[Vachi]

Greetings friends.

I upgraded to 6.5 from 6.0 w/ phpbbport. Went pretty smoothly, except for some very minor troubleshooting that was needed. Anyways, installed only one theme, the AEOLUS 6.5 theme. Great theme, I am loving it, however the Center UP Block theme for the latest Forum Threads (Which was included with package) does not show up.

The Block shows, the names (Title, Topics, Replies , etc) Show up, yet it's not grabbing anything from the database like it should. Just looks blank. Would anyone (MIKE!!!!) have any suggestions? Any help would be appreciated, thank you all.



Best Regards,
Vachi

[mikem]

hmm..Yup, that's a problem. I only had that problem once when I upgraded a test site and the upgrade of the Database did not go right.
Did you use the nukebbsql upgrade script from here or nukecops to upgrade your old Nuke6.0 with phpBBport to Nuke6.5? Or did you use the upgrade script that was inluded in Nuke6.5 package?

mikem

[Vachi]

Mike.

I used the actual NUKEBBSQL from Nukecops. The one that is included for 6.5 cannot be used for the upgrade process as I understand it. Strange that SCROLLING BLOCKS works just fine yet the Center Forum Block doesn't. I would think they'd use the same method to get information from the database.

Short of backing up, blowing out, and doing a fresh install of 6.5, any suggestions? Everything on the site is baby smooth, and is working flawlessly (I did notice some bugs in the 6.5 Mods being offered both here and at nukecops, but nothing that really was a show stopper) I took a look at the block-aeolous file and I can't seem to find anything wrong.

Vachi

[mikem]

Yeah it's wierd. I just looked at it again too and can't see anything. I have it running on two test sites that were upgraded to 6.5 and it works fine.
Try comparing the sql code in that block to one of your scrolling ones. Particularly the sql parts where it calls the topics etc.

mikem

[Vachi]

Interesting development.

I tested out using Dark Blue's block. I renamed the 6.5 version, and used the old 6.0 to see what it would do. Of course I get sql errors above the block, but it does show the latest threads. 8O

I can't explain that at all. Why would 6.0 show the latest threads, and 6.5 themed forum blocks not? Damn, I'd hate to disable this, since center blocks are really cool. I'm going to test some more stuff out on this.

Vachi

[Vachi]

Ok the only thing different between a version 6.0 DarkBlue Theme Block and a 6.5 DarkBlue Theme Block is the obvious:

6.5 uses USERNAME and USER_ID

while

6.0 uses UNAME and UID

Now why would 6.5 not show the topics, yet using a 6.0 block it does (although I still get sql errors, the point is it still gets the information from the database and shows the posts)

Vachi

[Vachi]

Ok anyone want to take a stab at this? I've tried everything. As I mentioned, for some reason the 6.0 version of DarkBlue Center Block will grab the last 5 messages from the forums, although I do get sql errors of course because of other code in there, but I can't figure out why with 6.5 and a 6.5 theme, I can't get the Latest 5 Threads Block to show anything.

Thanks in advance.

Vachi

[Mighty_Y]

Can you check for me your nuke_users table and tell me if the columns there are named uid or user_id, uname or username??

[mikem]

try re-downloading the block. Here it is.

http://www.fauxpas.org/mystuff/block-Aeolus-Forums.zip

mikem

[Vachi]

Can you check for me your nuke_users table and tell me if the columns there are named uid or user_id, uname or username??

USER_ID & USERNAME