Today's Birthdays not showing up in WGO

[BGObsession]

The ONLY thing I changed was adding my user ID to the file you referenced.

[TheLastSuperman]

Originally Posted by BGObsession

The ONLY thing I changed was adding my user ID to the file you referenced.

How did you edit the file though?

Example: If you use wordpad or notepad in windows, edit the file then upload it to a server (which is more than likely Linux) it can sometimes insert hidden characters, this is what's known as UTF-8 BOM, its just how the program tries to read the file and when the hidden windows characters are inserted it causes issue because Linus is not Windows and vice-versa.

Always edit your config.php file OR any vBulletin file for that matter with programs such as NotePad++ (Google it, very nice editor w/ line #'s etc) otherwise if you use default windows programs it can cause issues if the server type is not windows as well.

[BGObsession]

I used Notepad. That's not the issue Superman

[ozzy47]

Not notepad, use notepad ++

[BGObsession]

Okay - so having edited using notepad, adding my user ID under the query section, and then exiting completely, obviously I cannot use 'undo' - any thoughts regarding how to get my site back up? I don't understand why it brought my site down since that was the only change?

[ozzy47]

Download notepad ++ and open the file in that editor, and see if there is any unnecessary characters in the file.

[BGObsession]

Tried that, but honestly, not sure I'm qualified to assess 'unnecessary characters in the file'... would you be willing to take a look Ozzy or would it be best to contact my server host and have them revert my site to the last backup?

[ozzy47]

Pm me a link to the site, and FTP info, and I will see if I can fix it.

[ozzy47]

This has been fixed on the users site.

[TheLastSuperman]

Originally Posted by BGObsession

Tried that, but honestly, not sure I'm qualified to assess 'unnecessary characters in the file'... would you be willing to take a look Ozzy or would it be best to contact my server host and have them revert my site to the last backup?

Originally Posted by ozzy47

This has been fixed on the users site.

In the future for those who happen across this thread but no one is available at that time to help, simply re-download the same exact version of vBulletin form the members area then extract the .zip locally to your pc.

- Now edit config.php.new and rename it to config.php and after that simply open up both, copy/paste the new values from the old config into the new config such as database name, database username, and database password. If you see anything else that looks different copy that too such as technical email address etc and then save as config.php and re-upload to /includes/ folder to fix .