Installation runs error free but index has dead links

This is my 3rd attempt to ask my question.

Yes XOOPS directories are writable by everyone,
except mainfile.php which is read only.

This XP box is for development and testing. It is running Xampp 1.4.10a. Something is right of my setup as it has other PHP based CMS Engines running.

Xoops version 2.0.7.3

Config... Apache 2.0.52 PHP 4.3.9 SQL 4.1.7

PHP register_globals=on

Is there anything else of php.ini to concern?

templates_c has a couple of files.

Xoops's db has 31 Tables, currently with 280 records.

Turned on debugging
https://xoops.org/modules/smartfaq/faq.php?faqid=80

I get the following errors:

Warning [Xoops]: Smarty error: unable to read template resource: "db:system_block_login.html" in file Xoops_Physical_Path\class\smarty\Smarty.class.php line 1042

Warning [Xoops]: Smarty error: unable to read template resource: "db:system_block_mainmenu.html" in file Xoops_Physical_Path\class\smarty\Smarty.class.php line 1042

In class/smarty/Smarty.class.php I turned on debugging
var $debugging = true;

Smarty finds these includes

default/theme.html
default/theme_blockleft.html
default/theme_blockleft.html

but fails to find these

db:system_block_login.html
db:system_block_mainmenu.html

Someone told me the missing file in templates_c is...
db%3Asystem_block_mainmenu.html

If I only had a starting point to chase from...
Where is this created?

Help? Ideas? Suggestions? Anything... PLZ

Peccavi

Peccavi, forgive me if this is off target I have not used Xampp, but I have successfully used XSAS on winXP. It automatically installs a working version of xoops.

You may consider this as an alternative if no help comes up ...

Richard

I'm not sure what "dead links" are. Do you mean links that don't "do anything" when you click on them? If you view the HTML source for the page, what does the HTML for the link look like?

Can you access the XOOPS control panel? If so, try updating the system module from Control Panel >> System Admin >> Modules Administration.

Also, there were some issues with XAMPP 1.4.10. From http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html :
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There is no way to login :(

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That page suggested to upgrade to XAMPP 1.4.10a Also I left mySQL's user/PW at default "root/''". It seems to work with everything else I have installed.

I guess you suggest that I back everything up and step back to Xampp 1.4.9 and reinstall everything.

Peccavi

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No, that's what the guys who make XAMPP suggest. According to their post, there are issues with PHP < 5.0.3 RC2 and MySQL 1.4.7, which is what you're using. In XAMPP 1.4.10a, I think they removed PHP 4.

Another option is to try using XOOPS 2.0.9 beta, which is intended to be compatible with PHP 5.

I can't think of anything else to suggest, other than debugging your XOOPS install to isolate the problem, which could be very time-consuming.

XAMPP 1.4.10a-win32 uses MySQL 1.4.7 which has issues with php4. Thank you Dave_L for pointing this out.

I have changed my install of XAMPP to version 1.4.9 running php4. XOOPS 2.0.7.3 installs and runs without any flaw :)

Happy Camper,

Peccavi