problems with the rewrite rules, remove the "#" from the
    #    line that begins "RewriteBase" below. You will also have to change the path
    #    of the rewrite to reflect the path to your XenForo installation.
    #RewriteBase /xenforo
 
    #    This line may be needed to enable WebDAV editing with PHP as a CGI.
    #RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]
 
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR]
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
    RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L]
    RewriteRule ^(data/|js/|styles/|install/|favicon\.ico|crossdomain\.xml|robots\.txt) - [NC,L]
    RewriteRule ^.*$ index.php [NC,L]
</IfModule>

If you don't have a backup you could try using mine also, simply place the above code inside a file called '.htaccess' (Assuming you're using a linux based host) inside your forum's root directory.

Good luck!

Thank you. I am not sure but I think my server host is windows. Idk. But this is the htaccess file I have:

also I am currently using friendly urls
I have no idea what is going on

#    Mod_security can interfere with uploading of content such as attachments. If you
#    cannot attach files, remove the "#" from the lines below.
#<IfModule mod_security.c>
#    SecFilterEngine Off
#    SecFilterScanPOST Off
#</IfModule>
 
ErrorDocument 401 default
ErrorDocument 403 default
ErrorDocument 404 default
ErrorDocument 500 default
 
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On
 
    #    If you are having problems with the rewrite rules, remove the "#" from the
    #    line that begins "RewriteBase" below. You will also have to change the path
    #    of the rewrite to reflect the path to your XenForo installation.
    #RewriteBase /xenforo
 
    #    This line may be needed to enable WebDAV editing with PHP as a CGI.
    #RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]
 
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR]
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
    RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L]
    RewriteRule ^(data/|js/|styles/|install/|favicon\.ico|crossdomain\.xml|robots\.txt) - [NC,L]
    RewriteRule ^.*$ index.php [NC,L]
</IfModule>

 

[Valkyr]

Thank you. I am not sure but I think my server host is windows. Idk. But this is the htaccess file I have:

Oh ;P

That's a whole different game!

If you're using IIS and not apache you'll need to do some other stuff - I'm not really an expert but you're going to need to install the URL Rewriting module and then import the .htaccess rules into a format that IIS understands. I think most of it can be done pretty simply...

http://www.iis.net/learn/extensions/url-rewrite-module/importing-apache-modrewrite-rules - that shows how to import htaccess rewrite rules.

And you should be able to install URL Rewriting through 'Server Management' if you're running a server edition of Windows.

Alternatively you could again disable full friendly URLs

Admin CP > Options > Basic Board Information > Use Full Friendly URLs

and at least figure out whether this is the problem you're having right now.

 

[Vince Taglia]

Oh ;P

That's a whole different game!

If you're using IIS and not apache you'll need to do some other stuff - I'm not really an expert but you're going to need to install the URL Rewriting module and then import the .htaccess rules into a format that IIS understands. I think most of it can be done pretty simply...

http://www.iis.net/learn/extensions/url-rewrite-module/importing-apache-modrewrite-rules - that shows how to import htaccess rewrite rules.

And you should be able to install URL Rewriting through 'Server Management' if you're running a server edition of Windows.

Alternatively you could again disable full friendly URLs

and at least figure out whether this is the problem you're having right now.

I do not know how much more I can take of this. Just turned off friendly urls......nothing.........

 

[Valkyr]

I do not know how much more I can take of this. Just turned off friendly urls......nothing.........

It's okay There's other stuff we can try.

http://www.unchartedtrails.net/index.php?threads/application-template.2/#post-2

I managed to get to a post at least, that's good news, no?

Right now we're getting some strange behaviour where the links to each forum appear to link back to the main forum page - I've never seen that before.

For the sake of testing, could you set the Default XenForo theme to be in use rather than the one you're currently using?

 

[Vince Taglia]

It's okay There's other stuff we can try.

http://www.unchartedtrails.net/index.php?threads/application-template.2/#post-2

I managed to get to a post at least, that's good news, no?

Right now we're getting some strange behaviour where the links to each forum appear to link back to the main forum page - I've never seen that before.

For the sake of testing, could you set the Default XenForo theme to be in use rather than the one you're currently using?

It started on the Default style. installed a new one...nothing....now I have this one. It is so dope though isn't it?

 

[Valkyr]

If you wouldn't mind, I don't suppose you could upload a screenshot of your Basic Board Information?

 

[Vince Taglia]

And it is run by a UNIX platform

 

[Valkyr]

Hmm okay...

Could you try changing your board URL to http://www.unchartedtrails.net

 

[Vince Taglia]

Hmm okay...

Could you try changing your board URL to http://www.unchartedtrails.net

(as in didn't work)

 

[Valkyr]

Well, alternatively, you could put your xenforo installation into a directory called 'forum' on your webserver.

That could work too.

 

[Valkyr]

I still think there might be something weird with your templates, can you use the default xenforo template?

 

[Vince Taglia]

Changed it. If not changed you can change bottom left corner

 

[Valkyr]

Well :S

I think I've exhausted my usefulness here, the last thing I can think of would be to try disabling addons or maybe even doing a fresh install.

Sorry :[

Hopefully someone can help you!

 

[Russ]

I still think there might be something weird with your templates, can you use the default xenforo template?

The template doesn't modify any links what so ever.

 

[Valkyr]

The template doesn't modify any links what so ever.

Haha sorry Russ, didn't mean to imply anything, I'm grasping at straws here! XD

 

[Vince Taglia]

I always somehow **** something up >.<