Architecture / Installation

Posted by Gary Cunningham-Lee 30 Sep 2006 12:57 GMT-0000 posts: 4656

> O.K. guys & girls,
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> That was it, just removed(renamed) that 'stupid' file above and what happened..?
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> Instead of TikiWiki freaking out completely, I CAN LOG-IN AGAIN!
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> I get the old login screen back (still whith Geo layout), INCLUDING that EMAIL FIELD that is not working

This is the normal behavior. Some themes have their own versions of the default Tiki templates and the program checks for any theme-specific versions to use before using the default versions. The Geo theme has its own version of the log-in module template; but apparently it wasn't updated to include the email field. That's why it didn't display the field when you switched to the Geo theme. When you deleted/renamed the file, Tiki used the standard log-in template instead, which is why the email field came back.

> However, as long as I don't fill in any email there, LOGIN WORKS AGAIN!
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> So was this file placed there erronomous, or is this part of another error?
> Should I leave it that way, that files deleted/renamed?

If it works, sure.

> Now the question remains why I have that strange email field that is not working?
> Any idea?

I don't use anything but the standard Tiki login, but I suppose that email field is buggy. (I see in the templates/mod-login_box.tpl file "quick hack to make challenge/response work until 1.8 tiki auth overhaul" which doesn't really inspire maximum confidense.) Tiki is a huge program and some features have bugs, etc. Users who come across something that doesn't seem to work right should confirm that it is in fact a bug and not simply a configuration error or other installation-specific thing, and then file a bug report. In the meantime, turn off the feature that's busted, i.e., uncheck "Use challenge/response authentication" on Admininstration : Login.

-- Gary