SMF 1.1.8 + TP 0.983 + Default Theme = No TP Admin...

[lextalionis]

Hey gang,

This is only after trying a fresh install 4 times back-to-back.  I've done a fresh install of SMF 1.1.8 and used both the package manager method (successful, i.e. got the TP DB table section to show all was successful) and when I go into admin, I don't see any TP Admin section.   I also did the full manual install method (successful) and again, no TP Admin.

http://www.motleypixel.com/pack562/index.php

This is on the default theme, fresh SMF 1.1.8 install.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Roy
ps. One odd thing I noticed is that in the manual install version it says to copy contents:  /tp-files dir to forum root, but when I extract the 0.983 that dir doesn't exist.  Hummmm?

[Ken.]

Check the manual install instruction to see if all of the files and edits took when you did the install.

How do I manually install TinyPortal

EDIT: NM... just saw your edit.
What is the link to the instruction that you used?

[lextalionis]

Ken,

I used this install instruction:  http://docs.tinyportal.co.uk/index.php/topic,29.0.html  However, I was using .983 TP binaries...doh! 

Okay, so I wiped everything out and and re-installed smf 1.1.8 and now I'm trying TP 1 beta3.  I did a full manual install per the above link...and wouldn't you know, it looks good at the home page, BUT, still no Admin=>TP controls what so ever under the Admin tab on both default theme and the current supported Adagio.

I've used TP with a theme called Dibble or something about 3.5 years ago and it worked fine on this same host, not sure what's wrong.

*Update, I can get to blocks and panels edit in admin but only by clicking the "edit block" from the blocks by default on the home page...is this the only way...there's still and Admin TP section right?

-Roy

[Renegd98]

Is the admin missing or just blank?

If blank:  Blank Admin Panel or Text missing?

[lextalionis]

Admin is 100% fully functional for default SMF 1.1.8 install...everything is working great, even TP, but I can't see the TP Admin link w/in the Admin section.  Language is set to "English" doesn't seem to be a UTF issue.

There's something I must have missed in the manual install.

This is what I see when I click the "E" for edit block on the Search block...notice the admin menu column at the left and the TP Block/Panel tabs (is this all the tabs I should see and should I see an Admin TP block etc. menu at the left?):




Thanks,
Roy

[lextalionis]

Just a little more background.  See, I'm having to manually install because when I upload the TP zip package from the forum is uploads fine to the Packages dir but it has owner "Apache" and that's bad, so then I tried deleting if via ftp and then ftp'ing it back with the correct user (my account) and then making it 777.  Issue then was after "applying" the mode I would get a php error saying that /packages/temp/tp_install.php could't do something...I looked and there wasn't any damn /packages/temp dir to begin with...crap...so I followed the FULL manual install and it's still not working right.

Well, looks like I'm going to be scratching this forum again.  So I started messing with the blocks and I think more is wrong:

[Renegd98]

I would get with your host. It appears you are having permission troubles.

[lextalionis]

Alright, I've asked the host as to why when SMF facilities upload files the file ownership becomes "apache" instead of my user account.

Although, I've had no issues running SMF 1.1.8 with several mods (ads management, anti spam) but no TP here:  http://www.motleypixel.com running on the same host and user paths.

-Roy

[Ken.]

Alright, I've asked the host as to why when SMF facilities upload files the file ownership becomes "apache" instead of my user account.

Although, I've had no issues running SMF 1.1.8 with several mods (ads management, anti spam) but no TP here:  http://www.motleypixel.com running on the same host and user paths.

-Roy

This 'ownership' thing can be an issue with some servers.
My host has to run a routine once or twice a month that reassigns ownership to me for the files in my site. Not a big problem once you know what needs to be done.

[Renegd98]

I had to ask mine to check my files. I had files/directories that were owned by "nobody".  That has been corrected and I will have them check periodically. This anomaly as I'll call it usually occurs during upload processes.