I repaired the session table and no change...
I repaired all tables and no change...

There has not been any degrading further of areas (like login or find users) as before, but I still cannot edit any user... no user can edit themselves, and I cannot access the general preference area in admin.

I'm scratching my head... any ideas?

When I choose the edit user aspect of the admin section for the website, I get nothing but a redirect of the admin page with nothing on the right side.

Website URL: rplcnm.org
XOOPS Version: 2.0.16
Theme: bruma
Template Set: default
PHP Version: 4.4.0
MySQL Version: 4.1.14-log
Server Software: apache/2.0.51 (fedora)
Operating System: xp pro
Browser Information: msie 6.0

I turned on debug using phpmyadmin. There is no way to turn on debug from the general preference area!! Here are the php errors:

this was on the edit users page in admin -
Notice: Only variable references should be returned by reference in file /class/xoopsform/form.php line 328

this was the error after I clicked edit user -
Notice: Only variables should be assigned by reference in file /kernel/user.php line 186

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the following four errors were listed when I tried to access the "general" preference area of admin...

Notice: Only variables should be assigned by reference in file /modules/system/admin/preferences/main.php line 78

Notice: Only variables should be assigned by reference in file /class/xoopslists.php line 200

Notice: Only variables should be assigned by reference in file /kernel/module.php line 542

Notice: Only variables should be assigned by reference in file /modules/system/admin/preferences/main.php line 155

I upgraded to 2.0.16 because I was no longer able to edit, view, or find users in the 2.0.15 version.

The upgrade went very smoothly and all was well for the past 9 days... I changed the label on the icq, aim, yim, msnm, location, occupation, and interest in the three files where they are listed. Everything continued to work great with the new labels.

I left for four days and just returned to a site that will not allow me to edit users from the admin side. I can do so in phpmyadmin, but not from the site.

I also cannot view the general preferences??? No changes to the site from the time I left several days ago until now. The preferences all work except the general list. It is just a white page (telling me I have an error). However, the edit users just shows the modules listing on the left side of the page and nothing on the right.

I have reloaded the site from backups and no change.

What now???

Nice and simple... good point, but there are times that I have multiple items in a module that I want available to some and not others... therefore I use several [if] [than] [else] senarios to fit my conditions. If I have the location of the group varables or their smarty names It would so simple.

Thanks for your post. I appreciate your responce.

I have approx 12 groups plus the original three [Admin, guest, and registered]... I would like to make certain aspects of the site available to certain groups:
example:

in menus we use the following...
if isadmin...
else...
endif

The problem is that I can't locate where the core stores these additional variables once I set them up in preferences.

I am currently trying to install 2.3.0-a1 on a local computer (using wamp) to see what it has to offer over the 2.0.14 version I am running.

I cannot get past the install screen showing:

Warning: require_once(/Boot/xoops2.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\wamp\www\htdocs\mainfile.php on line 77

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required '/Boot/xoops2.php' (include_path='.;C:\php5\pear') in C:\wamp\www\htdocs\mainfile.php on line 77

I have deleted the db and installed new ones, I have changed everything I can think of but no install. I have used these same db's with versions 2.0.14, 2.0.13a, 2.2.4 and the install works great. I simply cannot get past the above two errors for 2.3.0-a1

I have read the install instructions and cannot find anything extra to do... what next?

With all of the talk about new versions, I cannot for the life of me understand what is my next upgrade version from 2.0.13.2 that I am currently using.

I would like to get rid of it because most of the time when my visitors login they get a "why am I redirected here?" page. I have let them know that they may simply proceed because it doesn't mean a thing, but it is very annoying to new website people.

Should I upgrade to 2.2.4, or what?

The following is a summary of the page that now comes up when someone logs-in to the site. Why? It doesn't make any difference if the firewall is on or off. This is completely new and has never been a problem before. There have been no changes, or updates to the site. How do I correct this, I am having members drop the site because they think they can't proceed into the site.


Why am I being redirected here?...
Tell me more...
What can I do?...
Norton Internet Security 2003/2004...
Zone Alarm Pro: ...
Windows XP's Internal Firewall

1. Open XP's Control Panel
2. Double-click Networking and Internet Connections
3. Select Network Connections
4. Right-click on the connection to disable, then select Properties
5. On the Advanced tab, clear the Protect my computer or network checkbox
6. Press OK

Thanks, but that isn't what I need. I have the membership module installed, its just that I need to know how XOOPS sets up the custom groups I have defined so that I may add them to menus, etc. This would be setup in an if statement in different areas of the menus.


The membership module is fine as far as it goes, but it simply doesn't go far enough in managing members. There are many aspects of a member that just arn't available in any membership module at the moment, and I'm to much of a novice to code the things I need. If there was a module that allowed you to add membership attributes as you need them. Wow what an improvement. Everyone's membership has unique and special needs. I just haven't found a membership module that will do that yet.

The mailing list put out by tincan is a prime example of adding variables and deleting variables as you desire. I just wish it was a membership module (rather than a mailing list) that was supported by xoops.

I simply want to allow different groups (sales, homeoffice, northoffice, exec, delivery, warehouse, etc.) access to different files in different directories based on their group when logging in. The following is used for admin in the user menu, but where do I get the name or number of the other 14 plus groups (still in design) I have designed so that I can place them in the main or user menu. By doing it this way the files are visiable only to the group they belong to and no one else knows they exist.

<{if $block.admin}>
<a href="<{$xoops_url}>/admin.php"><{$block.lang_adminmenu}></a>
<a href="<{$xoops_url}>/lists/admin/index.php" target=_blank>Mailing Administration</a>
<a href="<{$xoops_url}>/transportation/index.php" target=_blank>View Driver Bonus</a>
<{/if}>

I could use multimenu or some other module for a separate menu, but the problem is that I don't know the group designation to place into code.

The files come from separate subdirectories I have installed in the root directory of the site and are not modules as such. They all use different MySQL db's or tables... I don't have the expertise to code them into different modules.