Here's the message I'm getting:
Parse error: parse error, unexpected $ in /home/content/a/m/b/amberdwyckoff/html/blocks/shoutbox/shoutbox.php on line 43
Now bear with me, it's been two years since I worked on a site of any kind, so if this is an easy fix, I apologise but I'm relearning it as I go.
I activated the poll, Who's online, shoutbox, and one other "unactivated" option on my site, which went fine, then i set them up to be "Active" which also seemed to go fine, and then i clicked on the Edit box for the shoutbox, to make sure i didn't need to add anything or spruce anything up and I got that message. Now I can't access anything on my site. It's locked everything down and all i see is that message on any page I type in.
Pllleeeaaasseee help me! I just opened my site up to the public hours ago and now it's already down. not a good thing for me.
Thanks!
Amber
http://www.thesestoriesofmine.com
First, don't post in the bug forum right off the bat. If you've got a problem it first goes in support, and that's where I'm moving it.
Second, there is no "edit" option in the shoutbox. If you're talking about the admin "options," what did you change? It's working on my test site and a number of other sites I know of, so I'm doubtful of a bug. I suggest you re-upload the shoutbox folder and see if it fixes your problem. You probably have a corrupted file.
To get your site working again, open up the variables.php for your default skin and add this line:
$blocks["shoutbox"]["status"] = 0;
That will turn the shoutbox back off.
Thanks, yeah I figured out that the file uploaded weird and replaced it and now my site's working again now. Sorry I placed it in the wrong place.. felt like a bug to me! lol.
of course, now the problem i'm having is all the stuff (which came with the initial upload mind you) isn't working. It's unlocked and activated.... and ... nowhere.. do i have to do something else to get them to work or are they supposed to automatically be there? I can't seem to find anything on it.
and yes, sorry i'm kind of an idiot today. Its been a long day.
Okay, it's the skin that's causing the problem, but again, I haven't installed any skins or anything, I'm just using the stuff the database came with, and with every skin still only some of the blocks work, not all. is there a way to fix that so that they will work with any skin? or at least work with ONE skin and all be up?
For poll and shoutbox to appear on your skins you have to open either index.tpl or header.tpl (depending on the skin), there you have to put {poll_title} and {poll_contents} {shoutbox} {shoutbox_contents} where you want it to appear on your page. It will appear on the skins.
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ahhhh ok. that makes sense. thanks a bunch! i think (i hope) i'm good now.
thanks for all your help!
