Problems after installation, CMS, Blogs, Profile wont work.

[carubmun]

Finished the install, seemingly went well.
This is not my first install, ive installed vb4 many times already.
This time though... ive noticed that a lot of stuff just doesnt work right.
When i click on certain things i end up going to a blank page.
No errors, nothing... just a completely white page with nothing on the screen.

It happens when i make a post or thread as well.
I make a post, click on "submit new thread"... and it takes me directly to a blank page.
But if i hit back on my browser and get back to the forum... the post/thread i just tried to creat is actually there, created just fine.

Why is it that when i create the thread/post that it takes me to a blank page?

I suspect this has something to do with the way my site/forum is named, maybe an htaccess issue, or possibly a cookie issue.
This is my latest incarnation of a test site, i wipe my test site every so often and reinstall... this problem happened right off the bat, i have not installed any plugins/mods.
I did install some styles, but this problem happened before i installed anything, and it continues to be a problem even with the default style.

Any help?

EDIT: More info...
The test forum is on a directory on my root labeled "alpha".

In settings i have the following...
Forum URL: http://www.example.com/alpha/forums
Always use Forum URL as Base Path: Yes
Homepage URL: http://www.example.com/alpha
CMS URL: I left it blank
Default CMS Page: 1-Index
Site Tab URL: content.php
Path to Save Cookies: /alpha/
Cookie Domain: Blank


The htaccess in /alpha has not been touched, its whatever vbulletin comes with.
I have a customized htaccess in my main /forums directory, mainly to stop unruly bots.
There is no .htaccess file in the servers root.
Im on a VPS.

Thanks for the help.

[your24hourstore]

Originally Posted by carubmun

Finished the install, seemingly went well.
This is not my first install, ive installed vb4 many times already.
This time though... ive noticed that a lot of stuff just doesnt work right.
When i click on certain things i end up going to a blank page.
No errors, nothing... just a completely white page with nothing on the screen.

It happens when i make a post or thread as well.
I make a post, click on "submit new thread"... and it takes me directly to a blank page.
But if i hit back on my browser and get back to the forum... the post/thread i just tried to creat is actually there, created just fine.

Why is it that when i create the thread/post that it takes me to a blank page?

I suspect this has something to do with the way my site/forum is named, maybe an htaccess issue, or possibly a cookie issue.
This is my latest incarnation of a test site, i wipe my test site every so often and reinstall... this problem happened right off the bat, i have not installed any plugins/mods.
I did install some styles, but this problem happened before i installed anything, and it continues to be a problem even with the default style.

Any help?

EDIT: More info...
The test forum is on a directory on my root labeled "alpha".

In settings i have the following...
Forum URL: http://www.example.com/alpha/forums
Always use Forum URL as Base Path: Yes
Homepage URL: http://www.example.com/alpha
CMS URL: I left it blank
Default CMS Page: 1-Index
Site Tab URL: content.php
Path to Save Cookies: /alpha/
Cookie Domain: Blank


The htaccess in /alpha has not been touched, its whatever vbulletin comes with.
I have a customized htaccess in my main /forums directory, mainly to stop unruly bots.
There is no .htaccess file in the servers root.
Im on a VPS.

Thanks for the help.

im no expert for sure, but it seems like 1-index would be needing alpha/1-index
because of the extra folder in front of forums?

very interesting though

[carubmun]

Originally Posted by harleyparts

im no expert for sure, but it seems like 1-index would be needing alpha/1-index
because of the extra folder in front of forums?

very interesting though

Tried this suggestion, thanks.
Unfortunately no dice.
The blog and profile and most other things still failed to show anything at all.
But the CMS now showed a database error.
I guess a DB error is a start

--------------- Added [DATE]1273870175[/DATE] at [TIME]1273870175[/TIME] ---------------

Anyone have any other suggestions?

[your24hourstore]

i feel that it is still a path issue, are you running content.php in alpha/ or forums/
if its forums the cookie path should be forums/

[Xencored]

Originally Posted by carubmun

In settings i have the following...
Forum URL: http://www.example.com/alpha/forums
Always use Forum URL as Base Path: Yes
Homepage URL: http://www.example.com/alpha

Why do you even add "alpha" there?

Forum URL: http://www.example.com/forums
Homepage URL: http://www.example.com

Also your cookie path should be only /

[your24hourstore]

Originally Posted by Animemike

Why do you even add "alpha" there?

Forum URL: http://www.example.com/forums
Homepage URL: http://www.example.com

Also your cookie path should be only /

its his test forum
he can do it it just harder to debug it :>

[carubmun]

Originally Posted by harleyparts

i feel that it is still a path issue, are you running content.php in alpha/ or forums/
if its forums the cookie path should be forums/

Contents php is in /alpha/forums.

[your24hourstore]

have you tried to go http://yoursite/alpha/content.php ?
Sorry not a lot of help, also I don't think cookies is the problem with it not resolving the page, thats would just make it were you wont stay logged in from one folder to the other
so its more like a path problem, like in content management try alpaha/content.php

But blog should still resolve unless blog.php has been moved to alpha/ also