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tmleafs1967

9:54 pm on May 31, 2010 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



Hi anyone that can help please do try, I am at my wits end, I have 8 sites up and live (all wordpress blogs) All of a sudden they all went down 1 by 1 in about 3 minutes, I called godaddy for help and of course they are as clueless as me (only difference is they get paid for being clueless)

Godaddy inturn contacted my host or whatever and they said the problem is my htaccess.

I was only using one of my 8 sites separationanxietyindogs.info when everything went to #*$!. I was adding html from aweber to make a contact form for people to fill out for a free dog training book

I downloaded thru ftp the access file and I will post it here, maybe someone can help me out? I just started a big money campaign and I need these sites running Im losing all the "marketing money" i had because of this and godaddy can't help me :(

this is all my file says and im really not a techie at all (i follow instructions ok but don't know where to begin) please, any help would be huge right now

htaccess:

addhandler x-httpd-php-cgi .php4
addhandler x-httpd-php5-cgi .php5
addhandler x-httpd-php5-cgi .php


# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress

and my php5 file if it's needed

register_globals = off
allow_url_fopen = off

expose_php = Off
max_input_time = 60
variables_order = "EGPCS"
extension_dir = ./
upload_tmp_dir = /tmp
precision = 12
SMTP = relay-hosting.secureserver.net
url_rewriter.tags = "a=href,area=href,frame=src,input=src,form=,fieldset="




[Zend]
zend_extension=/home/content/56/6071156/html/ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_5.2.so
zend_extension=/usr/local/zo/ZendExtensionManager.so
zend_extension=/usr/local/zo/4_3/ZendOptimizer.so
rg_emulation=off

tmleafs1967

12:01 am on Jun 1, 2010 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



sighhhhh

tmleafs1967

12:18 am on Jun 1, 2010 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



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Error establishing a database connection
This either means that the username and password information in your wp-config.php file is incorrect or we can't contact the database server at myi1012211071662.db.6071156.hostedresource.com. This could mean your host's database server is down.

•Are you sure you have the correct username and password?
•Are you sure that you have typed the correct hostname?
•Are you sure that the database server is running?
If you're unsure what these terms mean you should probably contact your host. If you still need help you can always visit the WordPress Support Forums.

jdMorgan

1:44 am on Jun 1, 2010 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



There are two immediately-obvious possibilities:

1) Your host changed a setting or upgraded something across all of the servers your WP sites are hosted on.

2) All of your sites got hacked in the same way, due to the 'class' of hosting or configuration they all have in common, or because the hacker was able to tell that you had multiple sites, all set up in the same way, and all with the same security vulnerability.

Because of the lack of information as to what precisely is wrong here, I suspect that your best bet is to follow the advice in the error message:

you should probably contact your host. If you still need help you can always visit the WordPress Support Forums.


Tell your host that your .htaccess file is the bog-standard "factory code" for WP, Zend, and PHP, that you don't want to hear the hosting-company-standard-answer "It's your .htaccess file, and sorry, but we don't support .htaccess files," and that you want some concrete solutions or guidance. After spending the requisite 20 or 30 minutes going through their 'standard phone help scripts' again, ask for your problem to be escalated to Level 2 Tech Support, based on the number of sites that you have hosted there, and the fact that they are all down.

In the meantime, start researching responsive and competent hosting, with less emphasis on cheap and easy, in preparation for moving your sites; You get what you pay for, and inexpensive hosting is often the most expensive hosting you can buy -- a fact that I hope is *not* about to be proven to you... :(

Visiting the WP forums, you may find that you're not alone, if indeed this problem was caused by a server upgrade affecting WP installs at GD.

Best,
Jim

g1smd

7:30 am on Jun 1, 2010 (gmt 0)

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Last week it was "all ZenCart sites at GD were down" and there has also been a recent PHP hack affecting WP sites hosted at GD.