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I've recently installed a new geeklog site... it actually runs on the same server as two other functioning geeklog installations so I'm fairly certain I've got things set up correctly.

My problem: After completing some / any function like adding a poll, editing a story, adding a block or editing a block, or even logging in... I am sent to a blank page instead of being sent back to the admin panel.

For instance, I just deleted a block. When I hit the delete button the page refreshes but is completely blank. The address bar says: http://www.(sitename).org/admin/block.php (site name edited out) and it says "done" in the status bar.

I'm not sure what could be causing this problem and I've browsed through the forums a bit but didn't see another topic asking the same question. It may have been asked before but I'm not sure if I'm explaining it very well.

Thanks.

Follow-up observation.

This seems to happen with FireFox but not IE.

I don't have the same problem with other geeklog sites when using FireFox so I'm not sure what is going on. Any thought/suggestions would be appreciated.

First thought - check that your site URL is properly defined in config.php.
Ajay

have you read this faq? If so, have you tried it? ...and what were your results?

I've read that FAQ but it doesn't apply... I don't get a blank page when trying to visit the site, it happens after submitting a change / editing something. Plus, I have 3 geeklog sites running on the same web server, 2 of which do not exhibit any problems.

And finally, I don't have access to php.ini in any event.

I checked it several times based on replies to other threads but it seems to be fine. Thanks.

the faq entry applies to more than just your site url. give it a shot. you are looking for a reportable error after all and this gives you the possibility of finding that error.
I see you didn't read past halfway down... faq says: "If you don't have access to php.ini (typically on shared hosting), try this..."

And this morning, without changing anything, everything is working as it should be. I don't really understand.

I was searching for this exact problem myself ... but I had fixed it on my geeklog site http://geeklog.cyberocity.com

Then when i came here to this site today I changed some account info and upon saving it I got a blank page, same as I had on my site till I changed things in my config file.

While I was doing that I noticed a couple of things ... 1) The line that says

// This should point to the directory where your config.php file resides.
$_CONF['path'] = '/home/cyberocity_dir/public_html/geeklog/'; // should end in a slash

is not actually 100% accurate ... it should say "this should point to the directory where your system, data, backup directories reside ..."

The config file could be in a path outside the doc root for instance, as mine is, and the conf[path] variable is used as the first part of the system, data, and backup directory paths about 40 lines down in the config file.

2) When I added the base path information to the path_ html variable the blank pages went away. Coincidence or no, I dunno, but they did.

// You only need to change this if you moved or renamed the public_html
// directory. In that case, you should specify the complete path to the
// directory (i.e. without the $_CONF['path']) like this:
// $_CONF['path_html'] = '/path/to/your/public_html/';
$_CONF['path_html'] = '/home/cyberocity_dir/public_html/geeklog/';

I suspect that the fact I have geeklog in a subdir really makes no difference, but I think the path_html being correct made a difference. I suspect entering the base path in path_html may clear this problem up on any site.



P.S. - The blank pages only seemed to come up on admin/account changes, not when saving posts ...

Looks like you have it resolved, but here's a thought anyway. Was the new site 1.3.12cvs? If so there are some issues with COM_refresh in Firefox that Blaine is working on

Anyway...

Hi,
Actually no the version is ... hard to find! ... I'm looking .... ah , 1.3.11, and it was installed by Fantastico from a host CPanel. I don't know how 'out of date' that is or whether the thing has been fixed, just wanted to point out what I had noticed in case it helps anywhere.