Unable to Post, and No Stylesheet Applied Unless Logged In

[WebGuy75903]

Just upgraded a test environment from vb4 to vb5, and while we're struggling to learn the in's and out's of all the changes, it would appear two consistent issues have come up:

1. When I try to post anything, I am given the error message that reads: "Edit Conversation...Maximum number of characters exceeded. It can be more than 0 characters". My test post reads simply, "Test Message".

2. If I am not logged in, the page does not appear to use any stylesheet.

Any ideas as to how to fix these? Thanks...

Web

[Wayne Luke]

1) Make sure that the url listed as the baseurl in your /config.php file is the URL that you're accessing the site from.

2) if you have .htaccess in a parent directly, add RewriteBase to your vB5 .htaccess directly under RewriteEngine On. Should be like RewriteBase /vb5/ where vb5 is the name of the directory you installed the software in.

3) Verify your permissions for all usergroups for posting under Channels -> Channel Permissions. You can set global permissions by editing the HomePage Channel.

[WebGuy75903]

1) Make sure that the url listed as the baseurl in your /config.php file is the URL that you're accessing the site from.

2) if you have .htaccess in a parent directly, add RewriteBase to your vB5 .htaccess directly under RewriteEngine On. Should be like RewriteBase /vb5/ where vb5 is the name of the directory you installed the software in.

3) Verify your permissions for all usergroups for posting under Channels -> Channel Permissions. You can set global permissions by editing the HomePage Channel.

Did as you suggested, and everything is the same. What else can I try? Thanks...

Web

[WebGuy75903]

Any other ideas? Thanks so much....

Web

[Wayne Luke]

I'd need a link to your site.

[WebGuy75903]

www.nenosplace.com/vb5/

Thanks so much!

[Zachery]

It looks like you have css as files on, try disabling that.

AdminCP > Settings > Options > Style & Language Settings > Store css as files > No

[WebGuy75903]

Thank you, Zachery. That fixed item #2 in my original post. Item #1 still remains - Unable to post, as administrator, with proper access granted to channel. Keep getting the following error: "Maximum number of characters exceeded. It can be more than 0 characters". I have edited the .htaccess file as suggested, and baseurl in the config file is correct. Any other ideas? Thank you so much...

Web

[Wayne Luke]

What do you have for "Maximum Number of Characters in a Post"?

In the Admin CP go to Settings -> Options -> Message Posting and Editing Options. Change Maximum Characters Per Post. Save. Default is 10,000 characters. Could be a bug with 0 there disabling it and we'd need that entered into JIRA.

[WebGuy75903]

That was it, Wayne!! Definite bug then. It was set to 0. I put it to 10,000, and all of a sudden, I'm posting like a champ! Thanks so much!!!

Web

[Wayne Luke]

I've entered it into JIRA, but to be honest the way it works isn't going to be the highest priority to get fixed. They'll get to it though.

http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBV-6014

[Wayne Luke]

Can you upgrade to Beta 18 and set the value to 0 again to see if the same issue continues?

[WebGuy75903]

Yeah, I'll go ahead and upgrade to version 18, but I probably won't be able to get to it until next weekend. So I'll keep this thread bookmarked, and report back when I do. Thanks for keeping on top of this issue. Very much appreciate it...

Web