Serendipity Forums

Hi guys. I have just installed the forum plugin on my serendipity website: www.jdavies.me.uk

Whenever I try to add,remove or edit boards, it goes blank and nothig appears. I have got it working before, but it just messes up again in a couple of days.

I am using Serendipity 1.2.1 and PHP 5.2.5

Thanks

Joe

Hi!

Hm, blank pages often mean fatal PHP errors (maybe because of template or SQL trouble). Can you check your servers PHP/CGI error log?

Also, where exactly does the page go blank? Frontend or the backend inside the s9y admin suite?

Regards,
Garvin

Sorry about not posting in the last few days. The internet broke so i am at my dad's doing this now. The header,footer and sidebar information stays, but the forum information doesn't display. This is inside the admincenter.

Thanks

Joe

By the way.... This is my first website and i am only 13, so could you make it simple please?

Hi!

Could you make a screenshot of how the problem looks like, and upload it to a site like Imageshack?

Will get back to you after Easter,
Garvin

Hi Garvin!

Here is a screenshot - thanks for your help.

Joe

Hi!

It could be that your server is running out of RAM. You seem to have a lot of event plugins installed?

Please create a file "test.php" on your server, insert the string "<?php phpinfo(); ?>" and call that file in your browser via http://yourhost/test.php - then search for "memory" in this page and see how much RAM you have available.

If you only have 8MB allocated, then this is definitely too little for the amount of event plugins you use. Either you must ask your provider to raise your memory limit, or you could try to remove some plugins.

HTH,
Garvin

Hi Garvin!

Thanks for all your help over the past few days. I will try this later and see what happens. If anything else crops up, or it doesn't work, I will post a reply.

Thanks!

Joe

Hi Garvin!

The person who supervises me when i'm doing my website, (d_cee) said to delete plugins and then see what happened. (He is friends with my dad, but he hasn't given me server privileges yet!)

I have deleted 4 plugins and it still isn't working. I now have 13 event plugins. Would sidebar plugins affect the RAM?

Thanks very much,

Joe

Hi Joe!

Sidebar plugins do not use up RAM in the backend where you administer your forum, so that would not count. However, the forum plugin does utilize a LOT of RAM.

You could try to temporarily move most of your event plugins to the "Inactive / Hidden" column, to see if when you only use the forum plugin if that makes a difference?

Best regards,
Garvin

Hi & Thanks Garvin!

Sorry I didn't post for a few days- my internet is playing up at the mo.

Thanks Garvin!

Joe