6.1 does not work?

I have installed Dolphin 6.1  two times now and it is still doing the same things, not sending emails, but the biggest problem is it is not setting up user accounts. When I click on a user that is created I get an error that says http://www.sextalkforums.net/forums/UtHuntress does not exists URL 404 error. Does it need to create a directory for every user? It also gives an error when logging in "Profile error. Please, try again."  what could be the problem, the cron jobs are working fine, the contact us page never reveals the submit button even though it is turned on. Is there a place to download older versions, one that works and then upgrade? Or is there an answer? I have my own self managed server so all setting and applications are running fine.

Thanks

Lynn

Ok I chmod my forums dir to 777 and it let me create an account, but this is not acceptable, that leaves that dir wide open? It still did not create the directory for a test account. I think there is a problem with the current installation files and not creating everything it needs.

If you have a 404 error page not found you probably don't have mod rewrite enabled at your host. Or your main .htaccess file yoursite.com/.htaccess does not contain all the rewrite rules. Compare yours to the original in the .zip.

Ask your host if mod_rewrite is enabled. Try adding

RewriteBase /

or

RewriteBase /dolphin directory

If your host does not have mod_rewrite try turning off/disable permalinks in your admin panel.

Try searching these forums for 404, 404 error, mod rewrite. This is fairly common and you will probably be able to find a bunch of posts in reference to this one.

I am on a self managed server, and checked my httpd.conf file and it does have mod_rewrite so loaded. I am looking into the total config to get it working.

Yes I am using a Unix server, CentOs 5 php 5.x mysql 5.x apache 2.x  Like I said just to be clear, I manage my own server, thus eliminating the possibility that mod_rewrite was not part of the apache configuration. Also it's not always the best practice if possible to use an .htaccess file. This said, it works on some things now and other things do not, as I did do the disable on the permalinks until I solve the issue permanently. I also have other hosted customers that could benefit from this being setup without making an .htaccess file for this particular need. Thanks for the advice, as I have read the document CAEFULLY as you stated and provides no real answers as to an exact configuration, just some qualifications, and that is ok, I need to just do a little more research on setting it up to work with multiple applications.

Also the .htaccess file that came with the intalation looks like this,,,

Options -MultiViews

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

RewriteEngine on

RewriteRule ^articles/{0,1}$   articles.php [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^articles/entry/([^/.]+)/{0,1}$   articles.php?action=viewarticle&articleUri=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^articles/entry/{0,1}$   articles.php?action=viewarticle&articleUri=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^articles/category/([^/.]+)/{0,1}$   articles.php?action=viewcategory&articleCatUri=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^news/{0,1}$  news.php [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^news/([^/.]+)/{0,1}$  news.php?newsUri=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^blogs/{0,1}$   blogs.php [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^blogs/all/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)/{0,1}$  blogs.php?page=$2&per_page=$1  [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^blogs/top/{0,1}$   blogs.php?action=top_blogs [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^blogs/top/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)/{0,1}$   blogs.php?action=top_blogs&page=$2&per_page=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^blogs/top_posts/{0,1}$   blogs.php?action=top_posts [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^blogs/tag/([^/.]+)/{0,1}$   blogs.php?action=search_by_tag&tagKey=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^blogs/tag/{0,1}$   blogs.php?action=search_by_tag&tagKey= [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^blogs/posts/([^/.]+)/tag/([^/.]+)/{0,1}$   blogs.php?action=search_by_tag&tagKey=$2&ownerName=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^blogs/posts/([^/.]+)/category/([^/.]+)/{0,1}$   blogs.php?action=show_member_blog&ownerName=$1&categoryUri=$2 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^blogs/entry/([^/.]+)/{0,1}$   blogs.php?action=show_member_post&postUri=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^blogs/entry/{0,1}$    blogs.php?action=show_member_post&postUri= [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^blogs/posts/([^/.]+)/{0,1}$   blogs.php?action=show_member_blog&ownerName=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^blogs/posts/{0,1}$   blogs.php?action=show_member_blog&ownerName= [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^blogs/posts/([^/.]+)/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)/{0,1}$   blogs.php?action=show_member_blog&ownerName=$1&page=$3&per_page=$2 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^blogs/posts/([^/.]+)/category/([^/.]+)/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)/{0,1}$   blogs.php?action=show_member_blog&ownerName=$1&categoryUri=$2&page=$4&per_page=$3 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^events/{0,1}$  events.php?show_events=all&action=show [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^events/all/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)/{0,1}$  events.php?show_events=all&action=show&page=$2&per_page=$1  [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^events/part/{0,1}$  events.php?show_events=all&action=show [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^events/search/{0,1}$  events.php?action=search [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^events/search/([^/.]+)/{0,1}$  events.php?action=search_by_tag&tagKey=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^events/my/{0,1}$  events.php?action=show&show_events=my [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^events/new/{0,1}$  events.php?action=new [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^events/entry/([^/.]+)/{0,1}$  events.php?action=show_info&eventUri=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^events/part/([^/.]+)/{0,1}$  events.php?action=show_part&eventUri=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^ads/{0,1}$  classifieds.php?Browse=1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^ads/search/{0,1}$  classifieds.php?SearchForm=1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^ads/my/{0,1}$  classifiedsmy.php?MyAds=1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^ads/new/{0,1}$  classifiedsmy.php?PostAd=1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^ads/cat/([^/.]+)/{0,1}$  classifieds.php?catUri=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^ads/all/cat/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)/([^/.]+)/{0,1}$  classifieds.php?catUri=$3&page=$2&per_page=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^ads/subcat/([^/.]+)/{0,1}$  classifieds.php?scatUri=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^ads/all/subcat/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)/([^/.]+)/{0,1}$  classifieds.php?scatUri=$3&page=$2&per_page=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^ads/entry/([^/.]+)/{0,1}$  classifieds.php?entryUri=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^ads/tag/([^/.]+)/{0,1}$  classifieds_tags.php?tag=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^photo/all/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)/{0,1}$   browsePhoto.php?page=$2&per_page=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^photo/gallery_top/{0,1}$  browsePhoto.php?rate=top [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^photo/gallery_top/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)/{0,1}$  browsePhoto.php?rate=top&page=$2&per_page=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^photo/gallery_top/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)/{0,1}$  browsePhoto.php?rate=top&page=$2&per_page=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^photo/gallery_tag/([^/.]+)/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)/{0,1}$  browsePhoto.php?tag=$1&page=$3&per_page=$2 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^photo/gallery_tag/([^/.]+)/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)/$  browsePhoto.php?tag=$1&page=$3&per_page=$2 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^photo/gallery_tag/([^/.]+)/{0,1}$  browsePhoto.php?tag=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^photo/gallery/all/([^/.]+)/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)$  browsePhoto.php?ownerName=$1&page=$3&per_page=$2 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^photo/gallery/all/([^/.]+)/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)/$  browsePhoto.php?ownerName=$1&page=$3&per_page=$2 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^photo/gallery/all/([^/.]+)/{0,1}$  browsePhoto.php?ownerName=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^photo/gallery/([^/.]+)/{0,1}$  viewPhoto.php?fileUri=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^photo/gallery/{0,1}$  viewPhoto.php?fileUri=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^music/all/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)/{0,1}$  browseMusic.php?page=$2&per_page=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^music/gallery_top/{0,1}$  browseMusic.php?rate=top [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^music/gallery_top/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)/{0,1}$  browseMusic.php?rate=top&page=$2&per_page=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^music/gallery_top/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)/{0,1}$  browseMusic.php?rate=top&page=$2&per_page=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^music/gallery_tag/([^/.]+)/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)/{0,1}$  browseMusic.php?tag=$1&page=$3&per_page=$2 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^music/gallery_tag/([^/.]+)/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)/$  browseMusic.php?tag=$1&page=$3&per_page=$2 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^music/gallery_tag/([^/.]+)/{0,1}$  browseMusic.php?tag=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^music/gallery/all/([^/.]+)/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)$  browseMusic.php?ownerName=$1&page=$3&per_page=$2 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^music/gallery/all/([^/.]+)/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)/$  browseMusic.php?ownerName=$1&page=$3&per_page=$2 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^music/gallery/all/([^/.]+)/{0,1}$  browseMusic.php?ownerName=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^music/gallery/([^/.]+)/{0,1}$  viewMusic.php?fileUri=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^music/gallery/{0,1}$  viewMusic.php?fileUri=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^video/all/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)/{0,1}$  browseVideo.php?page=$2&per_page=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^video/gallery_top/{0,1}$  browseVideo.php?rate=top [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^video/gallery_top/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)/{0,1}$  browseVideo.php?rate=top&page=$2&per_page=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^video/gallery_top/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)/{0,1}$  browseVideo.php?rate=top&page=$2&per_page=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^video/gallery_tag/([^/.]+)/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)/{0,1}$  browseVideo.php?tag=$1&page=$3&per_page=$2 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^video/gallery_tag/([^/.]+)/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)/$  browseVideo.php?tag=$1&page=$3&per_page=$2 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^video/gallery_tag/([^/.]+)/{0,1}$  browseVideo.php?tag=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^video/gallery/all/([^/.]+)/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)$  browseVideo.php?ownerName=$1&page=$3&per_page=$2 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^video/gallery/all/([^/.]+)/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)/$  browseVideo.php?ownerName=$1&page=$3&per_page=$2 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^video/gallery/all/([^/.]+)/{0,1}$  browseVideo.php?ownerName=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^video/gallery/([^/.]+)/{0,1}$  viewVideo.php?fileUri=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^video/gallery/{0,1}$  viewVideo.php?fileUri=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^groups/all/{0,1}$ grp.php [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^groups/entry/([^/.]+)/{0,1}$ grp.php?action=group&groupUri=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^groups/category/([^/.]+)/{0,1}$  grp.php?action=categ&categUri=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^groups/keyword/([^/.]+)/{0,1}$  grp.php?action=categ&keyword=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^search/tag/([^/.]+)/{0,1}$  search.php?Tags=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d

RewriteRule .+ - [L]

RewriteRule ^([A-Za-z0-9_-]+)$ profile.php?ID=$1 [QSA,L]

</IfModule>

This seems correct, this makes me believe I am missing something on the server.