Plain CSS style when cmps_index.php is moved outside Vb folder

[deMonkey]

Hi guys,
Running VB v4.1.12 Patch Level 1.
Running VBA v4.2.0

When installing the CMS to my forums folder it works fine.

For example the template works here:
http://example.net/forums/cmps_index.php

But this does not:
http://example.net/cmps_index.php

I copied the same file over, and changed forumpath to /home/my-login-name/example.net/forums'.

I changed the setting in VBa Admin panel "The full URL to the CMPS file." to /cmps_index.php. This does not help. The require_once lines are working it seems because there's no errors and the portal displays.

Any ideas?


EDIT
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More info:

I looked at the source and saw that the forums/ subfolder is not added to the line that calls for the style sheet:

http://example.net/css.php?styleid=45&langid=1&d=1337576397&td=ltr&sheet=bbcode.css,editor.css,popupmenu.css,reset-fonts.css,vbulletin.css,vbulletin-chrome.css,vbulletin-formcontrols.css,

When viewing the file sheet before /css.php did not exist, I copied it over and now I see this instead. I'll continue investigating.

[deMonkey]

I found the answer to this, pretty obvious but somehow I had missed it.

Under Admin CP, Options, Site Name / URL / Contact Details

Always use Forum URL as Base Path
If this is set to 'Yes' the Forum URL will always be used for links instead of the current URL. This ensures that links are consistent but may not be desirable if you use multiple domains or a mix of http and https.

If the URLs for the different vBulletin components are set below, this option must be set to yes.

I had this set to No still. Turned it back to Yes and it's fine.

[deMonkey]

I realized that IE (7 or 8.x) still does not work for the same problem. It's accessing a relative URL for the stylesheet instead of the absolute URL defined by the admin CP etc. Probably not VBA's fault but the problem arrives when you move VBA's CMPS index outside the forums folder.

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="clientscript/vbulletin_css/style00045l/popupmenu-ie.css?d=1337710261" />
	<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="clientscript/vbulletin_css/style00045l/vbulletin-ie.css?d=1337710261" />
	<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="clientscript/vbulletin_css/style00045l/vbulletin-chrome-ie.css?d=1337710261" />
	<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="clientscript/vbulletin_css/style00045l/vbulletin-formcontrols-ie.css?d=1337710261" />
	<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="clientscript/vbulletin_css/style00045l/editor-ie.css?d=1337710261" />
	<![endif]--><meta http-equiv="a"/>

notice the href= does not say /forums

[Dragonsys]

make sure you edit the forum location line inside of the cmps_index.php file and set it to the correct location for your forums.

$forumpath = 'full_path_to_forums_folder';

such as /home/user/public_html/forums