hello people,
I have exactly the same problem. What happens is that when you click "save" it seems to empty the config.php file. What cause the crash is that it contains boguses lines like "$smf_redirect = ;" the "= ;" field is problematic (there should be a value here ! like = 0;)
However I almost corrected the situation in filling "by hand" the config.php file.
You can find that file in the following path of your website :
/administrator/components/com_smf
Here's what I did :
1. followed the install procedure
2. at the point where they say to click "save now" I didn't
3. I openned the component's config.php then entered the values by hand, you can anytime check the results of your modifications going into the module configuration page HOWEVER NEVER TOUCH THE SAVE BUTTON (or it will empty it)
corrected version "by hand" :<?php
global $smf_path, $smf_redirect, $joomla_redirect, $smf_prefix, $mos_prefix;
global $wrapped, $sync_uname, $hideemail, $cbprofile, $registration_module, $login_module, $mosurl;
global $announce_url, $news_url, $latest_joomlasmf_url;
$smf_path = "<absolute path ! not the http one !>";
$smf_redirect = 1; <those are radio buttons it's a 0 or 1 here>
$joomla_redirect = 1; <those are radio buttons it's a 0 or 1 here>
$mos_prefix = "mos_"; <my website was a mambo, if it's joomla it's supposed to be jos_>
$smf_prefix = "smf_"; <your website forum tables prefix in the mysql database, "smf_" is the default value, check yours in the smf config pannel>
$wrapped = 1; <1 or 0 wrapped/unwrapped, I wanted my forum wrapped>
$sync_uname = 1; <1 for usernames 0 for real names (well not sure here)>
$hideemail = 1; <true>
$cbprofile = 0; <community builder ?>
$registration_module = "Joomla"; <wild guess here not working in the config page>
$login_module = "mod_login"; <that correspond to J!/Mambo in the config page>
$mosurl = " <this one should have been filled automatically you shouldn't touch it !>";
$jsmf_debug = 0; <no debug informations>
//The following are used for the syndication feed
$announce_url = "http://www.joomlahacks.com/news/mh_announcement.rdf";
$news_url = "http://www.joomlahacks.com/index2.php?option=com_rss&feed=RSS1.0&no_html=ss1";
$latest_joomlasmf_url = "http://www.joomlahacks.com/news/mh_mambo_smf_update.rdf";
?>
Anyhow my problem now is that the "register" and "forgot your password" links doesn't work they are linking me back to my homepage source.
What I plan is to wait somewhat an answer in that thread or if nothing moves to change the urls "by hand" but it's somewhat burdensome because everytime I'll update the stuff there will be a huge risk of facing some strange bugs that I will have forgotten since...
btw somewhat a "backend blog module" would be nice, something simple just to keep track of the changes made to the config files.
if you want to see the website in question it's here :
http://www.crystalgrid.net (you're all welcome and stuff but a wide forum invitation wasn't the idea here.
Anyhow if someone who's thingie is working could post his config.php values or if you (dev team ?) could post the accepted values for the $registration_module line that would be $$$
Cheers and thanks for that great module because even if I had some light troubles your modules are far the best smf one's I've seen out there, and btw thanks a lot for the time that you provide to the community..this is something many people forget !
Have an excellent day !
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