Question SEF url's not working with K1.6

Just migrated from CCBoard through Agora, then to K1.6.

Posts, cats, forums, users imported over perfectly. Forum is up and running. I can see all posts when at the index page.
But when I click to go to an existing post, it takes me to my 404 page. I'm new to Kunena so there may very well be something I'm missing. But I have read the posts here and docs, did what I should have... and still get the 404's.

I forgot to add that even posting doesn't work. When I create a new one, then post... it takes me to the 404 as well.

Here's my config settings directly from "Report Config Settings" from within K1.6:

Database collation check: The collation of your table fields are correct

Legacy mode: Enabled | Joomla! SEF: Enabled | Joomla! SEF rewrite: Enabled | FTP layer: Disabled |

This message contains confidential information

htaccess: Exists | PHP environment: Max execution time: 30 seconds | Max execution memory: 64M | Max file upload: 64M

Kunena version detailled: Installed version: 1.6.0 | Build: 3620 | Version name: Spika | Kunena detailled configuration:

Warning: Spoiler!

[th]Kunena config settings:[/th]

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Third-party components: AlphaUserPoints: Disabled or not installed | CommunityBuilder: Installed (Version : 1.2.3) | Jomsocial: Disabled or not installed | UddeIm: Installed (Version : 2.0)

Plugins: System - Mootools12: Disabled | System - Mootools Upgrade: Disabled | JFirePHP: Disabled or not installed | Kunena Discuss: Disabled or not installed | Kunena Search: Disabled or not installed | My Kunena Forum Menu: Disabled or not installed

Modules: Kunena Latest: Enabled (Version : 1.6.0-RC2) | Kunena Stats: Disabled or not installed | Kunena Login: Disabled or not installed

Any help would be appreciated!
Chris

The first recommendation I would make in this case is to ask yourself the very important question: why are you running legacy mode. Please read this very important information about Legacy mode .

When you state that your SEF URLs are not working, it does not look like you have enabled the feature in Joomla. See Search Engine Optimization (SEO) in the Wiki for information about this. I notice that you have a .htaccess file; is this the same htaccess.txt file - the one that comes standard with Joomla - that you renamed to .htaccess ... or is it something different?

I note also that your Kunena forum is "offline for maintenance". Further diagnoses of these problems is therefore impossible at this stage.

Thanks for the response.
I have Legacy enabled because, unfortunately, one of my plugins requires it. I don't like it, but it is what it is. Should this really have an impact on Kunena? I mean, the other forums I tried ran fine with Legacy.

And yes, of course Joomal's sef enabled. Don't know hwy the stats gave that impression. I'm not using an external like JoomSEF... just Joomla core sef. I have no issues what-so-ever to date with sef urls. In the previous CC instance, it worked with sef and provided sef urls.

The .htaccess: It's the one provided with the Joomla install, but it has been modified a small amount. Follow sym links is commented out.

At the time of posting the original post and providing the configs info, Kunena was not offline. Right now, it's now even installed... as I am reinstalling to see if that helps.

The missing Kunena menu issue is hitting me... again. I have done everything to a tee as in the docs, yet I still get the error and missing K menu. This itself is extremely frustrating. So I have to get that solved.

And some more info: When I dropped back to K1.5, it worked... so it seems the issue lies within K1.6. Similar issue on another site. I've checked plugins to see if there was a conflict (which I don't think there should be), and to the best of my knowledge, there isn't anything that should interfere with Kunena. In each instance, I had to waste time figuring the problem with the missing K menu. I must be honest, that part is horrible. Personally I preferred the K1.5 side of that coin.

But back to the point: .htaccess is fine. Joomla's core sef is on and has worked with no problems. What else can I provide to help you diagnose the problem?

Thanks for the reply and help!

Chris

(1) Legacy mode may not be an issue today but it will be an issue and it will hold you back. One day you will hit the brick wall and there won't be any alternative. Better to deal with the issue strategically than find yourself up the creek without a paddle.

(2) Of course going back to K 1.5 won't demonstrate any problems with the Kunena menu because the whole menu system has been totally overhauled and redesigned. K 1.5 used a proprietary menu system; K 1.6 uses Joomla's menu system.

(3) This discussion topic has the subject "SEF URLs not working with K1.6.

sgprs wrote:

I have no issues what-so-ever to date with sef urls.

If there are no issues with SEF URLs then why are we discussing these problems under this topic? :S In that case, please forget what I wrote about .htaccess. I thought we were talking about SEF URLs.

(4) I'm sorry that you're disappointed with K 1.6. We know that K 1.6 has been downloaded and installed on thousands of web-sites and its only a few cases where things don't quite as well as they were intended. If you look at the many discussions that we've had on the issues that you've described, I think you'll agree that the success rate has probably exceeded number of failures that we've had.



(5) I can't find any Kunena forum at your website.

Of course we're talking about SEF URL's. I think that's been the entire jest of my posts. I added... as a side note... about the menu link issue. Then if you notice I said "Back to the point".

The same as you mentioning Legacy... I mentioned the menu issue. Didn't think it would hurt to mention that. So excuse me if I muxed things up. I honestly didn't see the harm, and the big deal... still don't.

I am fully aware that the menus changed with 1.6. (this isn't my first time with Kunena, and not my first website by any means). I'm also fully aware of the implications of running Legacy mode. It's one plugin. I believe I know how to deal with it.
I was saying that I had no issue with K1.5 (which was excellent) period... which includes the point at hand: The sef url's.

I looked around the forum for similar issues, but all I found was some beating-around-the-bush and some "I dunnos". And yes, I also fully aware of the success of Kunena. If I wasn't, I wouldn't be hassling with this in an attempt to get it working and would opt to stick with Agora. And yes, there's no installation of Kunena on the site right now. If you notice in my previous post, I stated that it wasn't there since I was trying a complete reinstall.

In short: I was looking for good, "polite" help. Thank you for responding, but I came here for help, not smart ridiculing responses (Hence: "Spoiler").

I'll figure it out myself from here on out and be sure to not bug the developers again.

I am very sorry. I really have been trying to help as best as I could and I am really upset that you though I was ridiculing or being condescending in my remarks. I looked at what I was posting, before I posted it, and, on balance, I felt that a lot of what I wrote was verging on off-topic. That is the reason I hid a lot of non-relevant information with spoiler tags.

Let's drop the legacy issue. You've made your decision and that's OK.

Let's drop the K 1.5 comparison, too. You have a problem with K 1.6 so let's remain focused on that.

You say, on the one hand, you don't have "issues what-so-ever to date with sef urls." I understand that. Can you you help me understand how to distinguish "I have no issues what-so-ever to date with sef urls" with the topic subject "SEF url's not working with K1.6"?

You say that you have 404 errors. I cannot find Kunena on your website at all. Where is it? What is the help that you are looking for and, please do not insinuate that I am being anything other than as courteous as I possibly can be in trying to help you.