IIP FAQ -
Having trouble getting IIP instaled or configured?
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OK - I got it running but it says "Index Closed - we are currently updating this page...". What have I done wrong? It shows like that until you configure it. Scroll to the very bottom and click on the copyright IIP link (IIP 5.4 by David Lozier ©2003). That'll take you to the configure panel.
I click on the Copyright link and I go to ChattersOnline. First, make sure you are logged in as Admin. Then, in your config file, make sure your cookies are set site wide. The cookie path should be "/".
There is no configpal.php in my zip! The first time you run the IIP config panel, it will get created for you.
If you are upgrading, your settings will be updated from your current configpal.php file. Make sure the permissions on the /pals directory allow you to write to it. Try 777 for best results.
When I edit my config for IIP, my changes don't get saved! OR I get "Warning: fopen blah blah blah Permission Denied" Try looking at the permissions of the /pals/configpal.php. The file should be 666. If that doesn't work, try 777. You might also need to adjust the permissions of the 'pals' directory to 777 as well.
My Entrance link looks like this: ]http://www.mydomain.com//index.php?Cat=?[/b]
Check both the config panel in IIP and your config file in threads for a trailing slash. Remove it, and you should be all set.
[b]When configuring IIP, can you turn off specific components like the Shot Box and have that part not display? Yes, you can configure and arrange all the pal boxes just as you wish from the IIP config panel. You can choose to not display any boxes you wish.
The index page doesn't seem to change or show the most current information. If you are running with the "force public" option, you are caching (storing) some of the information used. This makes it faster and uses less queries. When you are caching information, the information only updates every so often, as configured in your IIP setup.
As an admin, you can click on the little green circular arrow in the menu pal, that will refresh the cache and update all the pal boxes.
My private forums are showing up on my front page!!! Fear not...your private info is still secret. If you are not using the caching abilities (force public) then all access will be based on the user groups. You are seeing that info because you can see those forums normally. A regular user will see only the forums they are supposed to.
I don't want unregistered users to be able to post in the shoutbox. You can set the option to members only under the shoutbox section of the configure panel.
How do I edit the custom boxes? Inside your pals directory, edit the files custombox1pal.php, custombox2pal.php, etc.. As needed.
I edited my custom pal boxes and now I am getting a parse error! If you are including HTML links inside the PHP files, you must be sure to comment out the quote marks (by placing a \ before them), or else they will break the string.
For example.... To insert a graphic in your pal box.... You would need to change this:
<img src="http://www.mydomain.com/image/picture.jpg" alt="Picture" border="0" />
To this:
<img src="http://www.mydomain.com/image/picture.jpg" alt="Picture" border="0" />
You need to insert the \ before each quote in the HTML you will insert. Don't add the \ to any quotes that are already in there.
Sometimes my News gets "cut off" or stops short. Try turning off the "strip HTML" options for the newspal settings.
My Random Profile doesn't seem to be that random. It kind of just ends up displaying a few users. When you setup the Random profile, you have the option to require certain fields. Don't check too many of those boxes. It's best to pick a field or two. If you are too strict and require too many fields to be complete, then there won't be that many profiles to choose from in the random rotation.
I have my Hot Topic cache set to 10 minutes and 5 replies. I have refreshed my cache, but it still will not show up as a hot topic. If the main thread was posted more than 24 hours it will not show up no matter how many replies it gets. Hot Topic only looks at threads posted in the last 24 hours.
Why do certain user's names show up bold and italic under last seen? Because they are invisible users. You are seeing them because you are an Admin.
My Shout box has trouble conforming to the width of the column. Sometimes I have to scroll left and right. Usually this is because a user has entered a very long shout without any spaces and it doesn't wrap, thus stretches things out. Just simply delete the shout by clicking the little "X" next to it, and it should go back to normal.
The news pal doesn't seem to list the posts in the order that they are in my forum. The display is based on the main post of the thread, not replies. If you have dateslip on in your forums, then they will be ordered by the date of the most recent post. This setting does not affect IIP.
How can I add links to the menu on IIP? To add stuff to the Menu box, you need to edit /pals/menupal.php.
Look for the last line:
echo "$tableEnd</td></tr>$tbclose<br />";
Just ABOVE it.... you can add stuff like this:
echo "$rowStart<a href="http:www.whatever.com/mypage.html">My Page</a>$rowEnd2";
You can add as many lines like this as you wish, to add them to the menu box.
It is important to ensure that for each " (quote mark) which occurs inside of 'echo " "; has a \ in front of it, so it doesn't break the string.
