shortlinks not working...[SOLVED]

Newbie Joined: Nov 06, 2005 Posts: 25

hi guys,

installed it by the letter on a friends site because he asked.. Laughing

site is ravennuke v2.02.02.

all edits are done...
in the config all 3 are set to true,htaccess is there..
but still all is dead....

Site Admin/Owner Joined: Feb 12, 2005 Posts: 1399

hitwalker, my friend, you of all people should know to give more details than "all is dead". Are you getting a 404 error or a blank white page? If it is a 404, I'd bet that mod_rewrite is not active. Add:

RewriteEngine On

to the beginning of your rewrite statements (there is a comment about this in the shortlinks.htaccess file too).

If that does not work, mod_rewrite may not be enabled (a host / Apache) thing.

Regards,
montego

Site Admin/Owner Joined: Feb 12, 2005 Posts: 1399

BTW, this site here is running ShortLinks on 2.02.02...

Newbie Joined: Nov 06, 2005 Posts: 25

well mod_rewrite is on...
thats why its so weird....

it must be working cause i put in simple rule :
RewriteRule ^index.html index.php [L]

and that works...

Site Admin/Owner Joined: Feb 12, 2005 Posts: 1399

Are you saying that the URL's are being shortened and you can see that they are shortened, but when you go to click one of them, you are getting a 404 error from the web server?

Newbie Joined: Nov 06, 2005 Posts: 25

no...
im saying that the simple index.html index.php rewrite works......
that was just to prove / show that mod_rewrite was on.

so why shortlinks isnt working is a mistery...

Site Admin/Owner Joined: Feb 12, 2005 Posts: 1399

montego wrote:

Are you saying that the URL's are being shortened and you can see that they are shortened, but when you go to click one of them, you are getting a 404 error from the web server?

I need to know if the above is the behaviour that you are seeing on your friend's site.

I am not trying to be difficult, but I am trying to find out exactly where the problem is. If the issue is in the edits that you made, that is a different problem than if the rewrite statements are not working.

This is implementing on many sites, so we need to figure out either what you have installed was not done right or if there is something within the environment causing this.

Newbie Joined: Nov 06, 2005 Posts: 25

lol...
no its not working at all.....
not shortened.....nothing.
all links are as they allways were..

and i like to think that all edits are done properly....
as he uses ravennuke and all edit parts fit perfectly...

Site Admin/Owner Joined: Feb 12, 2005 Posts: 1399

By chance do you have output bufferring turned off? Maybe check phpinfo() and see if its off.

Also, make sure ShortLinks folder was uploaded??? It should be in the root of the nuke site, like modules.

Newbie Joined: Nov 06, 2005 Posts: 25

yes its uploaded and output buffering shows :

output_buffering no value no value

Site Admin/Owner Joined: Feb 12, 2005 Posts: 1399

Well, that definitely isn't right. I mean, it should be working if the edits were done right. Any chance that I can take a look at the site via FTP? If so, please PM me the info.

Newbie Joined: Nov 06, 2005 Posts: 25

i cant give access montego...
and he will never allow that..
i have nothing to say in that...

i know i did it correct but i will check the edits...
let you know in next reply...

Site Admin/Owner Joined: Feb 12, 2005 Posts: 1399

If I cannot see it via FTP, then zip up the following files and send them to me:

header.php
footer.php
mainfile.php

I won't even ask to see the config.php file. LOL. I am pretty sure you have my email address... Wink

P.S. also make sure the includes/tegonuke/shortlinks/shortlinks.php was FTP'd properly (i.e., not corrupted).

Newbie Joined: Nov 06, 2005 Posts: 25

well that was stupid..... Laughing

when i uploaded it after the edits i probably was to fast and instead of going into the includes the actual includes folder got uploaded into includes....
hope that makes any sense...

report shows:

[nextGenFunction] = Present In Header
[nextGenName] = News (Main Module)
[nextGenPath] = GT File :: ShortLinks/GT-News.php :: Does Exist
[nextGenPath] = Using GT File :: ShortLinks/GT-News.php
[nextGenPath] = Using GT File :: ShortLinks/GTZ-PageTap.php
[nextGenPath] = GT File :: ShortLinks/GTZ-PageTap.php :: Does Exist

Site Admin/Owner Joined: Feb 12, 2005 Posts: 1399

No problem. That report looks good. So, you should now be seeing the shortened URLs? When you click them, are they working now?

BTW, the reason you are seeing the extra debug information is due to having TRUE set for the debug switch. Also, just so you know, only a logged in admin can see those.