Question Can't Create New Forum

Oh....My full system Spec is:

Joomla 1.5.9 on PHP 5.1 and MYSQL 5.0 with Kunena 1.5.0a

JBoom wrote:

I've been trying various forums w/ my Joomla install and I stumbled on Kunea ... [but] I can't seem to add a new forum. I click on the "Forum Administration" link in the Kunea Control Panel and then click "New". It then take me back to the Control Panel. Nothing I seem to try will get me to a screen where I can enter information for a new forum or new child forum.

As this is your first installation of Kunena, you are strongly advised to install Kunena 1.0.9. Kunena 1.5.0a should only be used by experienced users of earlier versions of Kunena and it should only be installed on test sites.

Uninstall K 1.5.0a and install K 1.0.9. Then see if you have problems in creating new forums.

What steps are required, especially related to MySQL, to remove 1.50a?

As we've said on many occasions, there is no support here for Kunena 1.5.0a, an alpha test version which is only to be used by experienced (or expert) users. The answer to your problem depends on your level of understanding about Joomla, MySQL, Kunena, and a whole lot of things.

Essentially, from what I've read (and I have no personal experience in this matter), you need to uninistall Kunena and DROP all the SQL tables that have "fb_" prefix. Some suggestions were offered in the discussion topic Downgrade ; you may find your answers there. Other suggestions have been offered in several discussions where people have had problems with 1.5.0a ... you could search those for an answer.

JBoom wrote:

What steps are required, especially related to MySQL, to remove 1.50a?

Hi sorry about that.

Yes this is confirmed to be a known bug in the 1.5.0 Alpha version.

To replace it with 1.0.9 simply do the following:

Uninstall K1.5.0a (all data will be preserved)
Turn on Legacy Plugin within Joomla
Install K1.0.9

That's it. It will look and feel exactly the same, just without that bug.

We have since fixed that bug and you will be able to upgrade to 1.5.x the very same way.

Hope this helps!

fxstein