Question Error Messages when posting and viewing forum topics

Hello,

I am new to Joomla and new to Kunena. I am testing my new website and the Kunena forum on it. I have found 2 problems so far:

1) I have created a test user and posted a couple of messages with it. Both times, after posting the message, the "user" was taken to a blank page with a 404 Error message on the page tab stating that the page does not exist. However, the posts were created in the relevant category. The problem is that the same error appeared when clicking on the messages/posts in the forum.

2) The appearance in the forum is misaligned. Sometimes fields do not align with each other and look out of place and messy.

I have searched the forum and googled extensively, but I can't find a solution that works. Please note, I am not the most technical of people, but I do try. My configuration report is below. If it's not the right one, please let me know.

Many thanks in advance!

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Kunena menu details:

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ID	Name	Menutype	Link	Path	In trash
487	Forum	kunenamenu	view=category&layout=list&catid=0	forum	No
488	Index	kunenamenu	view=category&layout=list	forum/index	No
489	Forum	kunenamenu	view=category&layout=list&catid=0	forum/forum	No
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491	New Topic	kunenamenu	view=topic&layout=create	forum/newtopic	No
492	No Replies	kunenamenu	view=topics&mode=noreplies	forum/noreplies	No
493	My Topics	kunenamenu	view=topics&layout=user&mode=default	forum/mylatest	No
494	Profile	kunenamenu	view=user	forum/profile	No
495	Help	kunenamenu	view=misc	forum/help	No
496	Search	kunenamenu	view=search	forum/search	No

Joomla default template details : rachel_free | author: WarpTheme.com | version: 2.0.0 | creationdate: December 2018

Kunena default template details : Crypsis | author: Kunena Team | version: 5.1.12.1 | creationdate: 2019-04-22

Kunena template params:

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DefaultCategoryicon
profileIconset	default
DefaultIconset	default
editorIconset	default
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templatebyText
templatebyName
templatebyLink

Kunena version detailed: Kunena 5.1.12.1 | 2019-04-22 [ Kerberos ]
| Kunena detailed configuration:

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Kunena config settings:
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| Kunena integration settings:

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Kunena - Finder Enabled
Kunena - AltaUserPoints Disabled
Kunena - Community Builder Disabled
Kunena - Easyblog Disabled
Kunena - Easyprofile Disabled
Kunena - Easysocial Enabled: login=1 activity=1 avatar=1 profile=1 private=1 activity_badge_limit=0 activity_points_limit=0
Kunena - Gravatar Enabled: avatar=1
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 (en-GB)

Third-party components: None

Third-party SEF components: None

Plugins: None

Modules: None

There are two problems.
1. You have edited the menu item "Forum" in the Kunena menu. It must be the Kunena menu item Homepage otherwise you get errors.
2. The main problem that you use a Joomla bootstrap 4 template. Currently we have still not a template which works with bootstrap 4, but we work on it.

Hi Rich,

Many thanks for your help. I can post now! You really made my day. Thanks so much!

Regarding using bootstrap 4, (I don't know what a bootstrap is :blush:) could I switch to a bootstrap that works better...? It's probably a stupid question...

Thanks again for all your help and your hard work. You made my day!

Regarding using bootstrap 4, (I don't know what a bootstrap is

Short answer: Bootstrap is a CSS Framework, from where Kunena get the fundamental style informations. But this can only work when the Kunena template is adjusted on this bootstrap version.

could I switch to a bootstrap that works better...?

I don't think, that the Joomla template offers a option where you can switch the bootstrap version. In principle you can try only with another template, Kunena works with bootstrap 2 and with bootstrap 3.
There is a an option in the Kunena template setting "Backend -> Kunena -> Template -> Crypsis -> tab Advanced ->
Load Bootstrap css", but this option loads the default bootstrap 2 files and will not help. On the contrary, I think you get a conflict beetwen bootstrap 2 and 4.

Thank you very much for taking the time to explain and to help me, Rich. I really appreciate it!