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Benjamin
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Jul 15, 2003, 9:17 AM

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goforum 1.09 Can't Post

Hi guys,

Goforum 1.09 (final) has been released, and our add-on's page updated:
http://www.interactivetools.com/products/articlemanager/addons.html

You'll note there are now two goforum scripts available for download; version 1.06 and version 1.09. We've left the older version up for download since it was the last version of goforum designed to run with Article Manager 1.27 and older. With any newer versions of Article Manager, download the 1.09 version.

Please post any questions / problems about the goforum script in this thread.
Ben
interactivetools.com 

(This post was edited by Benjamin on Jul 15, 2003, 9:24 AM)


NewNovice
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Jul 19, 2003, 2:47 PM

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Re: [Benjamin] goforum 1.09 [In reply to] Can't Post

I'd like to add GoForum functionality to my site prior to launch. I have ArtMan 1.29 and would like to link to Discus Pro, which isn't listed as being supported by GoFourm 1.09.

What should I do?

thanks,

-Otto


Benjamin
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Jul 21, 2003, 10:41 AM

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Re: [NewNovice] goforum 1.09 [In reply to] Can't Post

Actually, I believe Discus Pro is supported... I just took a wallow through the changelog, and sure enough - yes! Additional support for the Pro version was added in 1.05. The website and documentation doesn't make this clear, though - I'll update it today!
Ben
interactivetools.com 


affi
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Jul 21, 2003, 12:05 PM

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Re: [Benjamin] goforum 1.09 [In reply to] Can't Post

Earlier the goforum worked fine with our site, but when I try 1.09 now I get the following error-code;

"Invalid article number #24! " (for example).

I'm using the AM version with support for SQL (beta).

Here's my goforum.config.cgi file:

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#!/usr/bin/perl
print "Content-type: text/html\n\n<html>This is a data file.</html>\n"; __END__
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# goforum.ini - goforum 1.09 program configuration settings
# Copyright (C) 1999-2003 interactivetools.com, All Rights Reserved
# http://www.interactivetools.com/
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------


# Instructions: set forum_type to the name of the forum you are using, then scroll down the page
# and set that forum's values.
forum_type = 'invision' # options: dcforum, discus, gforum, ikonboard, invision
configured = 1 # set this to 1 to make the program work
artman_128up = 1 # Article Manager version. 0 = 1.27 or earlier, 1 = 1.28 or later


# Note: advanced settings are found at the bottom of the page.


[invision]
forum_url = 'http://www.root.no/forum' # forum script directory
forum_login = 1 # login required? 1 = yes, 0 = no
forum_user = 'Kommentar' # forum user with post access
forum_pass = 'ratnemmok' # password for user
forum_num = 27 # post to this forum number by default

# This section is for advanced options
[advanced]
remove_html = 1 # set this to 1 to remove HTML tags from article content
debug = 0 # set this to 1 for debug info
maxage = 14 # don't allow comments on articles older than N days
link_back_to_article = 1 # set this to 1 to provide a link back to the full article in the forum post

allow_category_mapping = 0 # set this to 1 to allow category articles to be published to specific forums

# this allows you to specify which categories post to which forums. e.g. if you want your Entertainment
# category (category #5) to post to an Entertainment forum (forum #9) you'd put:
# cat5 = forum9
# Unless otherwise specified, goforum will post to forum_num
[category_to_forum_mapping]
#cat1 = forum1
#cat2 = forum2
#cat3 = forum3
#cat4 = forum4
#cat5 = forum5

---

Anyone got any good suggestion on what could be wrong here? Maybe because I'm using the beta-release?

Thanks in advance,


Benjamin
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Jul 21, 2003, 3:45 PM

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Re: [affi] goforum 1.09 [In reply to] Can't Post

Heya,

That's interesting... I'm not terribly familiar with the MySQL version just yet, but it's possible that the problem may be due to the fact that it's a Beta release.

Was everything working prior to using the MySQL version? Did you make any modifications to the goforum config file or script when upgrading to the MySQL version?

If not, fill in a support request and I could take a look at the problem directly. That would really help me pinpoint the problem.
Ben
interactivetools.com 


affi
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Jul 22, 2003, 4:17 AM

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That's interesting... I'm not terribly familiar with the MySQL version just yet, but it's possible that the problem may be due to the fact that it's a Beta release.



Same here. However, I also changed the BETA (or Alpha if you want) version to use flat text-files. The excact same thing happens then.

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Was everything working prior to using the MySQL version? Did you make any modifications to the goforum config file or script when upgrading to the MySQL version?



Hmm, everything seem to work. However, I havent figured out excatly how the SQL-version works with the articles yet. Still all articles are linked to for example /art/article_012.php, /art/article_013.php, which then should mean new files are created for each article. I however checked the MySQL-database and saw lots of data there. A littlebit confused. Crazy

I havent done any changes in the code of goforum.cgi (just the normal changes like < $Bin = "/home/vusers/domains/root.no/wwwdocs/sys/exec"; > ).

Whats that about the support-form? Will that gain you access to the pages? Any additional fee for things like that? (I'm not quite familiar with the licensing yet, sorry)

Thanks,


Benjamin
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Jul 22, 2003, 9:19 AM

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Re: [affi] goforum 1.09 [In reply to] Can't Post

Hey Affi,

You actually shouldn't have to change the $Bin value at all, unless the FindBin was unable to locate your cgi directory, and it printed an error message to the page notifying you of the problem.

But yes, maybe sending in a support request might be a good idea. If there's anything new in the MySQL version that is incompatible with goforum, I'd like to know about it pronto!
Ben
interactivetools.com 


Benjamin
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Jul 25, 2003, 3:32 PM

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Re: [affi] goforum 1.09 [In reply to] Can't Post

Hey affi,

I emailed you about this, but for everyone else reading this thread: it turns out the goforum script is incompatible with the MySQL Alpha version of Article Manager. Just a heads up :-)
Ben
interactivetools.com 


gamefrags
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Aug 18, 2003, 10:05 AM

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Re: [Benjamin] goforum 1.09 [In reply to] Can't Post

Hiya Ben..me again Crazy,

Having the same issues as before with 1.08 when clicking on 'discuss this article' and the entries are not being created on the forum. Other than that program works great!!

Here is the error

Server error! The server encountered an internal error and was unable to complete your request. Error message:
Premature end of script headers: goforum.cgi If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster Error 500 www.gamefrags.com
Mon 18 Aug 2003 11:58:16 AM CDT
Apache/2.0.40 (Red Hat Linux)

I tried commenting out the FindBin to no avail. I've attached the two cgi's for you to look at. Thanks
Sean Kennedy, Web Development
[blue]Gamefrags Technologies Inc - Total Gaming Solutions[/blue]
[url "http://www.gamefrags.com"]www.gamefrags.com[/url]
[email]sean@gamefrags.com[/email] or

[blue]Accu-Draft Consulting Inc[/blue]
[url "http://www.accudraftconsulting.com"]www.accudraftconsulting.com[/url]
[email]sean@accudraftconsulting.com[/email]
Attachments: goforum.config.cgi (5.44 KB)
  goforum.cgi (45.8 KB)


Bob B
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Aug 18, 2003, 1:32 PM

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Re: [Benjamin] goforum 1.09 [In reply to] Can't Post

Will this be addressed if it is an incompatibility issue with MySQL?

Bob Benjamin

www.rounddance.com

(This post was edited by Bob B on Aug 18, 2003, 7:32 PM)


Donna
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Aug 18, 2003, 2:42 PM

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Re: [gamefrags] goforum 1.09 [In reply to] Can't Post

Hi Sean!

Thanks for your post.

Alas, I'm not familiar enough with the inner workings of goforum to know exactly what might be causing this -- unless it's a generic issue with CGI's... you've made sure that you're uploading everything in ASCII? Also, if you've opened the file in Windows, make sure you're saving it in a Unix format as some text editors like to add additional characters to the end of each line which can cause the script not to work. One thing you might want to do is download a fresh version off of our website and upload it directly to your server unmodified.

I've forwarded your post to Ben (it's his day off today) so if you're still having trouble, let us know and Ben will get back to you tomorrow morning. :)

Thanks! I hope this helps. :)

Donna

--
support@interactivetools.com


Benjamin
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Aug 19, 2003, 9:48 AM

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Hi Sean,

Nice to hear from you!

I remember the script was working fine - did you make any changes to either the goforum.config.cgi or the goforum.cgi file? Can you think of any reason why the script would stop working? I installed goforum with the files you included above, and was able to post an article to your forums, so it's certainly something wrong with the way it's set up on your server - not the content of the files themselves. First thing to check is the permissions on the files - are they both 755? (I seem to remember you're on a unix server).

Check that out first - I suspect that that may be the problem.
Ben
interactivetools.com 


gamefrags
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Aug 19, 2003, 10:52 AM

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Re: [Benjamin] goforum 1.09 [In reply to] Can't Post

The "only" change I made was updating to 1.09. We had the same issue when I installed 1.08 and you said.....

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What I did was uncomment the FindBin lines (that's the bit which automatically detects where the goforum script is, and consequently where the artman database files are).



I'll check the permissions but I don't think that's it

Cheers
Sean Kennedy, Web Development
[blue]Gamefrags Technologies Inc - Total Gaming Solutions[/blue]
[url "http://www.gamefrags.com"]www.gamefrags.com[/url]
[email]sean@gamefrags.com[/email] or

[blue]Accu-Draft Consulting Inc[/blue]
[url "http://www.accudraftconsulting.com"]www.accudraftconsulting.com[/url]
[email]sean@accudraftconsulting.com[/email]


gamefrags
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Aug 19, 2003, 11:00 AM

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OK....checked the permissions....goforum.cgi was 755, goforum.config.cgi was 644 as intructed in the installation readme


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2) Upload the following files to your /artman/exec/ folder (or another
folder parallel to exec).

artman-db-def.cgi - set permissions to executable (755 on unix)
artman-db.cgi - set permissions to executable (755 on unix)
goforum.cgi - set permissions to executable (755 on unix)
goforum.config.cgi - set permissions to readable (644 on unix)



I did change it to 755 anyway....but still no go.Frown

Cheers
Sean Kennedy, Web Development
[blue]Gamefrags Technologies Inc - Total Gaming Solutions[/blue]
[url "http://www.gamefrags.com"]www.gamefrags.com[/url]
[email]sean@gamefrags.com[/email] or

[blue]Accu-Draft Consulting Inc[/blue]
[url "http://www.accudraftconsulting.com"]www.accudraftconsulting.com[/url]
[email]sean@accudraftconsulting.com[/email]


Benjamin
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Aug 19, 2003, 11:21 AM

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Hey Sean,

Yes, that looks fine. In which case you're probably right - it's probably a problem with the FindBin line. You didn't retain a copy of your old goforum 1.08 goforum.cgi file? If you did, try copying and pasting that section of the code into the new script.

Just for everyone's information, FindBin is a Perl module used by the goforum script to find the full path to the script directory. It's most often used to provide a basis for relative paths from the scripts location. While most webservers include this module with standard installations of Perl, some don't. Hence, we provided a spot in the goforum.cgi script where you can manually set it.
Ben
interactivetools.com 


gamefrags
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Aug 19, 2003, 10:03 PM

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Thanks for getting it going again. I really appreciate all your hard work. The new link back feature is sweet!! Oh..BTW..... stop checking the board on your day off!! Smile

Cheers!!
Sean Kennedy, Web Development
[blue]Gamefrags Technologies Inc - Total Gaming Solutions[/blue]
[url "http://www.gamefrags.com"]www.gamefrags.com[/url]
[email]sean@gamefrags.com[/email] or

[blue]Accu-Draft Consulting Inc[/blue]
[url "http://www.accudraftconsulting.com"]www.accudraftconsulting.com[/url]
[email]sean@accudraftconsulting.com[/email]


affi
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Aug 22, 2003, 2:45 AM

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Does this mean the latest version is compatible with the MySQL-version of AM? Eventually, are anyone working on the goforum.cgi version to make it work with the SQL?


Benjamin
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Aug 22, 2003, 9:52 AM

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Re: [affi] goforum 1.09 [In reply to] Can't Post

Hey Affi,

No - the latest version of goforum isn't compatible with the MySQL-friendly Article Manager just yet. We actually don't plan on modifying the code to allow this until Article Manager MySQL is in final release. The reason for this is that we really don't want people using any Alpha or Beta versions of our products on their live sites - they're released for testing purposes.
Ben
interactivetools.com