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2025-03-29 02:29:14

adminsforum@hubzilla.org

William Soennichsen wrote the following post Sat, 29 Mar 2025 02:29:13 +0100

the admin addons-page is empty after git cloning the repository, is my webserver correct with user permissions? i followed chatgpt for install. same for themes, it shows redbasic, i'd like to try different themes and templates.

i also would like feedback/to give feedback.

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2025-03-29 02:29:54

William Soennichsen

william@williamsmt.network

um. if there are a channel section on hubzilla i could do that.

2025-03-29 04:47:24

Scott M. Stolz

scott@loves.tech

We'll be adding a page about themes soon.

One option is Neuhub Tab which is available at https://neuhub.org and there are some other ones as well. I'll look up the link when I get back to my computer.

2025-03-29 04:48:56

Scott M. Stolz

scott@loves.tech

If the addons list is empty, you probably did not install the Hubzilla addons. They should be mentioned in the install instructions.

2025-03-29 09:09:12

Mario Vavti

mario@hub.somaton.com

You would probably save yourself some trouble and the world some energy if you followed Hubzillas install instructions: https://framagit.org/hubzilla/core/-/blob/master/install/INSTALL.txt

2025-03-29 10:42:45

Der Pepe (Hubzilla) ⁂ ⚝

pepecyb@hub.hubzilla.hu

@William Soennichsen

It is recommended to use the official installation instructions as @Mario Vavti writes them.

But if your hub is otherwise up and running now, you can get the add-ons by going to the Hubzilla directory and typing

util/add_addon_repo https://framagit.org/hubzilla/addons.git hzaddons

The same applies to the themes. For the neuhub-tab theme, you have to enter:

util/add_theme_repo https://framagit.org/federated-works/neuhub/hubzilla-themes.git neuhubthemes
util/add_addon_repo https://framagit.org/federated-works/neuhub/hubzilla-addons.git neuhubaddons
util/add_widget_repo https://framagit.org/federated-works/neuhub/hubzilla-widgets.git neuhubwidgets

and for the Utsukta Themes:

util/add_theme_repo https://github.com/saiwal/Utsukta-hub-themes.git utsukta-themes

After that, you should be able to activate the add-ons and themes in the admin area.

2025-03-29 20:57:04

William Soennichsen

william@williamsmt.network

Thanks, I've made the necessary arrangements for an existing installation ( a few changes) and installed some themes. I will need to be sure, but there are only two themes that were Installed?

2025-03-29 20:58:25

William Soennichsen

william@williamsmt.network

Logs aren't loading for some reason suggesting a problem with my installation. I'm a user from many years ago who only had performed a basic install, before chatgpt.

2025-03-30 03:35:55

Scott M. Stolz

scott@loves.tech

Several of us are working on some new themes.

And which logs are you referring to? PHP logs or Hubzilla Logs?

2025-03-30 15:07:55

William Soennichsen

william@williamsmt.network

@Scott M. Stolz The logs from hubzilla admin. I'll work with chatgpt and try to get it working, I feel im making a mess here. But if you could assist, maybe permissions/ownership isnt right. It says error loading the log.

2025-03-30 15:40:34

Scott M. Stolz

scott@loves.tech

Is the log file writable or in a writable folder?

2025-03-30 16:04:57

Der Pepe (Hubzilla) ⁂ ⚝

pepecyb@hub.hubzilla.hu

@William Soennichsen

It says error loading the log.

To generate log files at all, you have to remove the comment (//) from the lines for log creation in the.htconfig.php (at the very end):

// Uncomment the following 4 lines to turn on PHP error logging.
error_reporting(E_ERROR | E_WARNING | E_PARSE );
ini_set('error_log','php.log');
ini_set('log_errors','1');
ini_set('display_errors', '0');

Admin panel:

2025-03-30 16:15:29

William Soennichsen

william@williamsmt.network

@Scott M. Stolz yes. Okay it's working, I had to specify the full path. I thought relative to my web directory meant .. okay :p

2025-03-30 16:25:55

William Soennichsen

william@williamsmt.network

@Der Pepe (Hubzilla) ⁂ ⚝ thank you.

2025-03-30 16:37:30

William Soennichsen

william@williamsmt.network

i have one further question on this now, .htconfig i wanted to know if that file is used further after the install? i think so but its been weird reverting to previous files possibly due to filezilla previous files on my system or something.

2025-03-30 16:55:02

Scott M. Stolz

scott@loves.tech

Basically there is an order of operation.

First, Hubzilla checks to see if the setting is set in the database. If it is not set in the database, then it looks in the .htconfig.php file. So settings in the database a prioritized over settings in the .htconfig.php file.

There are a couple exceptions, where the setting must be in the .htconfig.php file. But any setting that can be set by a command line or the user interface prioritizes the value in the database.

2025-03-30 18:20:29

William Soennichsen

william@williamsmt.network

as the script runs right? i dont know php but a little. i got ya, (i understand) chatgpt was coming up with lots of configs to load but they werent valid, log files, smtp mail. later i discovered the mail app the mail function uses could be configured to use smtp. i wasnt able to register an account (other hubs i hadnt received email) until i were provided a link to here from my own, i emailed hubzilla.

2025-03-30 18:42:59

Scott M. Stolz

scott@loves.tech

@William Soennichsen The .htconfig.php script will still run. It's just that if there are conflicting values in the database and the config file, the database wins.