Why I can't post

[soulnice]

Hi,

I hosted my server and installed Serendipity sucessfully and no error found at all. I can upload media file and work in the post composing windows too. Unfortunately, I got the message "Serendipity is now saving your entry, creating trackbacks and performing possible XML-RPC calls. This may take a while.." while I choose <Publish> and click the button <Save>. The screen is frozen for long time and no entry posted/published at all.

What is it all about ? Please help and thanks in advance.

[garvinhicking]

So your entries do not get posted?

Which browser are you using? Do you have JavaScript activated?

Regards,
Garvin

[soulnice]

I tried IE6 & Firefox 1.0. Javascripts are enabled for both browsers but results are the same.

[garvinhicking]

Does your server support PHP session cookies?

You can try if it does by accessing the media manger. Upload a picture, then create a new entry and click on the "Media manager" button to select a picture. If that popup window then tells you, you're not logged in, that means your PHP does not support session cookies.

Regards,
Garvin

[soulnice]

Tried. It didn't prompt me not logged in. The Entry Body show the link as follow:

<img width='110' height='97' border='0' hspace='5' align='left' src='/serendipity/uploads/Madonna1.serendipityThumb.jpg' alt='' />

I can save the entry and retrieve it back but not preview or publish.

[garvinhicking]

You are using Serendipity 0.8.1?

Can you give me a phpinfo() output to your host? Can you tell me which sidebar+event plugins you have installed?

It may be that your server is blocking outgoing connections, so if you have the announce entries plugin activated, that one could crreate an endless timeout.

Regards,
Garvin

[soulnice]

Yes, I a using 0.8.1 and my phpinfo can be find at http://www.pgaers.com/test.php

I have using the basic package with Image Gallery only. The test site is http://www.pgaers.com/serendipity

[soulnice]

any hint ?

[garvinhicking]

Sorry, I was offline for a time.

Now, your PHP config looks okay. Could you please save this script as "test.php" and execute it:

<?php
$c = file_get_contents('http://www.google.com/');
die($c);
?>

Then you should see the google startpage on your script's result page. If nothing happens or it times out, this means your server does not allow outgoing host connections and you'll need to ask your hoster to adjust the firewall.

If however the script works fine, this is a more problematic issue. In that case, would it be possible for you to create me a serendipity user account on your blog? Then I could try some things. If you wish to do so, please just drop me a PM.

Regards,
Garvin

[soulnice]

garvinhicking, thansk for your reply. I tried the test page you showed and the page can be showed up but the graphic file was broken. The test page is located at http://www.pgaers.com/test1.php

I have created a test account and PMed the info to you already. Please check.

Thanks for your help.

[sabato]

I got the same problem.
I can post small entries, but once the entries get longer, i have the same problem mentioned above.

First i though it is because i run everything on my own server which i setup by myself. But everything else works fine.

By the way i'm running xampp + s9y.

Would be nice if someone could help me out with this.

[sabato]

alright, first i thought it could be the mysql port, because i forgot to set up my firewall for the mysql port.

Another strange thing is, that I#m able to blog short post and even more strange is, that i can post long messages when i blog directly at the server, which means i open up my firefox on the server and blog from there.

Anyone has an idea ? MYSQL server to slow ?