Stuck on Forum Home......Dummy Needs Help Please

[Toplink]

Hi,

I am using ver 4.2 and am a fairly novice user. I made a recent change to my site that may have screwed things up..........

I didn't want the default page to be the what's new tab. So after reading somewhere how to change that setting (using settings/navigation manager) I changed the default page to the Forum Home.

All was fine, so I thought.

Now my site is 'stuck' on Forum Home. Whatever link you click, it stays on that same page.

I'm sure the solution is really simple, but I just can't find it, sorry.

Any ideas?

I've searched around, and others seem to have had the same issue, but there were never any solutions........

This is my site:

http://www.supplychainfocus.com/forum/forum.php

[Lynne]

I'm not stuck on that tab.... if I click on What's New, it is the What's New tab that is highlighted. (You only have a Forum and What's New tab).

[kh99]

I think I see the problem - you can't go to any forums or threads, it always redirects you back to forum.php. But I don't know why that happens.

[CAG CheechDogg]

Go to your Admin CP, Settings>Content Management>Default Page

Make sure you have the following in the field: 1-Index

That should fix the problem

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Originally Posted by kh99

I think I see the problem - you can't go to any forums or threads, it always redirects you back to forum.php. But I don't know why that happens.

Yep.............that's the problem.........

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Originally Posted by CAG CheechDogg

Go to your Admin CP, Settings>Content Management>Default Page

Make sure you have the following in the field: 1-Index

That should fix the problem

Thanks.

But...........I don't have that menu option.
Admin CP, Settings>Content Management>Default Page

Maybe a different version? I'm on 4.2.

I did find a similar setting here:
Admin CP, Settings, Options, Forum Home:Options, Script Name for Forum Home Page
It had index in the field.
I tried 1-index
No change........

[Lynne]

Try disabling your modifications/plugins and see if you still have this problem.
Note: To temporarily disable the plugin system, edit includes/config.php and add this line right under <?php

PHP Code:

define('DISABLE_HOOKS', true); 


If so, Create a new style with no parent:

• Styles & Templates > Style Manager > Add New Style
• Parent Style: No Parent Style
• Title: Default vBulletin
• Allow User Selection: Yes
• Save

Then browse the site using that totally default vbulletin style - do you still have the same problem?

[Toplink]

Thanks, but sounds a bit too technical for to undertake.........

[Lynne]

Reread what I wrote - it really is not hard and they are two basic troubleshooting steps every admin should know how to do. The alternative is to leave your site unable as it is.

[Toplink]

I take your point. and Thanks. I have a tech guy who does all this stuff and my other sites, just he is away on holiday at the moment. I'll have to leave it for his return then.

I'm just surprised that my changing a simple menu setting screwed things up, and was rather hoping a another simple menu setting would fix it :-(

[Lynne]

Well, why don't you just put it back to how it was?