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[split from] fresh install phpbb3.3.5 Impossible to login

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Issue: When hovering over the Login button, it shows: www.domain.com/forums/index.php# and points to www.domain.com, the website home page. I think there is a wrong link or something not specified somewhere defaulting to this location.

Question: Where can I reset the link for the login button from the Cpanel? I am not a coding professional and would appreciate simple directions that do not assume prior knowledge of databases.

Details: the forum is part a WP website: www.shipofheroes.com/SoH-forum/
Wordpress w_3all plugin is used to bridge, but currently not working properly.

The website, forums, bridge plugin were setup in 2016 or 2017 and never updated until a few months ago. We upgraded to the latest version of PHPbb in the last few weeks.
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That login link is not coming from phpBB.

Wait. I see. It is metro_blue for phpBB 3.1.
You need to update your style version to match your phpBB version
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Thank you. How do I do this? I am not an IT or coding professional.
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You get the newest version of the style and replace your style files with the new ones.
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Try accessing https://www.shipofheroes.com/forums/ucp ... =index.php directly.
That should allow you to login.
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Thank you for the link. This did allow me to get in.
But for the Style, I am baffled. I don't see this style in the customization database. Where else would it be?
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jmcgeever wrote: Wed Dec 08, 2021 11:21 pm Thank you for the link. This did allow me to get in.
But for the Style, I am baffled. I don't see this style in the customization database. Where else would it be?
It's probably a paid style - internet tells me it comes from ThemeForest (and there seems to be a relation with Planetstyles) (on a side note some of those styles look really nice).
There should be some info in the style files themselves (check the style.cfg).
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I think there is some confusion about where you need to look for the style the board is using.

go to your admin panel, click on the customise tab.
on the left side you should see "style management" click on that
it should show a list of whatever styles you have installed and any that are uploaded but not installed.

prosilver should be installed.
whatever style your board is using will show up in the installed list.
it will most likely be either the metro one or milk from planet styles.
it will also tell you what the style version is and what phpBB version it is for.

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Thank you all for your help. I have installed the updated style. Now the login button covers the page with a grey overlay and freezes. The register button does not lead anywhere. Is there a place where I can set the lnks?
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Works fine from my side.
Perhaps you've got some persistent browser cache? (also clear board cache to exclude that possibility).
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The login box is like centered on the whole page, so you have to scroll down to see it.
When I opened the forum by itself, so it was not in the iframe, the login box was centered properly on the window.
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brf, thank you. I had missed this. In what file would I change the setting to top center align?

Better yet, is there a place where I can have login button redirect to a WordPress page?

Also, the Register button still does not direct to anything. Where do I change this?
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phpBB isn't designed to run in an iframe. I imagine that is in your Wordpress install, not the phpBB one.
I think the register button is not working because of your recapcha code. Try removing that and see.
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brf, Thank you for all your help. You were right. I disabled reCaptcha. For some reason, it did not resolve the issue, or it was operator error. ;) But when I switched to the 3d image, I was able to register. I have our hosting service installing the code for the invisible reCaptcha 2 service. We will see if this solves the issue for good.

I have gotten the forum out of the Iframe for the time being, but still hope to return to it. The Iframe allows some styling and messaging around the forum that is valuable.
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