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1. Ciryaquen
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Hello,

   Helping someone install WP 2.1 on a free (ad-supported) Goddady site. Got it installed but after activating Spam Karma 2.2r3 and Comment Timeout 1.0 beta 3 the htaccess appears to have been broken and it then breaks the site (according to Godaddy support).

   The google ads display, then there's a square and a queestion mark. The source code from the browser shows this following a blank line
   ‹</object></layer></span></div></table></body></html><!-- adsok -->
<script language='javascript' src='https://a12.alphagodaddy.com/hosting_ads/gd01.js'></script>

   The old site had a bunch of folders and files prefixed _vt_ which I assumed are the files for the ads. Didn't touch them when installing WP.

   Here's the current htaccess now (with the server path names replaced with abc and "domain").
   # -FrontPage-
IndexIgnore .htaccess */.??* *~ *# */HEADER* */README* */_vti*
<Limit GET POST>
order deny,allow
deny from all
allow from all
</Limit>
<Limit PUT DELETE>
order deny,allow
deny from all
</Limit>
AuthName www.domain.com
AuthUserFile /var/chroot/home/content/a/b/c/domain/html/_vti_pvt/service.pwd
AuthGroupFile /var/chroot/home/content/a/b/c/domain/html/_vti_pvt/service.grp
# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress

   I deactivated the plugins but it didn't undo the problem.

   I'm an amateur and don't have a clue about htaccess commands. Does anyone have an idea how to fix this? Thanks!

2. Ciryaquen
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   The site has been restored with the old html pages. Even with the above htaccess file still at root the website now works.

   Could there be some problem inbetween the # BEGIN WordPress and # END WordPress? The site owner is checking with Godaddy that the other part of the htacess is needed by them for the ads.

   Thanks.

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