Screwed Up Forum <-- My forum!

[TheJeffsta]

Ok, well I've got hold of one of my friend old copies of vBulletin that I am only using to get used to the forum layout, settings, etc. and get experience in administrating and moderating. The only problem is that when I try and goto the forums index ( http://www.thejeffsta.x10hosting.com/vbulletin/index.php ), all I get is a whole load of jumbled up letters and symbols.

I am able to access the Admin CP and the Moderator CP, but nothing else :S

Does this mean that the files are corrupted or that I stuffed up the configuration/install or just something wrong with the server?

 

[Richard]

There is nothing wrong with the forum. The problem is that zend optimizer isn't installed on your server.

I'll see what I can do.

 

[TheJeffsta]

Would there be a possibility that it could be installed on the server/s?

 

[James]

There is a workaround for this,
go to admincp login, then got to settings in the control panel
and make sure gzip is off
then it will work 100%
iv done this heaps with mine

TheFeffsta, i tryed doing it for you but i didnt have the admin pass.

 

[Richard]

I've installed it but the problem is still there.

One possible solution if gzip is not the problem is to upload the index file in binary mode.

 

[Chris S]

the problem is in the gzip. I have a tutorial somewhere on these forums, let me find it. it tells you how to disable the gzip. (note to james, you can't get to the admin panel if you are seeing that problem on the index page, the admin panel will look close to the same)



Disable Gzip in Vbulletin

Step 1. Open phpMyAdmin in your web browser

Step 2. Run this code on your vbulletin table

UPDATE `setting` SET `value` = '0' WHERE  `varname` = 'gziplevel' LIMIT 1 ;

Step 3. Browse to this page

http://yourdomain.com/forum/admincp/options.php?do=options&dogroup=http

Look for

GZIP HTML Output

And turn it to the off position

(orginal topic: http://forums.x10hosting.com/showthread.php?t=14122)

 

[TheJeffsta]

I have now corrected it. It was infact the gzip, it has now been fully disabled from the forum.

Actually Chris S. I stating that I am able to access only the Admin and Mod CP pages.