Smarty Error???

[5Business.Net]

When I try to send an email broadcast through the Control Panel Mailing System I get this error:
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Warning: Smarty error: unable to read resource: "header.html" in /home/sschone/public_html/lib/smarty/Smarty.class.php on line 1088

Warning: Smarty error: unable to read resource: "header.html" in /home/sschone/public_html/lib/smarty/Smarty.class.php on line 1088
Error 404 - Page Not Found

The requested URL /admin/message_send.php was not found on this server.

Warning: Smarty error: unable to read resource: "footer.html" in /home/sschone/public_html/lib/smarty/Smarty.class.php on line 1088

Warning: Smarty error: unable to read resource: "footer.html" in /home/sschone/public_html/lib/smarty/Smarty.class.php on line 1088
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When I look at line 1088 in Smarty.class.php I see this: trigger_error("Smarty error: $error_msg", $error_type);

Not sure what the reference to header.html and footer.html is. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

[Bruceper]

The script is telling you that it can't find header.html and footer.html

Make sure the files exist. Also make sure that you're running the latest version of 5.x which is 5.41 or better yet, upgrade to Deluxe.

[5Business.Net]

header.html and footer.html definitely exist within the theme folder.

I'm running INDEXU 5.4.0. I don't see where to upgrade. Can installing a new version cause problems? I've had difficulty upgrading other systems like WordPress in the past.

Thanks.

[Bruceper]

Wordpress probably has one of the easiest upgrade processes out there next to vbulletin, I can't see why you would have issues.

But saying that, to upgrade to 5.41 simply upload all the PHP files from the IndexU distribution file to your server according to the upgrade manual. There are a few exceptions so please don't do this without reading the manual.

The manual can be found at http://www.nicecoder.com/community/f...-manuals-7250/

[5Business.Net]

The WordPress problems were caused by my host and a database error.

Any other ideas on fixing this without upgrading? Thanks.

[linksor.com]

check onwer and rights for the files mentioned by Bruce (chmod/chown command)

also look if you have message_send.php file in your admin/ directory

[5Business.Net]

I do have message_send.php in the admin folder. I was able to send emails in the past so there must be a fix. Any other suggestions are appreciated. Thanks.

[FSGDAG]

What about 'header.html' and 'footer.html'. Check to see if they are in the /admin_tpl and also in /themes/your_theme/

Its important that they are not only present, but also have the proper permissions / owner rights.

Those Smarty errors are because it cant find those files. So even if you see them, the script cannot, so there is a possibility that there are permissions or owner rights issues.

[Bruceper]

note - *.php files should have 644 permissions. All files in /admin_tpl/ should be 644 as well.

[5Business.Net]

How do you create the 644 permissions? Thank you.

[Bruceper]

Right click on the file with your FTP client and choose CHMOD. Then either click the boxes to equal 644 or enter the value 644.

This is pretty basic stuff that you should know if you want to deal with scripts and webhosting. I would suggest that you search google for some basic tutorials on this.

Also setting permissions (CHMOD) is covered in the IndexU install guide.