portal.php redirects to index when not signed in

[Bfish1234]

I would like the portal to be the home page for guests. It is the homepage when signed in but the portal disappears when not signed in. I have tried editing the permissions without success. What can I do to make the portal visible to visitors who are not signed in.

.htaccess already includes the code: DirectoryIndex portal.php index.php


Thank you in advance for any help you can provide.

www.injusticeanywhereforum.com

[RMcGirr83]

You need to ask wherever it is you got the portal.

[Bfish1234]

Is this a portal issue? Is there anyway to program the site to direct to the portal URL when not signed in? All of the portals for the forums are outdated now so support isn't really available. We would like to upgrade to 3.1 but we are waiting for more extensions to become available. So we are hoping for a fix on this in the meantime.

[Lumpy Burgertushie]

the portal.php is redirecting to index.php, it shouldn't do that.

check the instructions for the portal. often a portal will have some type of redirect from index.php to portal.php but yours is doing the opposite.

rename the index.php to index1.php and test and see what happens when you try to access the portal.php file.

robert

[Bfish1234]

Hi Lumpy,

When I rename the index.php to index1.php it disables the board. The portal.php URL does not work at that point. It continues to redirect.

Where can I view portal instructions?

Thanks.

[Lumpy Burgertushie]

I would assume that the portal MOD that you installed would have the .xml file that tells how to install it.

I would look for anything that has to do with editing the index.php file or the portal.php file or htacess etc. etc.

you need to find out why it is doing what it is doing and there is nothing in standard phpbb that would cause this.
normally, when you want a different page to be home page then the htaccess DirectoryIndex portal.php index.php would do it automatically.

as for what you want to do with directing guests to one page and members to another, that is something that I dont know how you would do.



robert

[Oyabun1]

You need to ask wherever it is you got the portal.

[Bfish1234]

Thanks Lumpy,

I will take a look and see if I can find instructions. I am not looking for members and guests to be directed to different URL's. I would like the portal to be there all the time. Unfortunately when not signed in, the portal disappears.

I know people are saying that I need to go where I got the portal, but like I said, the portals are all outdated at this point so support is not available and 3.1 is missing many extensions at this point so we are kind of in a waiting period right now between old and new.

I was hoping for a fix to this single issue.

[Bfish1234]

Here's my fifth post so I can send a PM to ask for help on this. I am not a programer and I see no instructions on the installation instructions regarding this issue.

[Oyabun1]

Please read and follow the phpBB.com Board-Wide Rules and Regulations

Community based support is offered via the board ... do not contact Team Members or other members of the community for support via PM/IM/email unless asked to do so.

How did you install the portal without having the instructions?

[Bfish1234]

I used the auto installer. I am sure that feature is well known here. It works well for people like me that are not programers. I read through the manual instructions and I don't recognize anything that would help me with this. I checked the files and the auto installer included all the lines as shown in the manual instructions.

[Bfish1234]

Please read and follow the phpBB.com Board-Wide Rules and Regulations

Community based support is offered via the board ... do not contact Team Members or other members of the community for support via PM/IM/email unless asked to do so.

How did you install the portal without having the instructions?

Help does not appear to be available here. I am being told to go seek information from a source that is not there due to the fact that the portal available is over 2 years old. Like I said, 3.1 does not have the available extensions we need at this time so we are making the best of it until we can upgrade.

[Lumpy Burgertushie]

you have not told us what portal MOD it is. please post a link to the portal MOD that you have installed. we need to see what its instructions say about this. then we will need to see some of your files to make sure they are all correct. etc.
we are willing to help, you just have to give us something to work with.

you may PM me if you wish.


robert

[Mick]

Help does not appear to be available here. I am being told to go seek information from a source that is not there due to the fact that the portal available is over 2 years old

That's one of the risks you take installing mods.

Get help with installation and running phpBB 3.0.x here. Please do not post bug reports, feature requests, or MOD-related questions here.

But, you could try adding something like this to the .htaccess file:

Open .htaccess and find:

Code: Select all

<Files "config.php">

Add before:

Code: Select all

DirectoryIndex index.html index.htm portal.php index.php

See this .htaccess guide.

Any other questions should be directed to the mod author or you could try mod writers discussion if that doesn't help.

[Bfish1234]

Help does not appear to be available here. I am being told to go seek information from a source that is not there due to the fact that the portal available is over 2 years old

That's one of the risks you take installing mods.

Get help with installation and running phpBB 3.0.x here. Please do not post bug reports, feature requests, or MOD-related questions here.

But, you could try adding something like this to the .htaccess file:

Open .htaccess and find:

Code: Select all

<Files "config.php">

Add before:

Code: Select all

DirectoryIndex index.html index.htm portal.php index.php

See this .htaccess guide.

Any other questions should be directed to the mod author or you could try mod writers discussion if that doesn't help.

Like I said, there is no portal currently available that is updated. A portal does not seem to be a feature that should be hard to obtain.

So, it is not about taking risks installing mods, its about creating a functional forum.

Your .htaccess suggestion has already been discussed. People appear quick to post up pre-written answers to just brush away any nuisance here. You are all replying free of charge, so it doesn't warrant a complaint I suppose.

Lumpy is always more than polite and helpful here. I am thankful for that.

I will try the mod writers discussion.

3.1 was put in motion with very limited features. The developers seem to have moved on to that format. As of now, it is not possible to operate a completely updated forum with basic features like a portal and photo gallery. I am aware that this is a free service and I use PHPBB because I think it is outstanding. But I can't imagine that there is no one out there to help with these issues as the transformation to 3.1 continues to develop.