template.php server load

[Miller_Light]

Hello,

I have installed a custom skin located on vbulletin.org and utilize Vbulletin 3.5.3 with a few installed hacks.

Lately when trying to modify the FORUMHOME template in the mentioned style, it wont save and causes the server load to increase significantly.

Is there a common issue that I may look at to find the culprit?

Top Process %CPU 33.6 httpd [www.*****.com] [/forums/admincp/template.php]
Top Process %CPU 33.5 httpd [www.*****.com] [/forums/admincp/template.php]
Top Process %CPU 33.4 httpd [www.*****.com] [/forums/admincp/template.php]

Each instance of trying to save the modifications creates another process(s), that seems to loop to infinity.

Any general pointers would be appreciated.

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Try first to save it without any change. These kind of symptoms are mostly caused by a wrongly formed conditional expression.

[Miller_Light]

Without doing any template modifications FORUMHOME will save as designed, but adding any modified code will cause the server load to increase and create the above mentioned process(s).

From what I am reading in your reply, the code that I was trying to add, was missing something, this could be a <if> </if> or any combination?

Am I in the general ball park?

Thanks

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Yes, it could be a missing </if>, > or a missing quote in a condition. But could also be caused by other things. I suggest you try to make small changes at a time until you find the problem.

[Miller_Light]

LOL,

Been staring at it for 3 days. Each change causing a small portion of life to be slowly snapped away

I wish VB produced an error report stating what trouble it ran into somewhere, like an error log?