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I have an issue where an SAEF form is always returning to a blank form on both submit and preview.  I’ve gone through the forum and haven’t found anything that provides a solution so far…

I’ve done the following in attempts to isolate:

1) Removed the form from an embedded template into the primary template that was calling the embed.
2) Turned off extensions related to SAEF.
3) Used the example SAEF code with the return, preview and weblog parameters changed to the correct values.  This was done both in the existing template as well as creating a separate blank template.

When attempting to use the form, there is a user logged in.  The user does have privs to post to the weblog.  The only thing in .htaccess is adding forcing www on the site and removing index.php from the URL.  The page is hosted on a site that’s using MSM and it’s not the primary site.

Any suggestions on what I might have missed?

cshort:

can you please look at this KB Entry so we can see about forcing php errors.

Also, what version/build of EE are you running? (Found in the footer of the CP).

-greg

cshort:

can you please look at this KB Entry so we can see about forcing php errors.

Also, what version/build of EE are you running? (Found in the footer of the CP).

-greg

Greg,

It’s doesn’t report out any PHP errors, even with the the error reporting levels set as outlined in the KB entry.

The site is running Version 1.6.6, Build: 20081114.

EDIT: I’ll also emphasize that it’s a blank version of the SAEF, not a blank page that it’s returning.

EDIT: Apache/1.3.39 (Unix) PHP/5.2.5

Okay.

Are you sure the return=”“ parameter is set to an actual page in the saef opening tag?

-greg

Okay.

Are you sure the return=”“ parameter is set to an actual page in the saef opening tag?

-greg

Yes, return is set to another template within the same template group and preview is set to the template that contains the form itself (with the appropriate preview code in the template).

If you attempt to add an entry as a SuperUser, does the same thing happen?

If you attempt to add an entry as a SuperUser, does the same thing happen?

Yes, same thing.  Initially I was using the logmein plugin to do the form, but I’ve removed it in order to get this thing working.  I’ve attempted under both a “normal” user group created specifically to use this form and a Super Admin user.

I’ve spent the majority of my day on this.  I’ve never seen this problem with a SAEF before or for that matter had a problem with creating one in the past.

Is there anything in the MSM module that could be contributing to this issue?

Which MSM site is the form on?

Which MSM site is the form on?

Site ID 5, it’s 1 of 4 sites that I see on the install.

Are the template and weblog also on site 5? They all need to match.

Are the template and weblog also on site 5? They all need to match.

Yes, everything is on the same site.

cshort, are you logged in on that domain?  Can you put this as the first lines in your template, outside of the form tags:

In group {group_id}: {group_title}

and let us know what it says, please?

cshort, are you logged in on that domain?  Can you put this as the first lines in your template, outside of the form tags:

In group {group_id}: {group_title}

and let us know what it says, please?

When I’m using my Super Admin account is says

In group 1: Super Admins

When I’m using the account with the account that I need to use it says:

In group 8: Advertisers

I’ve done this type of debugging throughout the day.  The logins are valid, the users are in groups that have posting privs to the weblog.

My apologies, I think I misunderstood the issue.  The form does show up, but returns do not work, is that correct?  Have you tried this with just the stock form directly out of the docs, but changing weblog= appropriately?

Also, have you tried this with .htaccess out of the picture? I’m more concerned with the redirecting of www as I’ve seen that cause problems with comments and search in the past, both of which are forms similar to this.

My apologies, I think I misunderstood the issue.  The form does show up, but returns do not work, is that correct?  Have you tried this with just the stock form directly out of the docs, but changing weblog= appropriately?

Also, have you tried this with .htaccess out of the picture? I’m more concerned with the redirecting of www as I’ve seen that cause problems with comments and search in the past, both of which are forms similar to this.

Yes, the forms appear fine, but when I either submit or attempt to preview it simply reloads the blank form.

Removing the www rewrite seems to have solved the issue, though I’m quite a bit surprised on that knowing how rewrites work.  Then again, I guess I shouldn’t be…  😊

Thanks for your help!