Did you check Blog settings -> URLs ?

in blog settings:urls, I have 'users permissions'

Can you see URLs tab in demo?
http://demo.b2evolution.net/stable/blogs/admin.php?ctrl=coll_settings&tab=urls&blog=1

I can see url parameters in the blog settings:urls in the demo
in my admin I see user permissions in the settings:urls and yet I am admin user level 10

I remembered have set [PHP allow_url_include] OFF on my server
and now that I have set it again to ON - I can see the url settings in blogsetting:urls
BUT
now I get this message in the admin tools:system
When enabled, this feature is known to facilitate hacking exploits in any PHP application.
b2evolution includes additional measures in order not to be affected by this. However, for maximum security, we still recommend disabling this PHP feature.
If possible, change this setting to allow_url_include = Off in your php.ini or ask your hosting provider about it.

:idea: :)

am desperate - it's gone again !!!
and yet I saw it after the first eureka
I appreciate your help sam2kb - can you help me further with this?

Go here and see what happens ( replace domain.com with your own domain )

http://domain.com/admin.php?ctrl=coll_settings&tab=urls&blog=1

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http://excerpts.venkatesaya.com/admin.php?ctrl=coll_settings&tab=urls&blog=1
webpage cannot be found

and it works fine
http://excerpts.venkatesaya.com/blogs/

I have b2evol in 2 different subdomains on the same server
in both I am admin level 10
they both have PHP allow_url_include] OFF on the server
and yet - in the admin - blog settings:urls
one is showing user permissions
the other is showing the url settings
what other setting is possibly involved here ?
everything works fine except that I see [user permissions] when I hit the tab blog settings:urls and cannot set the blog urls parameters there

Your first url needs /blogs/ putting in it :

http://excerpts.venkatesaya.com/blogs/admin.php?ctrl=coll_settings&tab=urls&blog=1

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I see the user permissions >:(

It's funny because the first time - when I thought I had found the solution by chqnging the server setting to url allow open to ON - it worked - but then it didn't work anymore

can you send me an admin login?

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send private

ok, that's really weird, I enabled advanced properties ( admin > blogs > [blog] > features .) ...... and now your urls turn up on user perms tab :p

I'd advise that you grab a fresh copy of the download and re-upload the whole of the inc folder

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re-upload ONLY? the whole of the inc folder

Yeah, I'm an optimist :D

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it's repared! and works again
tanx Yabba
wish I had more than 1.8 points to give

Excellent .... cos otherwise I was buggered as to the cause ;)

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