static page as frontpage broken

Xanthouos · Post by **Xanthouos** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 5:17 pm

This is the second time this happens to me. I have a site set up with a static page as the front page, and all of a sudden, it doesn't work any more.
On this site (http://www.mundomelhor.net), it's been working with the static frontpage for months now. I don't recall making any changes, but I can't get the static page to be the default front page any more.
Any idea what may be the cause?
The other site that still has this problem is http://www.familyafrica.com
Thank you for having a look and any insight.

Post by **garvinhicking** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 9:11 pm

Hi!

Which event plugins do you have installed?

Can you check the serendipity_staticpage DB table and see if any other entries there have the 'startpage' attribute set?

Regards,
Garvin

Xanthouos · Post by **Xanthouos** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 11:40 pm

garvinhicking wrote:Hi!

Which event plugins do you have installed?

@serendipity_categories_plugin:42c66622bd80032656b...
@serendipity_html_nugget_plugin:689fbac04e4e557889...
@serendipity_html_nugget_plugin:c86322e9ddc6db0325...
serendipity_event_adminnotes:1eece7608f12f219c6e44...
serendipity_event_browsercompatibility:a2cf9fa21c7...
serendipity_event_contactform:32db4e77ffe0eddf588c...
serendipity_event_emoticate:39aaaff50ff429d3eddaa1...
serendipity_event_entryproperties:b2df6a1aaa633ae9...
serendipity_event_forgotpassword:763e054afa5ec18c6...
serendipity_event_galleryimage:56a6a8dfdeae7cdb4bd...
serendipity_event_head_nugget:5e2a5d613eab16e91ba6...
serendipity_event_lightbox:adeb3db0130c085a4dbb4ad...
serendipity_event_nl2br:dc18dba77bde51b17d5ee74e3c...
serendipity_event_s9ymarkup:a8501689f39c331ac7c89b...
serendipity_event_spamblock:610cc21679a76356342148...
serendipity_event_spartacus:59f16400bdae553cc917af...
serendipity_event_staticpage:70cec7c55177f82795aed...
serendipity_event_statistics:33d20985886bc97751619...
serendipity_plugin_phpbox:244f56f9af13b105d5ef64d6...

garvinhicking wrote:
Can you check the serendipity_staticpage DB table and see if any other entries there have the 'startpage' attribute set?

Regards,
Garvin

Only the designated static page that I set in the s9y admin panel is marked.

Xanthouos · Post by **Xanthouos** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 12:04 am

Ok, one thing I noticed while checking the info in ppmyadmin, was the following error: "More than one INDEX key was created for column `placement`"
I found that one of the plugins was installed twice, which seams to happen sometimes when there are permission errors on the plugin folder, etc.
So after removing the second copy of the plugin, the correct static page would show.
I have the same problem on the www.familyafrica.com site, and I can't find a second plugin installed, so I don't know where the error is coming from.

....and oddly, the template is screwy the static pages...
anyway, got to look into that tomorrow.

Post by **garvinhicking** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 9:49 am

Hi!

Okay, which plugins do you have installed on the familyafrica site? And did you check that blog's staticpage DB table for duplicate entries?

Regards,
Garvin

Xanthouos · Post by **Xanthouos** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 9:36 pm

In phpmyadmin, I'm getting the following error when clicking on the serendipity_plugins table:
"More than one INDEX key was created for column `placement`"

List of Installed Plugins:

serendipity_plugin_phpbox:299270fd6d6e30eadd71aa1b...
@serendipity_categories_plugin:186d9f9f8385e1f7d02...
serendipity_event_entryproperties:b3690e901457881f...
@serendipity_plug_plugin:f88dec111e7d8121459a3e94c...
serendipity_event_s9ymarkup:c1462cf322653478725c26...
serendipity_event_emoticate:0427d0c924a67566e9c762...
serendipity_event_nl2br:f6eda0b14dc7134a9b9683694c...
serendipity_event_spamblock:fd951052782a88c845d99c...
serendipity_event_contactform:7c58a45d4327f3ea016d...
serendipity_event_staticpage:47b602674916b934d7942...
serendipity_event_statistics:923dae6a4312dde0a9b52...
@serendipity_topreferrers_plugin:38fdd0a3eedb6615d...
serendipity_event_externalphp:8c2ba193ef061c85106a...
@serendipity_html_nugget_plugin:667d0daee6de963e4f...
serendipity_event_spartacus:498cbafb7babd540b48d1d...
serendipity_event_google_analytics:6903fbfa07a7743...

There are 4 static pages and 4 entries in the DB table.

Post by **garvinhicking** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 10:07 am

Hi!

You can ignore that phpMyAdmin warning, it is not related to the problem.

Some more questions:

1. What code do you have in your phpbox sidebar plugin?

2. What code do you have in your externalphp event plugin?

3. How do the entries in your staticpage DB table look like? Are there multiple entries for the same page? Are there multiple entries that have the 'Startpage' colum set?

Regards,
Garvin

Xanthouos · Post by **Xanthouos** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 1:58 pm

garvinhicking wrote:Hi!

You can ignore that phpMyAdmin warning, it is not related to the problem.

Some more questions:

1. What code do you have in your phpbox sidebar plugin?

It's the random quote function, which I use on several s9y sites.

Code: Select all

  include "inc/displayer.php";

 echo($display1);

garvinhicking wrote: 2. What code do you have in your externalphp event plugin?

It was some linking service, but it's inactive, and I now removed that plugin.

garvinhicking wrote: 3. How do the entries in your staticpage DB table look like? Are there multiple entries for the same page? Are there multiple entries that have the 'Startpage' colum set?

Regards,
Garvin

Nope, all seams correct to me, have a look:

http://familyafrica.com/serendipity_staticpages.pdf

Post by **garvinhicking** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 2:13 pm

Hi!

The contactform plugin could be the culprit. Move it in the list of plugins to the bottom of the page, after the staticpage plugin.

HTH,
Garvin

Xanthouos · Post by **Xanthouos** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 2:33 pm

Amazing!!! That did the trick. Donno if for sure that was the cause, but it's working now.
I'll have to keep a note of this for future reference.

You're the man, Garv.

Thanks again for your time, patience and insightful help.
BTW, would it be something to consider coding it so that the sequence of the listed plugins, doesn't interfere with the "static page as home page" aspect?

PS: All the best with your book! I hope it can come out in English too.

Post by **garvinhicking** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 2:36 pm

Hi!

The problem is that those two plugins use the same method to indicate which one is used. There sadly is no other mechanism for the two plugins to do that indiciation, because they both need to use the same variable. So other than the proper ordering, I don't know of a solution

Best regards,
Garvin

Xanthouos · Post by **Xanthouos** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 6:08 pm

Ok, I found another issue. The mundomelhor.net site only works with the "static page as first page" when the Language is set for English in the configuration. When I switch it to "Portuguese Brazilian", it doesn't show the static page as the first page.

Post by **garvinhicking** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 9:04 pm

Hi!

That might be because you only configured the staticpage for the language "English"?

You must configure an independent startpage for each language, I think.

Regards,
Garvin

Xanthouos · Post by **Xanthouos** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 2:37 pm

garvinhicking wrote:Hi!

That might be because you only configured the staticpage for the language "English"?

You must configure an independent startpage for each language, I think.

Regards,
Garvin

Bulls eye!!!
Thank you Garvin.

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