Wont save avatars and images in public folder

azbce

Hello everyone!

I have a fresh install of the latest version of Flarum on my VPS. My system runs Ubuntu Linux 20.04.6 with Apache.

I followed the instructions on the "Installation" page under "customizing paths" that suggests moving the contents of the flarum/public directory to my servers public_html directory.

It was not necessary to change the config.php, site.php, or index.html files. (Or maybe I'm wrong.)

I have also uncommented lines 9-15 in the .htaccess file and added mod_rewright rules as suggested.

I am able to access the site and login as admin.

However, whenever I upload the site logo or an avatar, the images upload to the /flarum/public/assets directory instead of the public_html/assets directory.

What did I miss?

clarkwinkelmann

azbce it is necessary to edit site.php because that's where that path is defined. Make sure you have updated all files according to the install guide.

If making the changes lead to an error, can you copy that error message?

azbce

clarkwinkelmann Gotcha! Thanks for the quick reply!

My flarum directory is located at /home/az4x4/flarum.
My public_html directory is located at /home/az4x4/public_html.

I tried the following and it didn't work. It just created new directories and now the site gives a blank white screen.

return Flarum\Foundation\Site::fromPaths([
    'base' => __DIR__, '/home/az4x4',
    'public' => __DIR__.'/public_html',
    'storage' => __DIR__.'/flarum/storage',
]);

CORRECTION: I did originally update the location of the site.php file in the index.html file to

$site = require '/home/az4x4/flarum/site.php';

What am I doing wrong here?

You can see the site at www.az4x4.net

luceos

azbce return Flarum\Foundation\Site::fromPaths([
'base' => DIR, '/home/az4x4',
'public' => DIR.'/public_html',
'storage' => DIR.'/flarum/storage',
]);

If site.php is in /home/az4x4/flarum and public is in /home/az4x4/public_html, then it should be:

return Flarum\Foundation\Site::fromPaths([
    'base' => __DIR__. '/',
    'public' => __DIR__.'/../public_html',
    'storage' => __DIR__.'/storage',
]);

azbce

luceos Thats it! Thank you so much! I'm loving it!

azbce

Hello again luceos it appears that while trying to download extensions, a new directory gets created in /home/az4x4/vendor/ and the extensions don't work. I believe the extensions should be in /home/az4x4/flarum/vendor.

An example of the composer command: composer require fof/best-answer

Could that new configuration be the reason? And how can I fix this? 😃

azbce

luceos If site.php is in /home/az4x4/flarum and public is in /home/az4x4/public_html, then it should be:

return Flarum\Foundation\Site::fromPaths([
'base' => DIR. '/',
'public' => DIR.'/../public_html',
'storage' => DIR.'/storage',
]);

I copied the contents of the public directory to the servers public directory, which is public_html. I am no longer using the public directory provided in the original Flarum install.

I just want to confirm this is still correct?

clarkwinkelmann

azbce the vendor folder has to be in the same location as composer.json and composer.lock, and that's also where Composer commands should be run from. I believe that root folder is then the one referenced in the base configuration value.

Composer doesn't read any other Flarum config file, it only ready from composer.(json|lock) and writes the vendor directory in the same folder.

azbce

clarkwinkelmann I'm a little confused. I apologize, this is my first time working with composer and I'm probably in over my head. LOL This is forcing me to learn something new and Im happy I did.

Would this affect the use of extensions?

I have the composer.json the composer.lock files and the vendor directory in two different locations.

/home/az4x4/vendor and /home/az4x4/flarum/vendor.

clarkwinkelmann

azbce this post might give you more insights into how you could configure your hosting https://discuss.flarum.org/d/17977-forum-public-why-not-just-forum/9

The 2 most common use cases are using a public folder as a subfolder of Flarum and configure it as server webroot, or move all files to a single folder and place that folder in the regular public_html folder of the hosting, like most legacy web apps do.

In your case you picked the third option I describe in the linked post, where you "separate" the public folder from the "private" Flarum files. Flarum offers a lot of flexibility in that sense, where you can place the base, public and storage folders in completely different locations on the filesystem if you want.

But if you are unsure what you are doing, you might want to instead use the second solution where all Flarum files are placed in a single folder and that folder placed in the hosting-provided public/webroot folder.

The changes to .htaccess are specifically for that second solution, as those lines instruct Apache to never return the private Flarum files which are now found inside of the public folder.

azbce

clarkwinkelmann thank you for that! I read through the thread and found my problem. I have been running composer commands from the /az4x4 directory. I ran the install commands from the /flarum directory and the extension was installed! Everything appears to be working as expected.

Thank you so much for your help!