Everyone,
I found an issue with the installation of SMF that can pose a potential problem.
using the instructions located in the wiki it install with a URL of with just the domainname/forum
It should probably be installed with a URL of
http://FQD/forum to resolve any display issues.
FQD=fully qualified domain name i.e.
www.whatever.comif you don't do this you have to adjust /opt/SMF/Settings.php
BEFORE:
########### Forum Info ##########
$mbname = 'Forum'; # The name of your forum.
$language = 'english'; # The default language file set for the forum.
$boardurl = '
http://maleshafske.com/forum'; # URL to your forum's folder. (without the trailing /!)
$webmaster_email = 'admin@maleshafske.com'; # Email address to send emails from. (like noreply@yourdomain.com.)
AFTER
########## Forum Info ##########
$mbname = 'Forum'; # The name of your forum.
$language = 'english'; # The default language file set for the forum.
$boardurl = '
http://www.maleshafske.com/forum'; # URL to your forum's folder. (without the trailing /!)
$webmaster_email = 'admin@maleshafske.com'; # Email address to send emails from. (like noreply@yourdomain.com.)
that fixes the primary link to get your forum. Your page won't appear right and you'll be seeing basically a white page with links and blue lettering. to fix that you have to change to settings under ADMIN
Click on the Admin link
Go to Theme settings and change the two theme urls to read properly
BEFORE
Theme URLs and Configuration
This theme's name: SMF Default Theme - Core
This theme's URL:http://maleshafske.com/forum/Themes/default
This theme's images URL:http://maleshafske.com/forum/Themes/default/images
This theme's directory: /opt/SMF/Themes/default
AFTER
Theme URLs and Configuration
This theme's name: SMF Default Theme - Core
This theme's URL:http://www.maleshafske.com/forum/Themes/default
This theme's images URL:http://www.maleshafske.com/forum/Themes/default/images
This theme's directory: /opt/SMF/Themes/default
On additional note this is probably a problem with my overall config file of the server. I checked both the HOSTNAME file and the hosts file in /etc/ and they both show correctly. So I haven't figured out why it installed this way.
tmaleshafske
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