3 problems w/upgrade - help needed please

[izan]

I have vB 3.03 and just upgraded from PPC 1.8.2 to 2.1 Now I am stuck in the login loop as well. I haven't found the answer, or all three problems, in other posts. Before the login loop problem showed up things were going quite well with the upgrade although I did notice that when placing a new ad (in step 3) the auction checkbox was there, but there wasn't any text to the left of it describing what the check box is for. Same thing with the zip code entry area - the text box was there to enter the zip code but no text stating what the text box was for. The little bit of testing I was able to do showed the zip code feature does work. I wasn't able to test the auction feature.

Back to the login issue: I suspected it's a cookie problem and have checked all settings.

VB3 License Number required for VB3 integration is entered correctly.
//vBulletin cookies are: $cookieprefix = 'bb';
I tried - $cookieprefix = "bb"; but it didn't help.

PPClassifieds cookie settings are:
$cookie_path = "/";
$cookie_domain = ".amx-perience.com"; setting it to "." changed nothing.
$cookieprefix="bb";

So I tried this as suggested by another forum user:

Use phpMyAdmin and go to your Classifieds "settings" table.

Look for ID = 181,182 and 183

Make sure your Values are correct and Section=13 (my was Section=12)
For 181, value= "/", section=13
For 182, value="bb" (or whatever you defined, same as PPPro), section=13
For 183, value=".mydomain.com" (where mydomain you be your actual domain name), section=13

Then, clear your browser cache, exit browser, and re-enter.

Works for me.

Values are correct. Cleared cache, cleared cookies, rebooted, re-entered - No Luck.
For 181, value= "/", section=13
For 182, value="bb" section=13
For 183, value=".amx-perience.com" section=13

I noticed that when I login to the forum (which works okay) and then try the admin link to login as admin I enter the password and it just loops back to the admin login page again BUT if I then return to the forum homepage I am no longer logged in - even though my username still shows up as online. I have to login again to logout.

FYI: The Mozilla Cookie Manager shows the cookie information which has the selected cookie giving the host as www.photopost.com and the path as /

I haven't upgraded vBulletin to the latest version yet but did install the security patch in functions_bbcodeparse.php

Any ideas as to what to try next? And how to fix the missing text issue?

[Michael P]

Try the vB3 FAQ in the FAQ section, it has more detailed examples of settings; but set your domain to "" not "."

That FAQ has alot of useful information on configurations.

[izan]

I tried the FAQ and still no luck. After logging into VB and checking the cookies in the browser (Mozilla) there is no cookie being set. The classifieds are not enabled so there's no way to login there.
The cookie settings in phpMyAdmin (c&p below) show they are correct as stated in the FAQ i.e:
VB
cookie path /
cookie prefix bb
cookie domain <blank>

AND

PPC
cookie path /
cookie prefix bb
cookie domain <blank>

VB FORUM SETTINGS
cookietimeout http 900 900 10 0 1
cookiepath http / / 20 0 1
cookiedomain http

PP CLASSIFIEDS SETTINGS
181 PhotoPost Cookie Path cookie_path This should be set to match the path/domain for yo... / 1 13
182 Forum Cookie Prefix cookieprefix Some Default values vB3: bb, phpBB2: phpbb2mysql, ... bb 2 13
183 PhotoPost Cookie Domain domain_path .yourdomain.com; sets the cookie to be usable acro... 3 13

Any other ideas??

[izan]

It's looking more like the cookie/login issue is on the VB side. BUT that doesn't address these problems:

I did notice that when placing a new ad (in step 3) the auction checkbox was there, but there wasn't any text to the left of it describing what the check box is for. Same thing with the zip code entry area - the text box was there to enter the zip code but no text stating what the text box was for.

Anybody know where to edit the files to add the missing text??????

[izan]

Nevermind.....I got those problems fixed.