TOPIC: joomla comments not working for me

it looks like 2 domains are connected toghether somehow....if i turn off one domain other domain wont work....i am using godaddy. do u know how to transfer completely hosting to just one domain?

are you using godaddy's hosting or what???

I also use godady to manage my domains.

can u help me via msn.....i need to fix it badly...ill present my site tonight in a radio show.....

I've pm-ed you my msn account.

ok, problem solved. The live_site variable was not empty.

For everyone with the same problem. The solution is to have the live_site variable in configuration.php empty since firefox doesn't allow cross site requests.

Just a quick tip. I think a lot of people are now using utilities like Simplescript to install Joomla on their domains, instead of FTP uploading. Simplescripts and similar utilities automatically chmod the configuration.php file to 644 (unwritable), whereas a manual upload and install leaves the file at 755.

You can't make ANY changes to files chmod to 644. It's confusing if you use Cpanel, because Cpanel opens the file, and seemingly allows you to make changes. If the file IS 644 though, and you read the resulting message after save in Cpanel, it does NOT say the file has been saved. It gives an error message. Read your messages carefully.

Make sure any file you need to change is 755 first. Make the changes. You can then switch it back to 644.

Then again, Simplescripts also automatically sets $live_site = ''; as well, so that setting shouldn't be a problem unless (in the case of using Simplescripts install), it has been manually edited to begin with. Or is there a way to change that in Joomla Admin panel? Not sure.

755 = rwx r-x r-x = Owner has Read, Write and Execute
Group has Read and Execute only
Other has Read and Execute only

644 = rw- r-- r-- = Owner has Read and Write
Group has Read only
Other has Read only

If you can't edit the configuration.php file on 644 permission then something is wrong with the server. I just tried it then and it works for me.

Joomla security recommends that ALL files be on 644 and all folders be on 755 for an optimal and secure Joomla-based website. I did this via chmod on SSH and my site is 100% working, so I dunno why you're getting that error.

But yeah, those SimpleScript and Fantastico things are pretty dodgy. They attempt to make the process easier for the user by automating and even 'guessing' some parts, but it's much more worthwhile to do the research and do it all yourself as the documentation explains.

I personally have no idea where the $live_site population comes from. I've installed Joomla few times using the standard method of FTP > web install and it was always blank. What's it even for? I think it's only for Joomla 1.5 Legacy Mode - it's been there since Mambo days.

permissions are not everything. The owner of the file is very important. On some servers the scripts that the installation makes are set to the apacha group(www-data). If your user group doesn't belong to the apache group, then you can not edit the file.

Daniel Dimitrov wrote:

permissions are not everything. The owner of the file is very important. On some servers the scripts that the installation makes are set to the apacha group(www-data). If your user group doesn't belong to the apache group, then you can not edit the file.

Good point. As far as I know, I think having the internal FTP layer for Joomla 1.5 configured and enabled allows all internal operations of the website to always operate as owner (as long as the FTP account has full access).

*Goes to test something*

Yeah, I just changed by configuration file to 700 permissions and I could still change settings. Turning FTP layer off resulting in a complete failure though (blank screen).

Um. Yeah, you guys are right. Just since my last post, I've noticed I've been successfully editing several 644 files in some components.

It seemed to be only with Joomla's configuration.php installed using Simplescripts, also set to 644 that simply refused to save until I changed it to 755.

Not sure what's up with that...

Don't have any problem at all with any other 644 files.

Yeah i'm not sure why you encounter that Riverside. Since my last post I've been doing some research on PHP and permissions in Joomla, apparently the backend is capable of automatically setting configuruation.php as writable on its own when you want to edit it... maybe your webhost doesnt make use of PHPSuExec or something. Ah well.

Riverside if you use filezille - you have a column with group/owner - look there. If the owner of the config file is not the same as the ftp owner, then this is the reason why you have your problems.