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Hello,
I have done a clean install of version 1.7 (full) on an IIS 7 hosted environment.
The installation was without errors. All checkmarks green.

When I then tried to run the admin panel I got the error:

PHP Fatal error:  Call to undefined function testRemoteFile() in \\nitro\root\localuser\vsnapper\cmsms\admin\header.php on line 157

When I load the site (default content) I get a lot of errors like :

string(125) "Smarty error: [in tpl_top:22 line 1]: syntax error: unrecognized tag 'process_pagedata' (Smarty_Compiler.class.php, line 590)"

The root path of the website has the format of \\server\share\user\content\website

I did an install of Joomla 1.5 on the same server and this also did not work. My provider gave me a fix for one of the .php files to fix the leading double backslashes. Then it worked.

I wonder if CMSMS also needs a fix to work with an UNC root path.

Please let me know as I would prefer to use CMSMS over Joomla.

Thanks,

Bart

BartvdPut wrote: PHP Fatal error:  Call to undefined function testRemoteFile() in \\nitro\root\localuser\vsnapper\cmsms\admin\header.php on line 157

Try to look your paths in System Information (Admin part) or in config.php

Alby

Here is the config.php
All the paths are correct.

Global Settings in the admin panel)
#after making any changes to path or url related options

#-----------------
#Behaviour Settings
#-----------------

# These settings will effect the overall behaviour of the CMS application, please
# use extreme caution when editing these.  Additionally, some settings may have
# no effect on servers with significantly restricted configurability.

# If you are experiencing propblems with php memory limit errors, then you may
# want to try enabling and/or adjusting this setting.
# Note: Your server may not allow the application to override memory limits.
$config['php_memory_limit'] = '';

# In versions of CMS Made Simple prior to version 1.4, the page template was processed
# in it's entirety.  This behaviour was later changed to process the head portion of the
# page template after the body.  If you are working with a highly configured site that
# relies significantly on the old order of smarty processing, you may want to try
# setting this parameter to false.
$config['process_whole_template'] = false;

# CMSMS Debug Mode?  Turn it on to get a better error when you
# see {nocache} errors, or to allow seeing php notices, warnings, and errors in the html output.
# This setting will also disable browser css caching.
$config['debug'] = false;

# Output compression?
# Turn this on to allow CMS to do output compression
# this is not needed for apache servers that have mod_deflate enabled
# and possibly other servers.  But may provide significant performance
# increases on some sites.  Use caution when using this as there have
# been reports of incompatibilities with some browsers.
$config['output_compression'] = false;

#-----------------
#Database Settings
#-----------------

#This is your database connection information.  Name of the server,
#username, password and a database with proper permissions should
#all be setup before CMS Made Simple is installed.
$config['dbms'] = 'mysql';
$config['db_hostname'] = 'removed';
$config['db_username'] = 'removed';
$config['db_password'] = 'removed';
$config['db_name'] = 'removed';
#Change this param only if you know what you are doing
$config["db_port"] = '';


#If app needs to coexist with other tables in the same db,
#put a prefix here.  e.g. "cms_"
$config['db_prefix'] = 'cms_';

#Use persistent connections?  They're generally faster, but not all hosts
#allow them.
$config['persistent_db_conn'] = false;

#Use ADODB Lite?  This should be true in almost all cases.  Note, slight
#tweaks might have to be made to date handling in a "regular" adodb
#install before it can be used.
$config['use_adodb_lite'] = true;

#-------------
#Path Settings
#-------------

#Document root as seen from the webserver.  No slash at the end
#If page is requested with https use https as root url
#e.g. http://blah.com
$config['root_url'] = 'http://vsnapper.com/cmsms';
if(isset($_SERVER['HTTPS']) && $_SERVER['HTTPS']=='on')
{
$config['root_url'] = str_replace('http','https',$config['root_url']);
}

#Path to document root. This should be the directory this file is in.
#e.g. /var/www/localhost
$config['root_path'] = '\\nitro\root\localuser\vsnapper\cmsms';

#Name of the admin directory
$config['admin_dir'] = 'admin';

#Where do previews get stored temporarily?  It defaults to tmp/cache.
$config['previews_path'] = '\\nitro\root\localuser\vsnapper\cmsms\tmp\cache';

#Where are uploaded files put?  This defaults to uploads.
$config['uploads_path'] = '\\nitro\root\localuser\vsnapper\cmsms\uploads';

#Where is the url to this uploads directory?
$config['uploads_url'] = $config['root_url'] . '/uploads';


#---------------
#Upload Settings
#---------------

#Maxium upload size (in bytes)?
$config['max_upload_size'] = 2000000;

#Permissions for uploaded files.  This only really needs changing if your
#host has a weird permissions scheme.
$config['default_upload_permission'] = '664';

#------------------
#Usability Settings
#------------------

#Allow smarty {php} tags?  These could be dangerous if you don't trust your users.
$config['use_smarty_php_tags'] = false;

#Automatically assign alias based on page title?
$config['auto_alias_content'] = true;

#------------
#URL Settings
#------------

#What type of URL rewriting should we be using for pretty URLs?  Valid options are:
#'none', 'internal', and 'mod_rewrite'.  'internal' will not work with IIS some CGI
#configurations. 'mod_rewrite' requires proper apache configuration, a valid
#.htaccess file and most likely {metadata} in your page templates.  For more
#information, see:
#http://wiki.cmsmadesimple.org/index.php ... ty_URL.27s
$config['url_rewriting'] = 'none';

#Extension to use if you're using mod_rewrite for pretty URLs.
$config['page_extension'] = '';

#If you're using the internal pretty url mechanism or mod_rewrite, would you like to
#show urls in their hierarchy?  (ex. http://www.mysite.com/parent/parent/childpage)
$config['use_hierarchy'] = true;

#If using none of the above options, what should we be using for the query string
#variable?  (ex. http://www.mysite.com/index.php?page=somecontent)
$config['query_var'] = 'page';

#--------------
#Image Settings
#--------------

#Which program should be used for handling thumbnails in the image manager.
#See http://wiki.cmsmadesimple.org/index.php ... ge_Manager for more
#info on what this all means
$config['image_manipulation_prog'] = 'GD';
$config['image_transform_lib_path'] = 'C:/Program Files/VisualMagick/bin/';

#Default path and URL for uploaded images in the image manager
$config['image_uploads_path'] = '\\nitro\root\localuser\vsnapper\cmsms\uploads\images';
$config['image_uploads_url'] = $config['root_url'] . '/uploads/images';


#------------------------
#Locale/Encoding Settings
#------------------------

#Locale to use for various default date handling functions, etc.  Leaving
#this blank will use the server's default.  This might not be good if the
#site is hosted in a different country than it's intended audience.
$config['locale'] = '';

#In almost all cases, default_encoding should be empty (which defaults to utf-8)
#and admin_encoding should be utf-8.  If you'd like this to be different, change
#both.  Keep in mind, however, that the admin interface translations are all in
#utf-8, and will be converted on the fly to match the admin_encoding.  This
#could seriously slow down the admin interfaces for users.
$config['default_encoding'] = 'utf-8';
$config['admin_encoding'] = 'utf-8';

#This is a mysql specific option that is generally defaulted to true.  Only
#disable this for backwards compatibility or the use of non utf-8 databases.
$config['set_names'] = true;

# URL of the Admin Panel section of the User Handbook
# Set none if you want hide the link from Error
$config['wiki_url'] = 'http://wiki.cmsmadesimple.org/index.php ... dmin_Panel';

?>

Check if you have test.functions.php in lib folder (or run install/index.php and in step 1 run checksum test)

If it's ok, backup admin\header file and edit \\nitro\root\localuser\vsnapper\cmsms\admin\header.php
in row 157, add red part:

include_once(cms_join_path($config['root_path'], 'lib', 'test.functions.php'));
echo cms_join_path($config['root_path'], 'lib', 'test.functions.php'); exit;
$remote_test = testRemoteFile(0, lang('test_remote_url'), $url, lang('test_remote_url_failed'), $config['debug']);

login in admin and look if you have the correct value:
\\nitro\root\localuser\vsnapper\cmsms\lib\test.functions.php

Alby

I made the changes as you suggested and I noticed that the displayed path was \nitro\root.....
So only one leading slash.

Then I fixed all the paths in the config file to show as \\\\nitro\root\......

Now my admin panel worked, although the content did not show up correctly. I then deleted the database and run an install again. On the last screen where it showed the local root path I added 2 slashes so it displayed as \\\\nitro\root\.....

Now the adminpanel worked directly and also the content is showing.

I guess the internal logic does not work too well with identifying an UNC path and constructing the path accordingly. Appearantly this is only a problem with a Windows based hosting and a UNC path.

SO FOR EVERYBODY THAT HAS A PROVIDER THAT USES IIS WITH AN UNC PATH, MAKE SURE TO ENTER 4 SLASHES IN THE LAST INSTALLATION SCREEN.

Thanks for the cooperation

Bart