Cutenews read/more links not working

[mischievousx3]

Hello. I'm using the new version of cutenews (1.4.6). My first issue was that the comments link doesn't work..it redirects me to my homepage, same thing happens to the read more link. i decided to add "$PHP_SELF = 'files/news.php';" on my show_news.php . it takes me to that full story/comment form, however my layout is gone..it's like my index.php isn't included anymore.

 

http://www.allmerk-noplay.com/index.php?x=news <-full story page

http://www.allmerk-noplay.com/index.php - at the bottom , read more link

(excuse the mess)

 

I am using php dynamic links and here is my code:

<?php

// THIS WAS EXPLAINED IN PHP Includes


// GETS VALUE FOR $page
$page = strip_tags($_GET['x']);

// SEES IF $page IS DEFINED
// IF IT ISN'T IT WILL DISPLAY home.txt
if (!$page)
{
  $include = 'files/main.php';
  include ($include);
}

else
{
  // $include ADDS THE DIRECTORY AND PAGE EXTENSION OF page
  $include = 'files/'.$page.'.php';

  // CHECKS IF $include EXISTS
  if (is_file("$include"))
  {
    // SHOWS THE CONTENT OF $include
    include ($include);
  }

  // DISPLAY ERROR MESSAGE IF $include IS NOT FOUND
  else
  {
    echo "The page you were trying to access is not found on this server.";
  }
}

// THIS WAS EXPLAINED IN PHP Includes


?>

 

this is where my news show up:

<div class="news">
<?PHP
$number=3;
$PHP_SELF = 'files/news.php';
include("/home/allmerknoplay/AllMerk-NoPlay.com/cutenews/show_news.php");
?>
</div>

 

and this is my show_news page:

<?PHP

error_reporting (E_ALL ^ E_NOTICE);

$cutepath =  __FILE__;
$cutepath = preg_replace( "'\\\show_news\.php'", "", $cutepath);
$cutepath = preg_replace( "'/show_news\.php'", "", $cutepath);

require_once("$cutepath/inc/functions.inc.php");
require_once("$cutepath/data/config.php");

// If we are showing RSS, include some need variables.
if($template == 'rss'){
   include("$cutepath/data/rss_config.php");
}

//----------------------------------
// Check if we are included by PATH
//----------------------------------
if($_SERVER["HTTP_ACCEPT"] or $_SERVER["HTTP_ACCEPT_CHARSET"] or $_SERVER["HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING"] or $_SERVER["HTTP_CONNECTION"]){ /* do nothing */ }
elseif(eregi("show_news.php", $PHP_SELF)){
die("<h4>CuteNews has detected that you are including show_news.php using the URL to this file.<br>
This is incorrect and you must include it using the PATH to show_news.php</h4><br>Example:<br>
this is <font color=red>WRONG</font> :   <?PHP include(\"http://yoursite.com/cutenews/show_news.php\"); ?><br>
this is <font color=green>CORRECT</font>:   <?PHP include(\"cutenews/show_news.php\"); ?><br>
<br><BR>// <font size=2>if you think this message shouldn't be shown, open show_news.php and delete it from there</font>");
}
//----------------------------------
// End of the check
//----------------------------------

if(!isset($subaction) or $subaction == ""){ $subaction = $POST["subaction"]; }

if(!isset($template) or $template == "" or strtolower($template) == "default"){ require_once("$cutepath/data/Default.tpl"); }
else{
        if(file_exists("$cutepath/data/${template}.tpl")){ require("$cutepath/data/${template}.tpl"); }
    else{ die("Error!<br>the template <b>".htmlspecialchars($template)."</b> does not exists, note that templates are case sensetive and you must write the name exactly as it is"); }
}

// Prepare requested categories
if(eregi("[a-z]", $category)){
        die("<b>Error</b>!<br>CuteNews has detected that you use \$category = \"".htmlspecialchars($category)."\"; but you can call the categories only with their <b>ID</b> numbers and not with names<br>
    example:<br><blockquote><?PHP<br>\$category = \"1\";<br>include(\"path/to/show_news.php\");<br>?></blockquote>");
}
$category = preg_replace("/ /", "", $category);
$tmp_cats_arr = explode(",", $category);
foreach($tmp_cats_arr as $key=>$value){
    if($value != ""){ $requested_cats[$value] = TRUE; }
}

if($archive == ""){
        $news_file = "$cutepath/data/news.txt";
        $comm_file = "$cutepath/data/comments.txt";
}else{
        $news_file = "$cutepath/data/archives/$archive.news.arch";
        $comm_file = "$cutepath/data/archives/$archive.comments.arch";
}

$allow_add_comment                        = FALSE;
$allow_full_story                        = FALSE;
$allow_active_news                         = FALSE;
$allow_comments                         = FALSE;



//<<<------------ Detarime what user want to do
if( $CN_HALT != TRUE and $static != TRUE and ($subaction == "showcomments" or $subaction == "showfull" or $subaction == "addcomment") and ((!isset($category) or $category == "") or ($requested_cats[$ucat] == TRUE )  ) ){
    if($subaction == "addcomment"){  $allow_add_comment        = TRUE; $allow_comments = TRUE; }
    if($subaction == "showcomments"){ $allow_comments = TRUE; }
    if(($subaction == "showcomments" or $allow_comments == TRUE) and $config_show_full_with_comments == "yes"){$allow_full_story = TRUE; }
    if($subaction == "showfull") $allow_full_story = TRUE;
    if($subaction == "showfull" and $config_show_comments_with_full == "yes") $allow_comments = TRUE;

}
else{
    if($config_reverse_active == "yes"){ $reverse = TRUE; }
        $allow_active_news = TRUE;
}
//----------->>> Detarime what user want to do

require("$cutepath/inc/shows.inc.php");
    if($_GET['archive'] and $_GET['archive'] != ''){ $archive = $_GET['archive']; } // stupid fix ?
unset($static, $template, $requested_cats, $category, $catid, $cat,$reverse, $in_use, $archives_arr, $number, $no_prev, $no_next, $i, $showed, $prev, $used_archives);

// Untamed Edit
//<!-- News Powered by CuteNews: http://cutephp.com/ -->
// End Edit
?>

 

this is frustrating because on my other website where i'm using cutenews, the comment links works..any help would be greatlyappreciated. thanks.