[SUPPORT] PHP-Nuke to phpBB

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Re: [SUPPORT] PHP-Nuke to phpBB

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After succesful conversion I added some mods then updated to the latest version: working fine!
But just got a new problem: user didn't receive email to activate his account! I tried to register as a new member to see what's going on and found out the visual confirmation is only the X instead of the numbers and letters for user in order to complete registration. Also the drop out box to choose default language in ACP is blank ! What did I do wrong ? Please, help me step by step to fix these problems as I am a newbie in this area. Thanks a lot!
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luvcl wrote:After succesful conversion I added some mods then updated to the latest version: working fine!
But just got a new problem: user didn't receive email to activate his account! I tried to register as a new member to see what's going on and found out the visual confirmation is only the X instead of the numbers and letters for user in order to complete registration. Also the drop out box to choose default language in ACP is blank ! What did I do wrong ? Please, help me step by step to fix these problems as I am a newbie in this area. Thanks a lot!
The missing visual confirmation is nothing to do with the conversion.
If you are on a free web host, their ads can interfere with the image generation.
Otherwise, if you are on your own server, you may not hve the required graphics package installed.
Anyway, the standard Visual Confirmation is pointless, the Bots can read it now. Read the "Preventing SPAM" topic in the Support Forum for better ways to stop them.

Sorry, I'm not sure about the language selection problem. Is the english language folder present on your server? ( ./language/lang_english )
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luvcl wrote:After succesful conversion I added some mods then updated to the latest version: working fine!
But just got a new problem: user didn't receive email to activate his account! I tried to register as a new member to see what's going on and found out the visual confirmation is only the X instead of the numbers and letters for user in order to complete registration. Also the drop out box to choose default language in ACP is blank ! What did I do wrong ? Please, help me step by step to fix these problems as I am a newbie in this area. Thanks a lot!
What MODs did you install? If they modified lang_main.php, usercp_register.php or profile_add_body.tpl, you may have made a mistake in editing one of those files. If you have backups of those files, you could try uploading them just to see if things work. Make sure you have backups of your edited files so you don't lose them when uploading.
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Re: [SUPPORT] PHP-Nuke to phpBB

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Yes, ric323 , I have more than 1 language .
You're right Dicky , I made the mistake in editing!
See what i got when looking up an user in ACP :
" Fatal error: Call to undefined function bday_month_select() ... admin/admin_users.php on line 1113 ""

Please, show, me how to bring ACP back to normal. Thanks.
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luvcl wrote:See what i got when looking up an user in ACP :
" Fatal error: Call to undefined function bday_month_select() ... admin/admin_users.php on line 1113 ""

Please, show, me how to bring ACP back to normal. Thanks.
"Call to undefined function bday_month_select()" means that the function is missing. Depending on the birthday MOD you installed, you either didn't edit the functions file or you didn't copy the functions file that comes with the MOD.
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Re: [SUPPORT] PHP-Nuke to phpBB

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Hi.

I convert my nuke for phpbb2.
But, in my admin panel, of nuke, the database zise is 900 MB. In phpbb2, database size is 400 MB
Why?

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The most likely reason is that phpBB2 does not use as many tables as PHP-Nuke does.

Did the search index get created on phpBB2?

The best way for you to find the reason, is to look at both databases and compare them to see what the difference is.
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I have compared the 2 db and everything seems right.
Did the search index get created on phpBB2?
What is this?


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The search index is what contains all the words of your posts and enables you to search your board's posts. It is held in the phpBB2 search_wordmatch and search_wordlist tables. These two tables usually make up half of the database size.

Sometimes when converting a board as large as yours, the transfer of the search tables fails. If this does fail, you need to rebuild the search index using this tool, Rebuild Search Index.
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Re: [SUPPORT] PHP-Nuke to phpBB

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D¡cky wrote:
luvcl wrote:See what i got when looking up an user in ACP :
" Fatal error: Call to undefined function bday_month_select() ... admin/admin_users.php on line 1113 ""

Please, show, me how to bring ACP back to normal. Thanks.
"Call to undefined function bday_month_select()" means that the function is missing. Depending on the birthday MOD you installed, you either didn't edit the functions file or you didn't copy the functions file that comes with the MOD.
Thanks, Dicky! I don't know why that one is missing - fixed: seems OK. But now all new registered users have the joined date : 31 Dec 1969 ! :shock: also they are all yellow ( admin) ! :roll: Please, help! Thanks!
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luvcl wrote:Thanks, Dicky! I don't know why that one is missing - fixed: seems OK. But now all new registered users have the joined date : 31 Dec 1969 ! :shock: also they are all yellow ( admin) ! :roll: Please, help! Thanks!
For the Admin problem, go to your database using phpMyAdmin
Click the sql tab
Insert this into the window. If you table prefix is not phpbb_, change it to your table prefix. Substitute your user_id for the xx in user_id != xx

Code: Select all

UPDATE phpbb_users SET user_level = 0 WHERE user_id != xx;
For the register date, did you convert from PHP-Nuke or a fork of PHP-Nuke? Your nuke board may have a different date format than what the script expects. Would you look at the nuke users table and tell me what the user_join date looks like?
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D¡cky wrote:
luvcl wrote:Thanks, Dicky! I don't know why that one is missing - fixed: seems OK. But now all new registered users have the joined date : 31 Dec 1969 ! :shock: also they are all yellow ( admin) ! :roll: Please, help! Thanks!
For the Admin problem, go to your database using phpMyAdmin
Click the sql tab
Insert this into the window. If you table prefix is not phpbb_, change it to your table prefix. Substitute your user_id for the xx in user_id != xx

Code: Select all

UPDATE phpbb_users SET user_level = 0 WHERE user_id != xx;
For the register date, did you convert from PHP-Nuke or a fork of PHP-Nuke? Your nuke board may have a different date format than what the script expects. Would you look at the nuke users table and tell me what the user_join date looks like?
Can you clarify xx that means ? -
I deleted all phpnuke after conversion looking good for 1 month- Updated to phpBB2.0.23 . It just happened recently with a lot of problems for missing function....... of the Mod.... REG date and ADM....
Please, show me step by step to fix these problems. Thanks a lot!
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Dicky,
The reg date 31 DEc 1969 is for only new members just registered . Old members converted from phpnuke is still good!
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luvcl,

Your problems have nothing to do with the conversion, so you should not be posting in the convertor topic. You should be posting in the 2.0.x support forum.

I can't tell you here how to fix your problem as it is off-topic, but I can give you an idea where to look. Your problem is in usercp_register.php. I have seen this happen many times where this file has been modified. The values get edited wrong and funny things happen when people register, like getting admin status. You need to fix your usercp_register.php file so when people register, the correct values are inserted into the database.
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Re: [SUPPORT] PHP-Nuke to phpBB

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D¡cky wrote:
luvcl wrote:Thanks, Dicky! I don't know why that one is missing - fixed: seems OK. But now all new registered users have the joined date : 31 Dec 1969 ! :shock: also they are all yellow ( admin) ! :roll: Please, help! Thanks!
For the Admin problem, go to your database using phpMyAdmin
Click the sql tab
Insert this into the window. If you table prefix is not phpbb_, change it to your table prefix. Substitute your user_id for the xx in user_id != xx

Code: Select all

UPDATE phpbb_users SET user_level = 0 WHERE user_id != xx;
I insert

Code: Select all

UPDATE phpbb_users SET user_level = 0 WHERE user_id != 2;
and now I can sign in as a regular member not as an admin. I cannot see " go to ACP" in the bottom anymore :cry: . Please,please help me to get back my admin status.
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