Messages posted by: amber222

Here's a good one, saying one cause is blank lines at the end of the file.

http://proxy2.de/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3200&highlight=cannot+modify+headers

You need to do a search, as this has been covered numerous times. Maybe put something like cannot AND modify AND headers in this forum's search box.

Do a search in this forum for poll password.

To shorten the list, make that poll AND password

Oh, I just remembered. Not all hosts use that .pl extension. You might need to change it to .cgi. Check with your host or try renaming cgi/guestbook.pl to guestbook.cgi

Without looking at it, it sounds like a problem with the cgi script. Do you have access to a mysql database?

I don't know why you get the error. I clicked on the link you provided, and your guestbook came up with no errors. The Sign in page also came up, but it's only when you leave the message.

I see you are using version 1.5. Is this cgi or mysql?

Most of us are using the new version 2.3.1. Since you have no entries yet, perhaps you might consider this version. It requires a database.

Strange... I thought "(Using password: NO)" meant it didn't have your database user's password.

I voted in your poll. It appeared to work fine.

Just curious: Did you get that first code from the Admin Panel Help section?

http://proxy2.de/forum/viewtopic.php?p=9744&highlight=#9744

If you do a search on this forum, you will find many other posts with instructions.

http://proxy2.de/forum/viewtopic.php?p=9744&highlight=#9744

If you do a search on this forum, you will find many other posts with instructions.

Advanced Poll is a php program, not an html program, so if you want to keep your html file extension... I think you will have to find another program.

I took another quick look at my files, and I see where I did make a change to the base URL. I guess I forgot I had to do this to get it working.

For the textfile version, the base URL info is in the include/config.inc.php file:

It originally showed this:

$pollvars['base_url'] = "/~poll/pollphp/textfile";
$pollvars['base_gif'] = "/~poll/pollphp/textfile/image";

Because I have it in a directory called "Poll" I changed it to:

$pollvars['base_url'] = "/poll/textfile";
$pollvars['base_gif'] = "/poll/textfile/image";

If you put everything in "Poll" directory or changed the "textfile" directory to another name, you would change that.

Don't know if this will solve the problem you are having, but take a look at it.

I'm not sure about the db version.

Did you create the database first or use an existing database?

Is the database info in includes/config.inc.php correct? Does your host assign a prefix?

Sorry to hear you are having such problems. I installed the program back in March and never had a moment's trouble.

If you are sure you set the permissions correctly and sure you are using the username and password for a new installation, I can only suggest you provide a link and maybe we can figure out what's wrong. Perhaps it's just a path issue?

New install username: admin
New install password: poll

When I look in my config.inc.php file I don't see anything like the above. Everthing starts out with $cfg["hhh"] = "". So my question is, are these considered constants and if so are they safe, and finally where do I put them. I know all the values for the variables, but I'm not sure where I should list these in my config file.

Not sure which file you are looking at, because the config.inc.php file has exactly this on lines 9 thru 13.

$POLLDB["dbName"] = "";
$POLLDB["host"] = "localhost";
$POLLDB["user"] = "root";
$POLLDB["pass"] = "";
$POLLDB["class"] = "class_mysql.php";

It is in the "include" folder. Just open the include/config.inc.php file and add your info between the quotes for "dbname", "user" and "pass". Most hosts add a prefix to any database info, so if yours does, you would need to include the prefix, also, like "myprefix_mydatabase" and "myprefix_myusername"

How long should it take to install at this point? I click the next button and it seems like nothing is happening even after 5 minutes.

Probably nothing is happening because the info is not set correctly in the config.inc.php file. Fix that item and things should move quickly.

Are you using the username and password for a new installation as instructed in the readme.txt file?

Username: admin
Password: poll

You said you set the permissions. Maybe you should recheck them?