HELP on Php - one more time

[Endora]

Hi Anyone-

This is very dumb BUT if you can believe this... I added new smileys to my board- about 10 more or so...and now, I cannot open any of the threads... I get an error message saying something like:
"Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in /---------forums/phpBB2/includes/bbcode.php on line 750"

Can anyone help me with this....I really dont know why this is occuring. I seemed to have no problems with my smiley additions....Thank you. Endora


:confused:

[Sara]

Well, without going to your files and digging through them, start on that line and look for a missing ' or something you didn't put there. That line is the or one of the causes. Sometimes you delete something or add something without realizing it. Have you searched on the phpbb forum boards? I did that when I was first setting up ours as I had some questions. They are usually pretty good there and more than likely, someone has had the exact same problem you have.

Good luck!

:)

[Steven]

endora,
looks like you fixed this problem, congrats.

-Steven

[Endora]

Hi Sarah- Hi Steven!

Sorry about the delay. Well, I did find the problem! Just in case it ever helps anyone...For those who use the phpbb board format- as you probably know- it comes with an existing set of smileys.

If you want to add smileys manually, that is- load them into the phpbb directory- and then go into your forum admin panel and "Add New Smiley" one by one (Like I did!)- you need to ALSO ADD the CODE [:/)] for example- and also attirbute a name to it... for example- say you add a funky smiley like "Afroman"- ok. If you do that (let's just use this as example here) - you will see the .gif image in your smiley control panel BUT....you will NOT see the code [:afroman:] nor the name for this smiley "Afroman" filled in for the smiley panel attributes. You must manually "edit" the smiley to add these 2 pieces of information in! If you don't you will experience a forum "lockup" so to speak because since the board doesn't know which set of characters should PROMPT the .gif image...it essentailly just goes about re-creating and duplicating ALL the smileys perpetually. Hence, the pages won't load and you get the "TIMEOUT- EXCEEDS TIME" error on the board.

I know this sounds weird but that is exactly what happens. So- I went in and added the specific commands in to the smiley panel - and that resolved the problem because now the board knows which characters should prompt the smiley to appear. Hope this makes sense!

Blessings- Endora :D