New install - can't see how to enable Add New Topic button - How-to and Troubleshooting - wpForo 2.0 https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/new-install-cant-see-how-to-enable-add-new-topic-button/ Discussion Board en-US Sat, 10 Oct 2026 23:34:33 +0000 wpForo 60 RE: New install - can't see how to enable Add New Topic button https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/new-install-cant-see-how-to-enable-add-new-topic-button/#post-26764 Thu, 09 May 2019 17:58:54 +0000 can we put this topic on hold while I get my hosting company involved

]]> How-to and Troubleshooting - wpForo 2.0 davidsargeant27 https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/new-install-cant-see-how-to-enable-add-new-topic-button/#post-26764 RE: New install - can't see how to enable Add New Topic button https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/new-install-cant-see-how-to-enable-add-new-topic-button/#post-26763 Thu, 09 May 2019 17:56:41 +0000 This is a leftover but it is strange that Wordpress didn't add his own.

This is what you must have, remove everything else (of mod_rewrite)

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ -
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php
</IfModule>
# END WordPress

]]> How-to and Troubleshooting - wpForo 2.0 Anonymous20 https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/new-install-cant-see-how-to-enable-add-new-topic-button/#post-26763 RE: New install - can't see how to enable Add New Topic button https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/new-install-cant-see-how-to-enable-add-new-topic-button/#post-26762 Thu, 09 May 2019 17:40:20 +0000 I've located the line : RewriteRule .* index.php    in the file httaccess.txt

 

do I just delete this line ?

 

 

 

]]> How-to and Troubleshooting - wpForo 2.0 davidsargeant27 https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/new-install-cant-see-how-to-enable-add-new-topic-button/#post-26762 RE: New install - can't see how to enable Add New Topic button https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/new-install-cant-see-how-to-enable-add-new-topic-button/#post-26761 Thu, 09 May 2019 17:33:07 +0000 https://codex.wordpress.org/Debugging_in_WordPress

]]> How-to and Troubleshooting - wpForo 2.0 Anonymous20 https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/new-install-cant-see-how-to-enable-add-new-topic-button/#post-26761 RE: New install - can't see how to enable Add New Topic button https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/new-install-cant-see-how-to-enable-add-new-topic-button/#post-26760 Thu, 09 May 2019 17:31:41 +0000 how do I obtain a Wordpress debug LOG ?

]]> How-to and Troubleshooting - wpForo 2.0 davidsargeant27 https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/new-install-cant-see-how-to-enable-add-new-topic-button/#post-26760 RE: New install - can't see how to enable Add New Topic button https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/new-install-cant-see-how-to-enable-add-new-topic-button/#post-26759 Thu, 09 May 2019 17:30:52 +0000 The "index.php" could come from your .htaccess mod_rewrite  ?

]]> How-to and Troubleshooting - wpForo 2.0 Anonymous20 https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/new-install-cant-see-how-to-enable-add-new-topic-button/#post-26759 RE: New install - can't see how to enable Add New Topic button https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/new-install-cant-see-how-to-enable-add-new-topic-button/#post-26758 Thu, 09 May 2019 17:27:50 +0000
Posted by: davidsargeant27

So while I'm doing that can you consider my main issue please

 

If you don't have a working Wordpress installation, it would be a waste of time. Because your problems could be related to that.

 

]]> How-to and Troubleshooting - wpForo 2.0 Anonymous20 https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/new-install-cant-see-how-to-enable-add-new-topic-button/#post-26758 RE: New install - can't see how to enable Add New Topic button https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/new-install-cant-see-how-to-enable-add-new-topic-button/#post-26757 Thu, 09 May 2019 17:23:27 +0000 I cant  understand where the index.php is coming from. Perhaps its left over from the old Joomla imstall

I never see it in my url's here !

I will go and delete all of the old joomla files and directories.

So while I'm doing that can you consider my main issue please

 

]]> How-to and Troubleshooting - wpForo 2.0 davidsargeant27 https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/new-install-cant-see-how-to-enable-add-new-topic-button/#post-26757 RE: New install - can't see how to enable Add New Topic button https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/new-install-cant-see-how-to-enable-add-new-topic-button/#post-26755 Thu, 09 May 2019 17:04:15 +0000 Before dealing with your actual problem, i think you have some Wordpress installation/setup problem.

Your url "http://uttoxeter.com/wordpress/index.php/community/" is not correct. That "index.php" is also present in all your Wordpress urls.

Also enabling Wordpress debug to a LOG would be very useful at this stage.

]]> How-to and Troubleshooting - wpForo 2.0 Anonymous20 https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/new-install-cant-see-how-to-enable-add-new-topic-button/#post-26755 New install - can't see how to enable Add New Topic button https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/new-install-cant-see-how-to-enable-add-new-topic-button/#post-26753 Thu, 09 May 2019 16:57:57 +0000 I've just set up a new WordPress web site ( uttoxeter.com ) and then downloaded and installed the latest wpForo plugin ( which looks ideal ! ).

The install went ok and the Forum is up and running on the website. The only problem is that there doesn't seem to be an "Add New Topic" button anywhere on the Forum !!

I've spent hours searching for the answer.

What have I missed ?  Please advise.

I should add that I'm new to WordPress having previously used Joomla for many years, so it may all be due to my stupidity !

 

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