This thread is for all your simple questions about installing and running Wakaba or Kareha, that just require quick answers. Please don't create any more new threads for issues like that, post them in here instead.

last time i checked the option to not collapse all the HTML it sends is in the config file..

Yeah, there's a STRIP_NEWLINES option (or something like that) these days.

I've tried Googling this, to no avail... I can't think of any more search terms to use, so I decided to ask here(I really hate bugging this board with my stupid questions if I can help it...).

I would like to allow people to create their own board(s) on my site, I'm not sure how feasible this is with Wakaba(the MySQL thing might be a hassle), but perhaps it is possible with Kareha?

If anyone can help me find information on automating script installation/remotely hosting user-created boards I would be most grateful, I am no expert with scripting but wish to offer this to users of my site.

If you are not entirely, 100% sure what you are doing, I would strongly recommend against this. There are many, many ways you could fuck up and make it possible for somebody to take over your entire server this way.

fusianasan

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Yamazaki

mokorikomo

>>966

I'm going to trust you, I know you have more experience than just about anyone here, so thank you for the warning.

I've never heard of this security issue, it must be why it's so hard to find information on this subject.

Thanks for telling me.

Are there any really simple step by step guides for installing wakaba?

http://wakaba.c3.cx/docs/docs.html#WakabaQuickStart

>>973
is not really good enough

That is too bad.

Noob's guide for setting a MysqlDatabase to work with Wakaba? I have made a database and linked the config.pl file to it but I still get a "SQL connection failure".

Then your config.pl settings are not correct.

[Thu Oct 04 21:50:04 2007] [error] [client xx.xx.xx.xx] [Thu Oct 4 21:50:04 2007] wakaba.pl: DBD::mysql::st execute failed: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ''0', '10'' at line 1 at wakaba.pl line 1599., referer: http://domain.net/board/wakaba.pl?task=admin

This is happening on a board that has been up and working properly for quite some time now.

Line 1599 of our wakaba.pl is this:

        $sth->execute($page * $threadsperpage, $threadsperpage) or make_error(S_SQLFAIL);

The page cannot be displayed
The page you are looking for cannot be displayed because an invalid method (HTTP verb) was used to attempt access.

Please try the following:

* Contact the Web site administrator if you believe that this request should be allowed.
* Make sure that the Web site address displayed in the address bar of your browser is spelled and formatted correctly.

HTTP Error 405 - The HTTP verb used to access this page is not allowed.
Internet Information Services (IIS)

Technical Information (for support personnel)

* Go to Microsoft Product Support Services and perform a title search for the words HTTP and 405.
* Open IIS Help, which is accessible in IIS Manager (inetmgr), and search for topics titled Setting Application Mappings, Securing Your Site with Web Site Permissions, and About Custom Error Messages.

get this whenever i try to post or use [manage] button.

I have no idea whats going wrong, help is appreciated.

>>978

Did you change to some strange incompatible mysql version?

>>979

You are trying to use IIS. You're on your own for that one, I have zero experience with it.

>>980
I think I can fix the problem, I just need to know what windows .dll processes html files. Anybody know off the top of your head, Google searches so far all want me to download shit I don't need.

>>981

Alright, i got it to process my html with a http.dll whatever, but now I get a

HTTP/1.1 501 Not Implemented

Whenever I try to post. When I executed wakaba.pl only 1 file came out of it, wakaba.html. Is there supposed to be more?

>>982

Finally got all the verbs to enable using URLscan, but now theres a

Bad request
The page that you are looking for might have been removed, had its name changed, had its content expired, or is temporarily unavailable.

Please try the following:

* Make sure that the Web site address displayed in the address bar of your browser is spelled and formatted correctly.
* If you reached this page by clicking a link, contact the Web site administrator to alert them that the link is incorrectly formatted.
* Click the Back button or open the home page for this Web site and look for other links to the information that you want.

HTTP Error 400 - Request is badly formed.
Internet Information Services (IIS)

Technical Information (for support personnel)

* Go to Microsoft Product Support Services and perform a title search for the words HTTP and 400.
* Open IIS Help, which is accessible in IIS Manager (inetmgr), and search for topics titled Web Site Setup, Web Site Administration, and About Custom Error Messages.

error everytime

>>981-983 the solution is to install apache. It's free. It's better than IIS.

>>980
i'm
>>978

and no i have not changed to some strange version of mysql. i am on dreamhost.

>>985

Try asking the Dreamhost people about it, first.

>>986
Well, I'll just not and tell you what their response would be. "We do not give support for any third party software."

Is there a changelog for wakaba? I have an older version of wakaba, and I'm wondering if it's really worth my while upgrading.

>>988
what's your URL so i can exploit your bugs.

I've been messing with Kareha for use as a blog, and well, I'd like to hide all replies to a thread.
Unfortunately setting REPLIES_PER_THREAD to 0, just gives no limit to the amount of replies shown.

Any suggestions?

>>990
'hack' the replies out of the page template.

>>991
I tried that. It seems that the first post is considered a reply as well. (unless I screwed something up...)

>>992
crazy. i'm kinda busy atm and i haven't hacked up kareha as much as i have wakaba so i don't have an answer for ya off hand.

I had a setup like that once, but I've totally forgotten how I did it. You could just use a big <if> statement in the replies loop to only display reply 1, I guess.

Since there's almost one thousand posts in here, HOW do I configure the options in config.pl when there are NONE IN IT? \o.o/ All it contains is below:

print <<END
Content-Type: text/html

<html>
<head><title>Unconfigured board</title></head>
<body>

<h1>This board has not been configured yet.</h1>
<h3>Things you need to do to get the board running:</h3>

<ul>
<li>Choose what kind of board this should be, and copy the files out of the corresponding
<code>mode_*</code> directory into the board directory.</li>
<li>Edit <code>config.pl</code> to suit your needs - remember to uncomment the lines
you change.</li>
<li>Access <code>kareha.pl</code> again (or just reload this page).</li>
</ul>
</body>

</html>
END
;
exit 0;

1;

(P.S.: I have never used Perl before, and I have also never used this script before. <.<)

>>995

Perhaps you should read the instructions you just posted again.

>>997

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OHHHHH. smacks head Okay, I get it now, thanks. :D I guess I just misunderstood it a bit. I get it now! :)

Okay I am stuck at SQL connection failure, what do I do? It looks like its working but it just says SQL connection failure on the webpage?