TP1b4 to b5 upgrade frustration...

[GhostRider2110]

Ok, this is interesting... I shut off everything in the Left Panel Blocks and now more is showing up... Looking closer, much has been turned on that I didn't have before...  --Mitch

[GhostRider2110]

OK, I have figured out some of it.. Seems more changes that I remembered reading about. My main block on the front page was not in a category, so no matter what I did, it would not show up until I assigned it to a category.  Still having issues with some menu's I had assigned and if I turn on the "Downloads" block I have send on the left panel, the front page will not load.  Also Random Pic's is probably outdated. Will debug that next...

--Mitch

[GhostRider2110]

Still getting a lot of errors:

mitch       Today at 09:03:03
137.112.0.170       8337429df6dfd3ef0c1d949f4350ef1f
http://usscalemasters.org/forums/index.php
8: Undefined index: leftbar
File: /home/usscalem/public_html/forums/Themes/default/Errors.template.php (main_above sub template - eval?)
Line: 786
   
mitch    Today at 09:03:03
137.112.0.170       8337429df6dfd3ef0c1d949f4350ef1f
http://usscalemasters.org/forums/index.php
Database Error: Unknown column 'dlm.author_id' in 'where clause'
File: /home/usscalem/public_html/forums/Sources/TPSubs.php
Line: 2442
   
mitch    Today at 09:03:03
137.112.0.170      8337429df6dfd3ef0c1d949f4350ef1f
http://usscalemasters.org/forums/index.php
8: Undefined index: centerbar
File: /home/usscalem/public_html/forums/Themes/default/Errors.template.php (main_above sub template - eval?)
Line: 812
   
mitch    Today at 09:03:03
137.112.0.170      8337429df6dfd3ef0c1d949f4350ef1f
ttp://usscalemasters.org/forums/index.php
Apply Filter: Only show the errors with the same message
8: Undefined index: leftbar
File: /home/usscalem/public_html/forums/Themes/default/Errors.template.php (main_above sub template - eval?)
Line: 786

[IchBin]

Search for the "unknown column" error Mitch. I have provided a fix for those in the bug tracker which are coming out in the next release.

[GhostRider2110]

Great IchBin.. Had so many errors there for a while, didn't know what to search for.. Will see what comes up now and go from there...  Download is now working. Next will try to tackle the Menus not showing up ..  --Mitch

[GhostRider2110]

Random Pic's fixed now.  Cardinal Sin.. I did two upgrades before one was fully debugged.  Put the right code in and some blocks seem to work better.. or at all.. 

Still have the problem with the "menu" setup for Members Info and the rightbar, centerbar, left bar entries.  I did several searches on that and did find where some had to remove a block of code.  I tried that, but still didn't get rid of the errors.  Any suggestions would be appreciated... I will keep digging...

--Mitch

[ZarPrime]

Mitch,

It looks a lot better than it did the last time I looked.

You might try setting your Forum's default theme to the SMF default core theme (theme=1) to debug these errors.  Once the errors no longer appear then you can switch back to the custom theme and work on that.  You could let your members know that the custom theme will be back as soon as you finish the bug squashing.

ZarPrime

[GhostRider2110]

Thanks Zar,

Yes I have most of it back online.  Can't seem to get the "Menu" block back up yet. I did as you suggested, set to default core theme and now get a different error:

8: Use of undefined constant thumb - assumed 'thumb'
File: /home/usscalem/public_html/forums/Themes/default/languages/Aeva.english.php (tp_above sub template - eval?)
Line: 15

The other errors about leftbar, centerbar and rightbar only occure in my modofied Blueskies theme... 

So where would I look to clear up those?

See-ya
Mitch

[IchBin]

The thumb error is likely from a link or something in your index.template.php file. If you can Enable eval() it will give a proper filename for the error. If it does point to a different file, attach the file here so we can look at it.

[ZarPrime]

The other errors about leftbar, centerbar and rightbar only occure in my modofied Blueskies theme... 

So where would I look to clear up those?

Mitch,

Honestly, I don't know what to tell you on this.  I remember helping you out when you were editing the BlueSkies theme but I can't recall if you started out using theme as it was written for TP 0.9.8 or whether you started editing the SMF 1.1.x version.  What you might do is try downloading the current version of the theme and trying it out on your site just to see if you still have those errors.  If the errors don't show up, you could consider editing the new version for your site.  If you want to try the new version, it's located here on Bloc's theme site --> http://www.blocweb.net/index.php?action=bwgallery;design=20

If you haven't already done so, it might be worthwhile to register at Bloc's theme site (http://www.blocweb.net/index.php) and ask him about these specific errors when using SMF 1.1.11 and TP 1.0 beta 5-1 as you are.  The other thing is to consider is whether it's time for a change.  When I say a change, I mean a big change, like SMF 2.0 RC3 and the latest TinyPortal.  There are lots of really nice themes that have been designed to work with this version though BlueSkies is not one of them.  The thing you would have to decide is whether you are ready for a change like that, mainly because a lot of your custom code blocks and current SMF Mods won't work with it.  The good thing is that many SMF Mods and some of the code snippets have been modified to work with the new version.  This is something I am getting ready to do with one of my sites.  The best way to decide would be to clone your database and setup a test site with it so that you can use the test site to upgrade to the latest SMF and try it out.  This way, your members wouldn't even have to know that you are trying out the new versions for a possible major upgrade in the future.

ZarPrime