Ideas Support topic

[tbackoff]

Hello,

In response to the numerous support requests in the [Discuss] Introducing phpBB Ideas topic, the team has decided to split off support into a dedicated topic. Please use this topic for all support requests regarding installing, configuring, and using the phpBB Ideas system on your board. Bugs found should be reported to the Website Bug Tracker.

Thanks!

[Jessica]

Love this 'Idea'. I had a quick look at what's required to get it up and running on our own boards, is it right that we can indeed do that?

Yep! It's easier to install than most mods, as it doesn't require and file modifications - you just copy in the ideas directory and follow the instructions.

It is everything in the directory or the directory itself? If it's the former, it's going to replace a lot of my files :/ When I tried the latter, I just got errors when going to /ideas/install.php

EDIT: I did see "To install, copy config.sample.php to config.php and change the configuration. The current configuration settings:" but I don't quite understand it. do I copy the contents of the config.sample.php to config.php (since replacing doesn't make sense)

EDIT: I did the above; nope, still get errors

I pretty much still don't know how to install it >_>



EDIT: I got it now. install.php is supposed to be in the root directory...

[callumacrae]

Love this 'Idea'. I had a quick look at what's required to get it up and running on our own boards, is it right that we can indeed do that?

Yep! It's easier to install than most mods, as it doesn't require and file modifications - you just copy in the ideas directory and follow the instructions.

It is everything in the directory or the directory itself? If it's the former, it's going to replace a lot of my files :/ When I tried the latter, I just got errors when going to /ideas/install.php

EDIT: I did see "To install, copy config.sample.php to config.php and change the configuration. The current configuration settings:" but I don't quite understand it. do I copy the contents of the config.sample.php to config.php (since replacing doesn't make sense)

Copy the "ideas" directory from the phpbb-ideas repo to an "ideas" directory within your phpBB installation, not the individual files into the root directory (that would kill everything).

[Jessica]

okay I did that, and managed to install it, but I had to move install.php outside of the ideas directory, otherwise I get errors. I installed it, but I still get errors when going to /ideas/index.php

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Warning: include(/home/jesschen/public_html/phpBB3/ideas//config.php) [function.include]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/jesschen/public_html/phpBB3/ideas/common.php on line 12

Warning: include() [function.include]: Failed opening '/home/jesschen/public_html/phpBB3/ideas//config.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/jesschen/public_html/phpBB3/ideas/common.php on line 12

Warning: include(PHPBB_ROOT_PATHcommon.php) [function.include]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/jesschen/public_html/phpBB3/ideas/common.php on line 15

Warning: include(PHPBB_ROOT_PATHcommon.php) [function.include]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/jesschen/public_html/phpBB3/ideas/common.php on line 15

Warning: include() [function.include]: Failed opening 'PHPBB_ROOT_PATHcommon.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/jesschen/public_html/phpBB3/ideas/common.php on line 15

Fatal error: Call to a member function session_begin() on a non-object in /home/jesschen/public_html/phpBB3/ideas/common.php on line 18

[callumacrae]

okay I did that, and managed to install it, but I had to move install.php outside of the ideas directory, otherwise I get errors. I installed it, but I still get errors when going to /ideas/index.php

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Warning: include(/home/jesschen/public_html/phpBB3/ideas//config.php) [function.include]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/jesschen/public_html/phpBB3/ideas/common.php on line 12

Warning: include() [function.include]: Failed opening '/home/jesschen/public_html/phpBB3/ideas//config.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/jesschen/public_html/phpBB3/ideas/common.php on line 12

Warning: include(PHPBB_ROOT_PATHcommon.php) [function.include]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/jesschen/public_html/phpBB3/ideas/common.php on line 15

Warning: include(PHPBB_ROOT_PATHcommon.php) [function.include]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/jesschen/public_html/phpBB3/ideas/common.php on line 15

Warning: include() [function.include]: Failed opening 'PHPBB_ROOT_PATHcommon.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/jesschen/public_html/phpBB3/ideas/common.php on line 15

Fatal error: Call to a member function session_begin() on a non-object in /home/jesschen/public_html/phpBB3/ideas/common.php on line 18

I don't think you should have moved install.php, but if it hasn't errored then it should be fine. Did you create and modify ideas/config.php?

[Jessica]

Oops...forgot to do that, but once I did I still get errors -_-

/ideas/config.php

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<?php

// phpBB Ideas configuration file

define('PHPBB_ROOT_PATH', '../phpBB3/');
define('IDEAS_FORUM_ID', 1);
define('IDEAS_POSTER_ID', 1);

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Warning: include(../phpBB3/common.php) [function.include]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/jesschen/public_html/phpBB3/ideas/common.php on line 15

Warning: include(../phpBB3/common.php) [function.include]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/jesschen/public_html/phpBB3/ideas/common.php on line 15

Warning: include() [function.include]: Failed opening '../phpBB3/common.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/jesschen/public_html/phpBB3/ideas/common.php on line 15

Fatal error: Call to a member function session_begin() on a non-object in /home/jesschen/public_html/phpBB3/ideas/common.php on line 18

[callumacrae]

Try this instead:

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<?php

// phpBB Ideas configuration file

define('PHPBB_ROOT_PATH', '../');
define('IDEAS_FORUM_ID', 1);
define('IDEAS_POSTER_ID', 1);

[Jessica]

Try this instead:

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<?php

// phpBB Ideas configuration file

define('PHPBB_ROOT_PATH', '../');
define('IDEAS_FORUM_ID', 1);
define('IDEAS_POSTER_ID', 1);

Thanks, that works!

[Jessica]

I have a slight problem that I'm not sure how to fix.

http://chenschool.elementfx.com/phpBB3/ideas/index.php

I posted an idea and it was automatically rated by default...so of course there's 1 green arrow and 0 red (saw the changes on github and added them in earlier today)

However, under "Latest idea" there is no number besides the arrows. Under "Top Ideas", there is. Though for "Top Ideas", the arrows aren't side by side, and I don't know if that's the style or what.

See screenshot:

idearatings.PNG

How do I fix the issue with the numbers not showing up under Latest Idea? Also, is there any way I could make the ratings under Top Ideas side by side, AND also "Top Ideas" over "Latest Ideas" like here?

[callumacrae]

I have a slight problem that I'm not sure how to fix.

http://chenschool.elementfx.com/phpBB3/ideas/index.php

I posted an idea and it was automatically rated by default...so of course there's 1 green arrow and 0 red (saw the changes on github and added them in earlier today)

However, under "Latest idea" there is no number besides the arrows. Under "Top Ideas", there is. Though for "Top Ideas", the arrows aren't side by side, and I don't know if that's the style or what.

See screenshot:

idearatings.PNG

How do I fix the issue with the numbers not showing up under Latest Idea? Also, is there any way I could make the ratings under Top Ideas side by side, AND also "Top Ideas" over "Latest Ideas" like here?

I fixed that a few hours ago: https://github.com/phpbb/phpbb-ideas/co ... 74656c6755

[Jessica]

EDIT: Never mind, solved

[Danielx64]

Something else, any reason why this mod cannot use my overall_header and overall_footer files? I was able to make the change but still. Also, any reason for having a idea bot account? That shouldn't be needed, the permission for forums are already there right? Edit that setting was for posts and not topics

[Danielx64]

After looking at this, I felt that the boards overall header and footer from the current style should have been used even if it mean editing some template files. Also is it possible to get rid of the bot requirements? Other then that I do like it

[callumacrae]

After looking at this, I felt that the boards overall header and footer from the current style should have been used even if it mean editing some template files. Also is it possible to get rid of the bot requirements? Other then that I do like it

Can't; template inheritance doesn't work across directories.

[Jessica]

After looking at this, I felt that the boards overall header and footer from the current style should have been used even if it mean editing some template files. Also is it possible to get rid of the bot requirements? Other then that I do like it

I also don't like the bot requirements...I want to have the topic be posted by the person who posted the idea, not a bot.