1 Topic by tmallen (edited by tmallen 2007-08-20 14:13)

  • Registered: 2007-07-30
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Topic: Forum changes are sort of locked down

When deleting a spammer's post, I get an error that the site's directory is improperly set. So I went to my Admin options, and tried to change the Base URL, but I'm receiving the following error when trying to save my changes:

Bad HTTP_REFERER. If you have moved these forums from one location to another or switched domains, you need to update the Base URL manually in the database (look for o_base_url in the config table) and then clear the cache by deleting all .php files in the /cache directory.

Besides clearing my cache/ folder, what do I need to do to fix this problem? I don't have SSH access, so I'm not sure how to fix the problem.

2 Reply by MattF (edited by MattF 2007-08-20 14:33)

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  • Registered: 2007-03-15
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Re: Forum changes are sort of locked down

Have you changed the base URI of the forum without first altering it in the admin section? If you have not got shell access to the server, you'll probably have to use the mysqladmin thingy if you have it available.

I believe 'o_base_url' in [db-prefix]_config is the one you need to change.

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  • Registered: 2007-07-30
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Re: Forum changes are sort of locked down

Thanks! PHPMyAdmin works great for this.