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Forum: Networking WordPress
In reply to: Bypass mandated use of blog.dir?Our shared accounts (contrary to my original reply) cannot have AllowOverride set to all. For security reasons, we choose not to all overriding of all options.
That said, other users have had success with multisite installations. I would direct readers to this help article for information about setting up multisite in our shared hosting environment: http://x.co/hm5o
priyansignhindian,
In your message, you mentioned that you can’t change your hosting account (to Linux). In case you weren’t aware, we offer a simple and automated way to change your hosting plan to the alternate operating system. This is a step-by-step guide for initiating the change: http://x.co/hltT
Note that this will cause a full migration of your account to a new hosting server/cluster and assign a new IP address. Also, if you have permalinks enabled, you would need to disable and re-enable them once the migration is complete. Otherwise, though, I don’t expect it would cause any problems.
Forum: Networking WordPress
In reply to: Bypass mandated use of blog.dir?Ipstenu,
It looks like I misinterpreted the information I got from my admins 🙁 My apologies to you and other forum readers…
We allow independent overriding of several options via .htaccess, but this is not the same as actually setting AllowOverride to ALL. Furthermore, for purposes of maintaining the necessary security of our shared hosting servers, there are some settings we don’t allow to be overridden.
Forum: Networking WordPress
In reply to: Bypass mandated use of blog.dir?I can answer that in advance, actually…
AllowOverride is not set to ALL on our shared hosting servers. However, you can change the setting in your .htaccess file if necessary.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: uploading an image filemarcoacm,
You’re right, permissions on a Windows hosting plan are managed differently. Read this article from the Go Daddy Community for more information – http://x.co/h62q
You’ll see that you set permissions by folder, not individual files.
As a sidenote, I would recommend you switch to a Linux hosting plan for any WordPress site or other PHP-based content. You’ll get better performance in general, and I’d expect you to also have fewer permissions issues. If you have ASP or .NET code running on the server, you’ll need a Windows plan, but otherwise, you shouldn’t have any problem switching to Linux. Here’s a quick guide for how to change the operating system of your hosting account – http://x.co/h638
Alon
[ Signature moderated. ]Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Incredibly confused about mx records for GoDaddy domain nameIf I understand correctly, your blogged is hosted with WordPress.com, and you’ve mapped a custom domain name to it. If that’s correct, take a look at this help file from WordPress.com – http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/custom-dns/
It explains how to access the DNS management area where you would add the necessary MX records to get your mail working.
Alon
[ Signature moderated. ]Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: WordPress and GoDaddyTake a look at this help document – http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress
You didn’t move your files, but for the WordPress app, it’s basically the same thing. Any time you want to change the domain for a WordPress site, you have to change the WordPress URL and Site URL in the Settings area first… If not, the site will break because WordPress will try to redirect to the old name even though that old name no longer works. That help document tells you how to fix those two settings if you forgot to change them before changing your domain name (or moving the files to a different folder).
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: GoDaddy Upload Media Errormoviefan75,
I don’t think you’ve missed anything in the Go Daddy Hosting Control Center. You have the option to make a folder (other than root) read, write, both, or inherit (and yes, root is read-only, so inherit would be read-only). There is no way, from the control panel, to apply more granular permissions.
And not to belabor the point, but you’re also right that moving to Linux is the better solution if you’re not comfortable leaving a folder with write permissions (which is a reasonable concern). I should also add that we generally discourage using the free hosting with WordPress (and some other apps) because the ad banner conflicts with some of its functions.
Alon
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In reply to: Moving from WordPress.com to WordPress.org hosting on GoDaddy?OK, excellent. Now that I know the domain name, I was able to check the current nameservers to confirm that this is the correct solution. Right now, the domain is set to use the WordPress nameservers which do not point to Go Daddy’s hosting server. When you change the nameservers to the correct set for Go Daddy, your site should resolve within a few hours. Of course, if there is a problem after that, our Support staff is available to assist: http://x.co/gr7c
Alon
[ Signature moderated. ]Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: Moving from WordPress.com to WordPress.org hosting on GoDaddy?dreamsandegos,
If I understand correctly, you have a domain name that was registered through your WordPress.com account and you used to also use WordPress.com for your blog. You now want to use Go Daddy to host the blog using the same domain name that is managed at WordPress.com.
My best guess is that you still need to change the nameservers for your domain name to point to Go Daddy’s nameservers. To do this, you should follow these steps:
1. Determine the correct nameservers for your hosting account at Go Daddy. This guide tells you how to find them – http://x.co/gkLy
2. Go into your WordPress.com domain management area and apply the nameservers you collected in step 1. This guide tells you how to do that – http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/domain-management/
After you set the nameservers, your domain name should be properly linked to your hosting account. Note, though, that it can take anywhere from a few minutes to 48 hours for the nameserver change to take effect across the globe.
If this isn’t the solution to your problem, you may want to reply with the actual domain name you’re using so we can take a closer look at what’s really going on.Good luck,
Alon
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In reply to: Godaddy hosting and HostingSolutions domain – Only Home page worksjumust,
Normally, yes, but there must be something preventing you from doing so. However, without looking at your actual account, I wouldn’t be able to speculate any further about the cause of the problem.
I’d be happy to take a look at your account if you’re comfortable posting the domain name in the forum publicly. Alternatively, you could submit a support request via http://x.co/gbsm and post back here with the incident number for your support request. That would also enable me to find your account and investigate.
Alon
[ Signature moderated. ]Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Godaddy hosting and HostingSolutions domain – Only Home page worksjumust,
Since you’re able to get to the homepage, I would expect the DNS and server mapping are setup correctly. In my experience, when someone can reach their homepage but not others, it’s because permalinks are setup while the web.config (Windows) or .htaccess (Linux) file is either not present or not setup properly. These files can control many things in a hosting account, but with WordPress, they’re most commonly used to control how permalinks work. Luckily, WordPress creates the files automatically.
Are you on a Windows server or a Linux server? Are you using permalinks? Does the problem correct itself if permalinks are disabled?
If you’re on a Windows server, you should NOT have a site in a subfolder if you have another site using a web.config file in the root of the account. The web.config in the root will take control of the site in the subfolder which is not what you want. So, while I generally recommend Linux for WordPress (or any PHP-based site), if you *must* use Windows, be sure not to have one site in the root and another in a subfolder. Instead, all sites should be in subfolders of the root.
If you’re using Linux, it’s not normally a problem to have a site in root and others in subfolders. This is because of a difference in how a Linux server treats .htaccess files versus how a Windows server treats web.config files. If you’re on Linux and disabling permalinks fixed the problem, you should be able to re-enable them (which will create the necessary .htaccess file) and have things work properly.
Let us know if this information was helpful. If not, I’m curious to know the actual domain name (if you’re comfortable posting it publicly), so I could research your account directly.
Alon
[ Signature moderated. ]Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Another Site Not Working in IEMarkMac,
After speaking with my hosting team this doesn’t have anything to do with our servers. We do believe that is is something similar as mentioned in this article: http://forum.bytesforall.com/showthread.php?t=13123
I hope that information helps you in finding the resolution. ^ColbyForum: Networking WordPress
In reply to: multisite domain mapping with existing domain nameBob.Passaro,
You may want to check with your hosting company to verify you are on the right nameservers. The domain thecreativepublisher.com doesn’t resolve for me at all. After you get that sorted out we can go from there. ^Colby
Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: Dudes I need some super helpmiwbct, If you still need some assistance here are two articles more aimed towards Go Daddy and WordPress- http://support.godaddy.com/godaddy/move-from-wordpress-to-us/ and http://support.godaddy.com/help/6110/moving-personal-wordpress-blogs Also Support is here 24/7 to assist with any questions or concerns you have! ^Colby