Kunena 7.0.6 & Kunena 6.4.12 – Security Updates Released

The Kunena team has announce the arrival of Kunena 7.0.6 [K 7.0.6] in stable which is now available for download as a native Joomla extension for J! 5.4.x/6.0.x. This version addresses most of the issues that were discovered in K 6.2 / K 6.3 / K 6.4 and issues discovered during the last development stages of K 7.0.

The Kunena team is also pleased to announce the twelfth version of Kunena 6.4, a native Joomla extension for Joomla! 5.0, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4 and 6.0.

If you are having problems then, for your own benefit, it would save us all a lot of time if you would kindly post your configuration report when you ask for help from this forum. If you do not post your configuration report we will not ask you for it but you will probably not get your problem solved, either.

K 2.0 support will cease on 31 August 2013 and this section of the forum will be closed and archived after that time and no further questions will be answered about this version.

Solved Topic and answer URLs not accessible in frontend after update

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13 years 9 months ago - 13 years 9 months ago #131833 by Jazzvox
Dear Developers, Thanks! for the new version and all Your commitment.

? Do I have to create a custom menu for any existing post to make the URL callable ?
? Should I delete my empty 'kunenamenu' if 'mainmenu' contains mandatory 'home' ?
? Is 'kunena_aliases > state' set to '0' correct ? What is it about ?
! Please don't advise me to rebuild Kunena menu !


I confess and regret - I shouldn't have upgraded Kunena on a live site, shouldn't have trusted in "Things Can Only Get Better" (in other concerns they did, Juice By That).

After Kunena 1.7.2 (Joomla 2.5.4) to 2.0.1 (2.5.6) update it took me days to find out, that my 1.6/1.7-functioning set-up destructs SEO-URLs in Kunena 2.0, despite rebuilding kunenamenu and any recommended or further possible attempts of configuration:
Using two sections/category trees with different alias's and access rights (name it 'public-forum' and 'private-forum' here, for the sake of clarity), and seperate menues including Kunena 'home' pages, index and all definitely generates 'component/kunena' URLs for any content (categories, topics ...) in the forum.

As this would be the worst scenario for Search Engines and vistors, I then decided to surrender to 'KISS' - and use domain.tld/forum/category/xyz all over the place to make SEO-URLs work.
Code:
RewriteRule ^public-forum/(.*)$ http://domain.de/forum/$1 [R=301,L]
could take care for SEO, later on. So I've

1 deleted existing menues that point to Kunena thouroughly
2 reinstalled Kunena, recreated kunenamenu and mainmenu/Alias
3 moved kunenamenu to mainmenu, mainmenu/Alias to topmenu/Alias
4 added applicable (public) submenues Categorylist* to mainmenu
5 created custom module containing menu/Alias's to display in forum sidebar
(3: an empty 'kunenamenu' ist still existing, mod_kunena_menu is not in use)
(4: category alias-accordant, for the 'private' categories I don't care for now, as they're yet not in use)
(.htaccess is fine - the problem appears with or without custom mod_rewrite)
(Joomla SEF settings are appropriate - no other issues ...)

Now here's my problem > SEO-URLS are present, high-lighting works, but topic and answer URLs are not accessible in frontend > e.g. starthilfeberlin.de/forum/die-geschaefts...g-und-umsetzung.html causes Error 310 (net::ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS).

Nothing conspicuous found in MyQSL 'kunena_user_topics' 'kunena_topics' 'kunena_categories'
I just wonder if *state* in 'kunena_aliases' set to '0' is related to the problem ?

Current installation report
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Database collation check: The collation of your table fields are correct

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

This message contains confidential information
htaccess: Exists | PHP environment: Max execution time: 30 seconds | Max execution memory: 128M | Max file upload: 200M

Kunena menu details:

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Joomla default template details : start5 | author: Mathias Roth, Trade Service | version: 2.5.0 | creationdate: 2011-04-05

Kunena default template details : Starthilfe Blueboard | author: Mathias Roth, Trade Service | version: 2.0.1 | creationdate: 2012-08-18

Kunena version detailed: Kunena 2.0.1 | 2012-07-07 [ Balozi ]
| Kunena detailed configuration:

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| Kunena integration settings:
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| Joomla! detailed language files installed:
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Third-party components: AlphaUserPoints 1.7.4 | CommunityBuilder 1.8.1 | UddeIM 2.8

Third-party SEF components: None

Plugins: None

Modules: None


Former installation report
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Database collation check: The collation of your table fields are correct

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

This message contains confidential information
htaccess: Exists | PHP environment: Max execution time: 30 seconds | Max execution memory: 128M | Max file upload: 200M

Kunena menu details:
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Joomla default template details : start5 | author: Mathias Roth, Trade Service | version: 2.5.0 | creationdate: 2011-04-05

Kunena default template details : Starthilfe Template | author: Mathias Roth, Trade Service | version: 1.7.2 | creationdate: 2012-01-31

Kunena version detailled: Installed version: 1.7.2 | Build: 5215 | Version name: Omega | Kunena detailled configuration:

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Third-party components: AlphaUserPoints 1.7.3 | CommunityBuilder 1.8.1 | UddeIm 2.7

Third-party SEF components: None

Plugins: System - Mootools Upgrade: Disabled | System - Mootools12: Disabled | Kunena Search 1.6.4

Modules: Kunena Login 1.6.4


Any idea ???
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13 years 9 months ago #131858 by sozzled
Please read Before you post your question, read this first the part that address old software that you also need to upgrade (for example, you are using Kunena Search 1.6.4
and Kunena Login 1.6.4.

Try with a simpler menu structure. See the video in The Kunena Menu and then try things after that. If you want a custom menu, please read Customised menus .

You should also upgrade Community Builder and AlphaUserPoints software to the latest versions, too. Information on this is given in the K 2.0.1 release notes .

Understanding how Jooomla SEO works is documented in Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) .

I hope this helps.

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13 years 9 months ago - 13 years 9 months ago #131877 by Jazzvox
Hi sozzled, thanks much for answering!

It didn't help to do it my way.

"It took me days" means I've searched the faq/forum and, pretty sure, I've read it all, twice. I know how "Joomla SEO works" and followed the docs.instructions ... please read my post above. I understand that this case is quite annoying, but I'm also not very happy about this situation.

Accidentally You've related the Joomla! 2.5.4 / K 1.7.2 "Former installation report", the former - functioning - installation (published only for comparison purposes). Please check the first entry "Current installation report", Joomla! 2.5.4 / K 2.0.1:

Third-party components: AlphaUserPoints 1.7.4 | CommunityBuilder 1.8.1 | UddeIM 2.8
Third-party SEF components: None
Plugins: None
Modules: None
..which
- shows that 3rd party components are up2date - which is very true !!
- doesn't show that I'm using Groupjive 2.5.3RC2 - also the newest version, but this doesn't affect the public forum categories (rights set to 'Joomla') that we're talking about, anyway.
- shows that Kunena login is NOT installed (I use CB login) - MIGHT THIS BE A PROBLEM?
- doesn't show that "Search Kunena 2.0.1" is installed and active - I don't know why.

Joomla Extension Manager - installed:
AlphaUserPoints Integration Plugin 2.0.1 = active
CommunityBuilder Integration Plugin 2.0.1 = active
Gravatar Integration Plugin 2.0.1 = active
JomSocial Integration Plugin 2.0.1 = locked
Joomla Integration Plugin 2.0.1 = active
Kunena Integration Plugin 2.0.1 = active
UddeIM Integration Plugin 2.0.1 = active
Quick Icon Plugin 2.0.1 = active
Search - Kunena Plugin 2.0.1 = active
System - Kunena Forum Plugin 2.0.1 = active
Xmap - Kunena Plugin 2.0.2 = locked and NOT in use

MySQL 'kunena_topics' contains the correct 'category_id' ...

Topic and answer URLs are not accessible in frontend > e.g.
starthilfeberlin.de/forum/die-geschaefts...ing-eine-chance.html
causes Error 310 (net::ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS)

Do I have to create a custom menu for any existing post to make the URL callable ?
Am I supposed to delete empty 'kunenamenu' if 'mainmenu' contains Kunena 'home' ?
MySQL: Is 'kunena_aliases' > 'state' set to '0' correct ? What is it about ?
Is Kunena login NOT installed causing problems ?

But it helped to do it Your way! Thanks again :blush:

Try with a simpler menu structure.

Built on a new created Kunena Menu (not displayed) that holds the entire structure, managing the rest by Alias menues seems to do the job ...
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13 years 9 months ago - 13 years 9 months ago #131881 by Jazzvox
Strange behaviour!

Creating Category Menues in kunenamenu causes ERROR 310 on topic and answer URLs again - locking these brings back accessability.

?? Related to the fact that I'm not using kunena_menu ??

See: www.kunena.org/forum/K-2-0-Support/12462...r-too-many-redirects
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13 years 9 months ago - 13 years 9 months ago #131891 by sozzled
Firstly, my apologies for confusing the two config reports.

Secondly, everything about URLS are connected to how you've setup SEO and how you've setup your menu. This point is made in Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) .

Jazzvox wrote:

?? Related to the fact that I'm not using kunena_menu ??

Yes and no. You were having these before because you have not setup the menu correctly. You can run Kunena without using The Kunena Menu but you have to know how to do it correctly.

The older versions of AlphaUserPoints and CommunityBuilder will cause complications with K 2.0.1 but not in the ways that you are currently experiencing them.

It's really very simple. If people want to use their own menu, that's fine. We can't help much more than provide people with the "basici" information in a community-driven, self-help context. If people want to use their own menu but you don't know how to go about building it properly, that's fine too. Joomla menus sound simple but they're some of the most difficult parts of Joomla to understand ... and I must have said that more than a thousand times!

I'm not sure about the Show Category menu type; there are a couple of menu views in K 2.0.1 that are defective but I haven't tested this particular menu type and so I can't be sure. I'm not 100% sure if those defective views have been fixed in K 2.0.2. Perhaps someone else can advise us whether there are known problems with the Show Category menu type?
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