Re: could not find a valid loginform

[Alan]

If you upgraded to the latest JFusion and are getting this error, then the likely issue is that you did not read the instructions in the plugin's configuration page.

For dual login to work, you must add an id or name to the login form which vB does not have by default. To do this go to vB's admincp -> Styles & Templates -> Style Manager -> select 'Edit Templates' -> find and double click 'Navigation / Breadcrumb Templates' -> double click 'navbar' -> search for '<form action="login.php?do=login"' and change it to '<form id="login" action="login.php?do=login"' -> click 'Save.'

For dual login to work, you must name or id the login form which vbulletin does not do by default. You must do this for the template that is active for a guest. For most, this will be the navbar template. But for some which custom login forms, it may be different.

Please read the instructions first then search the forums for issues before creating multiple threads with exact same questions that has been addressed multiple times.

Thanks,
Alan

[ribonox]

Where is this instruction exactly?

I have been looking for it but cannot find it.

I upgrade to Jfusion 1.2 automatically from my Jommla admin. It's done by a single click in the version check page.
Now I am having the "0: Could not find a valid loginform, check plugin parameters! I found -- Name= &ID=login -- Name= &ID=pagenav_form" error even after I add id="login" in the vB navbar.

I posted this problem in the following thread: http://www.jfusion.org/index.php/forums ... 091#p28091

Please help.

[Alan]

Its stated in the first post of this thread and in the curl options section of the vbulletin plugin config.

Thanks,
Alan

[alex.devine]

Hi,

Im getting this error on the front page of my joomla website once members login, any ideas why it is still happening.

I have done the edit you said

Regards
Alex

[Alan]

Hi,

Im getting this error on the front page of my joomla website once members login, any ideas why it is still happening.

I have done the edit you said

Regards
Alex

Please see your other thread.

Thanks,
Alan

[adam81]

Alan, I did this exactly as you stated and now I can't even login to vbulletin. You say to use the tools.php if this happens but I have know idea what you mean. I have a busy forum please help me with this

[adam81]

I am going to answer my own question as I finally figured it out and if you have an active forum its a scary thing when members can't login. Still haven't got jfusion to work properly but here is the answer to my problem above.

1. Find tools.php in distribution package, in 'do_not_upload' directory. You may have to download vbulletin again if you don't have this anymore.
2. Upload to admincp directory (eg., http://www.example.com/admincp/tools.php)
3. Upload the install folder to your forum root folder. Get this from vbulletin package, may have to redownload if you don't have it anymore.
4. Run script. (eg., http://www.example.com/admincp/tools.php) If it asks for it, Enter customer ID -- the one you use to get into the the member forum on vbulletins site
5. Reset cookie domain and path to defaults. (Or whatever other settings you want to reset.)
6. Delete tools.php script.
7. Delete the install folder.

Problem solved

[Hammerhead]

For dual login to work, you must name or id the login form which vbulletin does not do by default. You must do this for the template that is active for a guest. For most, this will be the navbar template. But for some which custom login forms, it may be different.

Alan, I'm also having trouble with this, and since you know our configuration, I'm wondering if I've just not entered the syntax correct in the VB navbar script, or if there's something else going on because of our integration with AEC and CB.

Here's what I put into the navbar form:

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<form id="login" action="login.php?do=login" method="post" onsubmit="md5hash(vb_login_password, vb_login_md5password, vb_login_md5password_utf, $show[nopasswordempty])">

I always get into a tizzy not knowing whether or where to use a ' instead of a ", and so on. Can you steer me in the right direction?

Thanks!

[Alan]

For dual login to work, you must name or id the login form which vbulletin does not do by default. You must do this for the template that is active for a guest. For most, this will be the navbar template. But for some which custom login forms, it may be different.

Alan, I'm also having trouble with this, and since you know our configuration, I'm wondering if I've just not entered the syntax correct in the VB navbar script, or if there's something else going on because of our integration with AEC and CB.

Here's what I put into the navbar form:

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<form id="login" action="login.php?do=login" method="post" onsubmit="md5hash(vb_login_password, vb_login_md5password, vb_login_md5password_utf, $show[nopasswordempty])">

I always get into a tizzy not knowing whether or where to use a ' instead of a ", and so on. Can you steer me in the right direction?

Thanks!

Hey Robert,

It looks right. The sure way to determine if it the correct template is getting loaded is to browse to your forums as a guest, then take a look at the source (in firefox, go to view -> page source). Look for the above form and make sure it has a id="login" in it. Could you post a logout checker output? It may give some insight into the issue.

Thanks,
Alan

[Hammerhead]

Alan, as always, thanks for your help. But you forgot you need to phrase these things in grunt-user-dummy-talk.

I did open the source in FF as a guest, but there are multiple instances of the word 'login', so I'm not sure what exactly I'm looking for.

Here's what I got from the login checker:
0: Could not find a valid loginform, check plugin parameters! I found -- Name= &ID=pagenav_form

Is it safe to post the rest of the text from the login checker, or should I be paranoid and send it via a PM if you need it?

ETA: Ah. Ok, I see what you're after. The form does seem to be correctly named - there's green text at the top of the code that says: <!-- login form -->