Thread: My Orca is working for now, here is how :o)

Well I have so pinged off with this ORCA thing, it really got my blood boiling, and I could not let it get the better of me. I was correct in thinking the paths in the orca/inc/header.inc.php file were picking up the wrong values and I was right.

The code is picking up the values in the orca/inc/ folder, not the yourdomain/inc folder.

So here is the fix I managed to get working, I am NOT a coder so someone with some knowledge can maybe make a more secure way to do it and let us 'dumbies' know.

1. copy yourdomain/inc/header.inc.php and place it in your orca/inc folder and rename it, example header1.inc.php
2. copy yourdomain/inc/db.inc.php and place it in the same folder, no need to rename.
3. copy yourdomain/inc/admin.inc.php and do the same as 2.
4. copy yourdomain/inc/utils.inc.php and do the same as 2.

5. in your orca/inc/header/inc.php file and place this code in from line 21

Code:

require_once("{$dir['inc']}header1.inc.php");
require_once("{$dir['inc']}utils.inc.php");
require_once("{$dir['inc']}db.inc.php");
require_once("{$dir['inc']}admin.inc.php");

6. go to line 71 and place this code in there

Code:

$gConf['db']['host'] = $db['host'];		// hostname
$gConf['db']['db'] = $db['db'];  // database name
$gConf['db']['user'] = $db['user'];  // database username
$gConf['db']['pwd'] = $db['passwd']; // database password

That is how I managed to get it to work.

Goodluck, hope this helps slip

Spoke too soon, I can't get it to add a new group. It just sits there thinking.

Oh the joys of Boonex - did they do this deliberately?

Originally Posted by slipknot

Well I have so pinged off with this ORCA thing, it really got my blood boiling, and I could not let it get the better of me. I was correct in thinking the paths in the orca/inc/header.inc.php file were picking up the wrong values and I was right.

The code is picking up the values in the orca/inc/ folder, not the yourdomain/inc folder.

So here is the fix I managed to get working, I am NOT a coder so someone with some knowledge can maybe make a more secure way to do it and let us 'dumbies' know.

1. copy yourdomain/inc/header.inc.php and place it in your orca/inc folder and rename it, example header1.inc.php
2. copy yourdomain/inc/db.inc.php and place it in the same folder, no need to rename.
3. copy yourdomain/inc/admin.inc.php and do the same as 2.
4. copy yourdomain/inc/utils.inc.php and do the same as 2.

5. in your orca/inc/header/inc.php file and place this code in from line 21

Code:

require_once("{$dir['inc']}header1.inc.php");
require_once("{$dir['inc']}utils.inc.php");
require_once("{$dir['inc']}db.inc.php");
require_once("{$dir['inc']}admin.inc.php");

6. go to line 71 and place this code in there

Code:

$gConf['db']['host'] = $db['host'];        // hostname
$gConf['db']['db'] = $db['db'];  // database name
$gConf['db']['user'] = $db['user'];  // database username
$gConf['db']['pwd'] = $db['passwd']; // database password

That is how I managed to get it to work.

Goodluck, hope this helps slip

I tried all avove but i got a white page.

Could you send me your header.inc may be can help me?

Thanks advance

Originally Posted by BodyMen

I tried all avove but i got a white page.

Could you send me your header.inc may be can help me?

Thanks advance

Done to your PM, but don't hold your breath, once you actually get the lost whale up, you can't do anything with it, the javascript links lead to nowhere. Tried in both IE and Firefox.

For those who really want this ORCA thing to work, download the actual ORCA software from Boonex and install it within your 5.4 files as it is now.

Overwrite the files and go through the install process and it should work. The forum links in admin and also members work, but no one gets logged in automatically doing it this way.

BE AWARE, ORCA will send out a password to the email address at registration UNLIKE what they say when you register.

You must use that password in the email or you cannot log in. Same for members.

Goodluck, slip

I just went over to Boonex and they have 5.4 installed now and orca doesn't seem to work properly there either. Could sign me in, but I could not post or do anything around the forum site.

Can anyone have success with their ORCA?

Hello All,

I'm having the same problem.
With the help of Boonex, I was able to get the Orca to work in terms of no error message is displayed when you click the manage forum but now i have a new problem.

1. cant create groups.
click on new group and a small window pops up to enter the new group name but the "submit" button doent work.
nothing happens when i click on submit.
no error message is displayed.

dolphin 5.4
any ideas?
robin

IN the expertzzzzz forum, you will see it says "beta" next to the expertzzz title. I guess this is because orca is still in beta form, along with dolphin, ray, shark............

I'm not going to worry about orca for a while, and see how it develops.

It only works in firefox as admin to add groups - IE for the user only