Got one more thing to add to the Joomla 1.5 oddities list, probably related. I haven't pored over the code, but after you post a message, you have two options, return to forum and return to thread. The return to thread doesn't work; no matter which you select, you get returned to the forum, and it's also the default, whereas I would expect the return to thread option to be the default.

When I try to use Forum Administation after completing Fireboard configuration I get this message: DB function failed with error number 1146
Table 'lassoresearch.jos_fb_categories' doesn't exist SQL=SELECT a.*, a.name AS category, u.name AS editor, g.name AS groupname, h.name AS admingroup FROM jos_fb_categories AS a LEFT JOIN jos_users AS u ON u.id = a.checked_out LEFT JOIN jos_core_acl_aro_groups AS g ON g.id = a.pub_access LEFT JOIN jos_core_acl_aro_groups AS h ON h.id = a.admin_access GROUP BY a.id ORDER BY a.ordering, a.name

Is there something missing, something I should have installed/done/set differently.

Thanks a million for your help.

I got it fixed, my own mistake, PROBLEM SOLVED!!!

What did you do to fix it?

Thanks very much Andrew.

trying to install
component_Fireboard_Forum_1.0.3.zip
in Joomla 1.5

and after it uploads the file it just takes me to a blank page?
www.yourdomain.com/administrator/index.php
quite obviously this is not how it suppose to be, no error messages, no nothing.
i tried using version 1.0.4 of fireboard and it's the same problem.
I tried installing Fireboard in the old Joomla 1.0.13 and it works great.
but i want to use Joomla 1.5, any help will be appreciated.

thanks

You need to run Joomla 1.5 in legacy 1.0 mode. To get mine to work, I removed the previous Joomla install, re-installed it clean (no sample data) and then installed Fireboard. That worked, i.e., I now have a Fireboard component. I still don't know how to get it to appear on my front page, but I'm working on it.

- J

I am getting this error message when I click on my forum administration button in fireboard.

DB function failed with error number 1054
Unknown column 'g.id' in 'on clause' SQL=SELECT a.*, a.name AS category, u.name AS editor, g.name AS groupname, h.name AS admingroup FROM jos_fb_categories AS a LEFT JOIN jos_users AS u ON u.id = a.checked_out LEFT JOIN jos_core_acl_aro_groups AS g ON g.id = a.pub_access LEFT JOIN jos_core_acl_aro_groups AS h ON h.id = a.admin_access GROUP BY a.id ORDER BY a.ordering, a.name


I saw someone with a similar error in the forum but they never told how they fixed it.
Does anyone know what this means and how can I fix it.?

That seems to be the problem.

apparently on the Stable release of NON beta joomla 1.5 they have removed the "Legacy" option from the GUI inside the Global configuration Admin screen.

i wonder if it's safe to FORCE the legacy mode by directly editing the config.php file


jflores476 wrote:
You need to run Joomla 1.5 in legacy 1.0 mode. To get mine to work, I removed the previous Joomla install, re-installed it clean (no sample data) and then installed Fireboard. That worked, i.e., I now have a Fireboard component. I still don't know how to get it to appear on my front page, but I'm working on it.

- J

I thought you had to activate the legacy mambot in 1.5 to enable legacy mode?

oh thanks, the info i was reading was from 1.5 beta, and during that time it was in the Global Config area.

*edit*

update, now i got it to run in legacy mode, but i repeated the install for component_Fireboard_Forum_1.0.3.zip
and it still does the same thing as before, after it uploads the file, it just sits there in a white page, it doesn't do anything else.

if i look at the FTP it decompresses the file into the TMP directory, and that's it, there are no error messages, no nothing.

not sure what might be the actual problem.