Question Kunena 2.01 will not load on live site, but works fine on local install

I'm currently running Joomla! 2.5.4 and Kunena 2.01. I can get Kunena to load fine when running on a local server, but Kunena will not load anything except the footer when running on the live site (no menus, no 'recent discussions', etc).
Local Server: PHP 5.4.5, Mysql 5.5
Live Server: PHP 5.2.9, Mysql 5.1.39

Note: Live Server is shared web hosting and I have no control of the php version or mysql version.

The live site and local site are exact copies of each other (I got the site working local first then published db and site files to live server).

When I click my Forum Menu item, it only loads the footer "Powered by Kunena Forum" at the top of the page. I'm sure its something obvious I'm overlooking, but I just can't figure it out. Any help would be appreciated.

My Kunena config file is below...

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

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

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htaccess: Missing | PHP environment: Max execution time: 30 seconds | Max execution memory: 128M | Max file upload: 6M

Kunena menu details:

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ID	Name	Menutype	Link	Path
140	Forum	kunenamenu	view=home&defaultmenu=142	kunena
141	Index	kunenamenu	view=category&layout=list	kunena/index
142	Recent Topics	kunenamenu	view=topics&mode=replies	kunena/recent
143	New Topic	kunenamenu	view=topic&layout=create	kunena/newtopic
144	No Replies	kunenamenu	view=topics&mode=noreplies	kunena/noreplies
145	My Topics	kunenamenu	view=topics&layout=user&mode=default	kunena/mylatest
146	Profile	kunenamenu	view=user	kunena/profile
147	Help	kunenamenu	view=misc	kunena/help
148	Search	kunenamenu	view=search	kunena/search
149	Forum	mainmenu	Itemid=140	kunena-2012-07-28

Joomla default template details : whitetigeru | author: | version: 1.0 | creationdate: 2012-07-28

Kunena default template details : Blue Eagle 2.0 | author: Kunena Team | version: 2.0.1 | creationdate: 2012-07-07

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

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Kunena config settings:
board_offline	0
enablerss	1
threads_per_page	20
messages_per_page	6
messages_per_page_search	15
showhistory	1
historylimit	6
shownew	1
disemoticons	0
template	blue_eagle
showannouncement	1
avataroncat	0
catimagepath	category_images
showchildcaticon	1
rtewidth	450
rteheight	300
enableforumjump	1
reportmsg	1
username	1
askemail	0
showemail	0
showuserstats	1
showkarma	1
useredit	1
useredittime	0
useredittimegrace	600
editmarkup	1
allowsubscriptions	1
subscriptionschecked	1
allowfavorites	1
maxsubject	50
maxsig	300
regonly	0
changename	0
pubwrite	0
floodprotection	0
mailmod	0
mailadmin	0
captcha	0
mailfull	1
allowavatarupload	1
allowavatargallery	1
avatarquality	75
avatarsize	2048
imageheight	800
imagewidth	800
imagesize	150
filetypes	txt,rtf,pdf,zip,tar.gz,tgz,tar.bz2
filesize	120
showranking	1
rankimages	1
userlist_rows	30
userlist_online	1
userlist_avatar	1
userlist_name	1
userlist_posts	1
userlist_karma	1
userlist_email	0
userlist_usertype	0
userlist_joindate	1
userlist_lastvisitdate	1
userlist_userhits	1
latestcategory
showstats	1
showwhoisonline	1
showgenstats	1
showpopuserstats	1
popusercount	5
showpopsubjectstats	1
popsubjectcount	5
usernamechange	0
showspoilertag	1
showvideotag	1
showebaytag	1
trimlongurls	1
trimlongurlsfront	40
trimlongurlsback	20
autoembedyoutube	1
autoembedebay	1
ebaylanguagecode	en-us
sessiontimeout	1800
highlightcode	0
rss_type	topic
rss_timelimit	month
rss_limit	100
rss_included_categories
rss_excluded_categories
rss_specification	rss2.0
rss_allow_html	1
rss_author_format	name
rss_author_in_title	1
rss_word_count	0
rss_old_titles	1
rss_cache	900
defaultpage	recent
default_sort	asc
sef	1
sefutf8	0
showimgforguest	1
showfileforguest	1
pollnboptions	4
pollallowvoteone	1
pollenabled	1
poppollscount	5
showpoppollstats	1
polltimebtvotes	00:15:00
pollnbvotesbyuser	100
pollresultsuserslist	1
maxpersotext	50
ordering_system	mesid
post_dateformat	ago
post_dateformat_hover	datetime
hide_ip	1
imagetypes	jpg,jpeg,gif,png
checkmimetypes	1
imagemimetypes	image/jpeg,image/jpg,image/gif,image/png
imagequality	50
thumbheight	32
thumbwidth	32
hideuserprofileinfo	put_empty
boxghostmessage	0
userdeletetmessage	0
latestcategory_in	1
topicicons	1
debug	0
catsautosubscribed	0
showbannedreason	0
version_check	1
showthankyou	1
showpopthankyoustats	1
popthankscount	5
mod_see_deleted	0
bbcode_img_secure	text
listcat_show_moderators	1
lightbox	1
show_list_time	720
show_session_type	0
show_session_starttime	0
userlist_allowed	0
userlist_count_users	1
enable_threaded_layouts	0
category_subscriptions	post
topic_subscriptions	every
pubprofile	1
thankyou_max	10
email_recipient_count	0
email_recipient_privacy	bcc
captcha_post_limit	0
keywords	0
userkeywords	0
image_upload	registered
file_upload	registered
topic_layout	flat
time_to_create_page	1
show_imgfiles_manage_profile	1
hold_newusers_posts	0
hold_guest_posts	0
attachment_limit	8
pickup_category	0
article_display	intro
send_emails	1
fallback_english	1
cache	1
cache_time	60

| Kunena integration settings:

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Kunena - AlphaUserPoints Disabled
Kunena - Community Builder Disabled
Kunena - Gravatar Disabled
Kunena - JomSocial Disabled
Kunena - Joomla Enabled: access=1 login=1
Kunena - Kunena Enabled: avatar=1 profile=1
Kunena - UddeIM Disabled

| Joomla! detailed language files installed:

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Joomla! languages installed:
en-GB	English (United Kingdom)

Third-party components: None

Third-party SEF components: None

Plugins: None

Modules: None

How did you make your "live site" with Kunena from your PC-hosted site? What tool(s) did you use?

Navicat for the mysql udpate.
Filezilla for site files.

In case this may be a php setting, I have a php info page available...

wtu.igroovetech.com/phpinfo.php

As much as people think that it's a good idea to use something like XAMPP, MAMP, WAMP or something like that, I think most professional web developers agree that such tools are only useful if you want to establish a quick "proof-of-concept" but these platforms are not truly practicable when you're preparing a site for live operations. The reasons for saying this are many and the reasons why people should not prepare their websites in this way are too many to discuss here.

I played with XAMPP when I was learning how to build websites, before I built my first website, and I don't think I've used it since. That was about 4 years ago.

The simplest, easiest way to clone a website (files and database) is to use Akeeba Backup. But, even there, cloning a site that works in one environment may not necessarily produce a site that works in a different environment. And it's for that reason, and that reason alone, that it's better to do your serious web development in the environment where the production site will be run.

Perhaps something broke when you used the site copy tools that you used? I don't know.

The short answer is that I don't know why your site works in one environment and does not work in another environment because there are too many variables involved. The main variable that's involved in your case is Microsoft IIS/7.5. You should discuss special issues involving running Joomla under IIS/7.5 the the Joomla team - go to forum.joomla.org - and see if they have any suggestions for you.

Thanks for the reply and the info. I know what you are saying about the local vs live, but in this case that's exactly what I was trying to do (proof of concept). I first tried installing Kunena on my live site and when it wouldn't load, I figured something went wrong on install with path permissions, etc, so I decided to run it local to see if I got same results. It installed and worked fine local, so I got it configured how I wanted, etc and then dumped the site on the production server and replaced it (database and files). The site is still a couple months from being live so I have some time to hopefully get it working. You may be on to something with the IIS 7.5 thing. Didn't think about that. I'm running IIS 6 on Win2K3 on local setup.

Thanks again,
Jason