Could not login on new install

[ktmtalk]

This isn't really a queation... just some feedback for others that might be having problems.

I just installed a new first time installation.
External forum Invision.
Install was fine - no errors.

At first, got "server problems" and it finally went away. I'm thinking "good... I'm ready to set this thing up".

Wrong... could not login. I was able to see the main index.php page but could not login no matter what username I tried. I went thru the cookies scenario round and round to no avail.

Started debugging the code... in the forums ib and ib2 files, I stuck a few "prints" at various places.

Found the problem... during installation, it asks for a prefix for the user database... it says to "leave blank if default".

This was the culprit. The default is "ibf_" and [should] have put the "ibf_" in front of the table names. The "print" statements showed that it was not.

I went back, re-installed, and then time put the "ibf_" for the prefix, and everything started working.

I should have known something was wrong because the initial screen showed 0 members, and it should have been 100,000+.

-pat-

[Chuck S]

Yep you always need to input the correct information.

If says leave blank if blank or default meaning your forum tables do not use a prefix.

[ktmtalk]

Originally Posted by Chuck S

Yep you always need to input the correct information.

If says leave blank if blank or default meaning your forum tables do not use a prefix.

The default for Invision, if left blank during an Invision installation, the prefix is "ibf_".

I checked my friends older Photopost Classifieds... he too uses Invision, but 2.6 of Photopost Classifieds. His prefix in his Invision tables is also "ibf_". Looking at his Photopost setup in admin, Photopost shows "blank"... so it looks like leaving it blank worked in the past, but required inputting the "ibf_" sometime after 2.6x.

None-the-less, it's working now.

[Chuck S]

Maybe once upon a time we had conditionals in our code to help newbie mistakes possible but doing that is not optimal since you can have no table prefix on the forum.