Okay I am starting a new thread because I was asked to.
I have SMF 1.1.11 installed (the only thing I did not upload to my site was the Babylon and Classic themes folders because I knew I would not be using them and they said that I did not have to load them if I wanted to save space).
I am running Overview theme (version 119) from DZStudios, with extremely minor modifications (namely I just swapped a couple of .gifs out but they still use the same names to exemplify that I didn't touch any code).
These installed just fine. But I needed a block system to go with it, so I then installed TP 1.0 beta 4 1.082. I had to do a bunch of manual edits because I cannot directly install it within SMF. I did all the edits, followed the instructions on the website for manually installing it. Everything seemed fine, but got a Hacking Attempt... when I ran the tp_install.php. I loaded my forum and TP appeared to be loaded fine because I had blocks, a front page what have you.
However, when I tried to see about turning on the shoutbox module, it wasn't there to be turned on. All the instructions for setting it up made sense, but the actual options for doing it aren't there. One of the default blocks set up is for a Sitemap. It currently shows the Downloads Manager. In other words, if I try to create a block and set it to Sitemap, it will display the Downloads Manager in that spot. If I create a block and set it to TP Module, all I get is an empty block. Under edit, all that is offered is frame options. There are no other options available.
I don't know if the Hacking Attempt... meant anything at all or what. Just know that TP is sort of loaded, but not loaded.
Are all the tinyportal1010-1081.mod etc files supposed to be uploaded to the site as well? The instructions for installing it manually made no mention of uploading these files to the server. So they still reside on my local machine.
So basically, short of the additional TPModules, TP appears to be fine, it's just that the TPModules don't seem to be loaded other than Downloads Manager.
My site is http://www.obsidian-skywall.com/smf/index.php
And yes, it looks new because it is new. I don't toss something out there for the rest of the world to play with until it is ready. There are other things that still need to be done, but right now, I'm trying to get TP working. No point in trying to make it look pretty if nothing works.
Can you post a screenshot of the page where you are editing the shoutbox block? I'd like to see the settings on that page. If you don't mind, I'll take a look at it for you? Feel free to PM a temp admin account and I'll take a look when I get a chance.
Looked at your site a little bit. When you installed manually, did your files for the tpshout get uploaded? Check in the tp-files/tp-modules folder. There should be a tpshout folder in there with other subfolders and files in those sub folders.
In the root directory where my SMF install is located are three folders, tp-downloads, tp-files, and tp-images. All the files appear to be there that were extracted from the downloaded zipped file.
I don't know what exactly the tp_install.php file is supposed to accomplish, but it did stop with "Hacking Attempt..." when I ran it. In fact, the install file still exists on the server. I was just able to launch my site and saw the blocks loaded so I figured it had completed. Does the installer need the .mod files that came with the packaged files as zipped or are they only used if you could actually install use the built in package installer in SMF? The manual install instructions made no mention of them.
It's odd that the Downloads Manager is installed (albeit, it only shows up if you select Sitemap as a block type) but none of the others are and it resides in it's own folder like the others that did not load.
To be clear, these files were not uploaded to the server during the original install as there was no instruction to do so (everything else was):
changelog_TP.txt
package-info.xml
readme.txt
tinyportal1010-1081.mod
tinyportal1020-1081.mod
tinyportal1048-1081.mod
tinyportal1050-1081.mod
tinyportal1056-1081.mod
tinyportal1075-1081.mod
tinyportal1080-1081.mod
tinyportal1081.mod
No, those files don't need to be uploaded. Not if you installed manually. I'm still not really clear on your shout files. Does the tp-files/tpshout/ folder and files inside it exists in your zip that you extracted to your desktop machine? Did those files get uploaded?
I have only seen the hacking attempt error on a couple of servers. Never figured out what it was. One person was able to change PHP versions and that solved it for them.
The tp-files directory is loaded on the server. tp-downloads, tp-files, and tp-images all reside in the root of the SMF directory. Their subfolders are exactly as they were when extracted, only located on the server.
The odd part is that Downloads Manager exists in the loaded modules section of the SMF and it's files are in the same location as the other folders. Still have no idea why Sitemap option displays the Downloads Manager.
Is there a particular file that we edited that would potentially tell it to use Downloads Manager if you set the block type to Sitemap?
I don't quite get what you're asking about the sitemap. The sitemap is part of the menu manager in TP. You can mark menu items as a sitemap. Then if you select a sitemap block it will show only the menu items marked as a sitemap item.
I login as Admin, click on the Admin tab, select Panels and Blocks under TinyPortal. I click on Add Left Block, click on Edit, I change the type to Sitemap, click on Save to see the new options. The new options which appear below it is Active Modules > Downloads. Nothing else. Nothing to select, just this text. I activate the block and set it to show only on the Frontpage and click save again. Now when I go out to the Frontpage there is a block which I named Foo that has a Downloads Manager in it. So unless Sitemap by default chooses to show the Downloads Manager, I think this behavior is unexpected.
If I repeat the above process and choose TP Module as the type instead of Sitemap, it returns no options at all once saved. So basically it's just a title with a type but nothing you can do with it. I would expect to see the Active Modules > Downloads here, not under Sitemap.
If Downloads Manager by default shows up under Sitemap, then I suppose it's doing what its supposed to be doing. But to date, I have never seen the shoutbox or gallery modules anywhere in the menus. The only TPModule that does appear somewhere is the Downloads Manager, but only if I select Sitemap as a type for a block or click on TPdownloads in the TinyPortal Admin menu.
I am tempted to just do a reinstall of base smf and then tp without any edits whatsoever to smf default and see what happens. My gut feeling is the exact same thing is going to happen because the stuff is there, it's just not being seen by TP for some odd reason. Like it doesn't know where to find the files thus it ignores all references to them because the code seems to be written to do that.
I don't know why it shows the active modules, as I'm not sure as I haven't setup TP new lately. But if it shows the downloads manager by default I don't see a problem with that, as there should be an example. All you have to do is go in and edit your menu items to turn it off if you don't want it.
It looks like you are having a lot of problems. If the TPshout files exist in the tp-files/tp-modules folder then it would likely be that the database install didn't work, or something just didn't get fixed. Try a test install to see if you have the same problems in another folder.
my downloads has always appeared in the sitemap block too so I ever use it...
but the shoutbox, did you activate it in admin>modules and tags section?
then when you make the block wherever you want it to be it will showup in the "kind" drop down menu.
pmiles,
When you check your site via FTP, you should see the files and folders shown in the attached image. Inside each of those folders, there will be a few files. The location of this folder is /public_html/YourSitees/tp-modules/TPShout
It should also show you an "Owner" column. If any of these are missing, then you are missing some important folders and files. The owner of each folder and file and folder in there should be the name of your site. For instance, if your site is "thissite", then "thissite" should be listed as the owner of all folders and files. If any of these folders or files are missing, then you will need to upload them to your site via FTP manually.
The Sitemap block will show the Downloads Manager by default. A much better way to do a sitemap, IMHO, is to use the Menu System and create your own menu block. If you want to show the Downloads in the menu, then the link to make a menu item would be "http://YourSite.com/YourSiteFolder/index.php/action,tpmod/dl.html".
ZarPrime
after I figured out how to do the menu I just love that feature...lol Since I ahve our downloads section with a name I have included it in the menu listing too...lol