| Question/Error: |
Answer: |
| I
am getting "500 Internal Server Error"! |
Did
you upload the file in ascii? Also make sure that
you chmod the file 755. Also, sometimes when the server
your YaBB is installed on is busy, it may decide to
choke like this for no reason.. it's NOT a YaBB bug.
One last resort is that this file-extension version
of YaBB doesn't work on your server. Most servers
will allow .cgi files but some do not allow .pl files.
In this case, please download the other file version
of Y1G from www.yabb.org. |
| Sometimes
I or my users get an "Invalid Password" error through
YaBB.... |
Perhaps
it isn't reading your member files properly? Be sure
the directory/files exist and are chmod correctly.
Usually a solution that pretty much always works is
to click the "log out" menu item, then try logging
back in. Also ;) be sure that you are putting in the
correct password.... |
| I
get this error "Can't open directory (/path/to/YaBBImages/avatars)
:: No such file or directory"! |
If
you get an error similar to that, it means one of
the following: You did not set the $facesdir variable
in settings.pl or you incorrectly set this variable.
$facesdir is the Absolute Path to your avatars (userpic
images) folder. It must be the absolute path to (not
relative, and especially not a URL). |
| The
javascript functions when posting do not work! |
Be
sure that you uploaded UBBC.js in ASCII to the webspace
of your server account. Then look in your settings.pl
to see if the path is properly set to that file. |
| Why
does my browser ask me to download the script files
when I tried to go to my YaBB? (i.e. the infamous
"Download Bug" that people think exists) |
You
can be completely assured that this isn't a bug in
YaBB. This is your own mistake or a server problem.
First make sure the chmod permissions are proper on
the .pl files. Next, be sure that you uploaded them
to your account's cgi-bin. As a last resort, you may
have to modify YaBB and rename the .pl's to .cgi's
because your server may not support executing .pl
files. |
| When
I post things, the message doesn't show up but the
board shows that there is a post. |
Sounds
like you correctly chmod your /Boards folder for write
access, but it isn't writing to the /Messages folder.
Check your chmod settings again ;) You may also want
to check the path to your /Messages folder in Settings.pl. |
| I
keep getting "Incorrect Password" errors when I try
to modify my settings through the Admin Center! |
It
may do this the first time you modify your settings
online (and probably will if you have upgraded from
an old version). If you chmod'd your Settings.pl file
correctly, settings will be saved and you shouldn't
get this password error again. When you do, just click
"logout", then log back in. |
| Some
of my images aren't showing and some are not displaying
right. |
Make
sure that your images directory is properly set in
Settings.pl to where your images actually are. Also
be sure that you uploaded the images in Binary mode. |
| Why
are the colors funny in browsers that don't support
CSS? |
Because
they don't support CSS, the color settings in Settings.pl
will control the colors in those browsers. Be sure
that you set the colors in template.html equivalent
to those in Settings.pl. |
| Ok,
people are telling me the news screws up in their
browser!!! |
You have the option of turning the NewsFader off in
Settings.pl... some browsers don't like the java associated
with this news ticker. If you do this and still wish
to have news, you'll need to put the tag "<yabbnews>"
back into template.html. |
| How
can I turn off some of those bloat-fish features? |
Many
of the features/add-ons in YaBB can be turned off
or modified in Settings.pl. |
| When
I try to post or change my profile, nothing changes? |
Did
you forget to chmod 666 (or 777) the files and folders
as specified in the installation section of this manual?
That makes them "writeable".... |
| Well
what the hell is chmod? |
Chmod
is a unix command - for "change mode". It sets permissions
to files such as "writeable", "readable", "user-writeable"..
etc. You can do this on some servers in your FTP client.
On others you may have to telnet (or SSH) to the server
and type something such as "chmod # filename". An
example is: chmod 777 Settings.pl |
| When
I try to post I get "Unable to write file" and reading
a post I get "Unable to open file"!!! |
Make
sure you chmod your /Messages folder to 777 or 666.
This error means that you have improper permissions
to write to the files in that folder. Then when it
tries to open that file, it gives an error because
the file doesn't exist. |
| When
logged in as an admin, it always shows 127.0.0.1 on
each message as the poster's IP address. |
This
is just a problem with some odd hosts that don't use
standard cgi environment variables (i.e. things like
$ENV{'REMOTE_ADDR '}). You can go into YaBB.pl and
Post.pl and change this variable to whatever you server
uses. An example is F2S, which uses HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR
for IP addresses. |
| I
want to add avatars for people to choose or remove
some of the existing ones.. do I change any code? |
The
nice thing about YaBB is that it automatically lists
ALL the avatars that are in your avatars folder on
the profile page. You can delete avatars out of your
avatar folder if you wish not to allow them, or you
can upload your own avatars to the folder, and the
script will automatically list those. Just remember,
if any members of your forum have already selected
an avatar, then you delete it, a bad image link will
be created (so modify his/her profile afterwards). |
| Can
we modify the copyright at all? |
You
may do a few small modifications to it. We require
it to still contain something about it being on YOUR
site, and the copyright info and link to YaBB/X-Null
must remain in it.... |
| What's
the difference between the cgi and pl versions? |
There
is really no difference. Some web hosts do not support
.pl as a perl extension, so the .cgi must be used.
The .pl extension is becoming more popular and just
looks nicer than .cgi to many people, which is why
it is used. |
| I log in
and then try to do something on the board and it says I am a "Guest".... |
Some servers
do not properly convert to GMT time, which cookies use for their dates.
If this is the case, you can try to check the "Always Stay Logged In" box
when you login or set the minutes higher to stay logged in for. |
| I have followed what I consider
to be easy instructions, and still have this error, "Software Error! Can't locate
./Sources/Subs.pl in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl5/5.00503/i386-linux
/usr/lib/perl5/5.00503 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005)
at YaBB.cgi line 35. |
First suggestion is make sure your
$boarddir and $sourcesdir variables are set to the proper absolute path in Settings.pl. Next make
sure you indeed uploaded Subs.pl in ascii to the sources folder. The final, and most likely solution
is often that the one forgets to change the path to Perl at the top of YaBB.cgi, Reminder.cgi, and
Printpage.cgi... |
