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rubyred
05-23-2006, 02:41 PM
Hello! I recently posted this problem here:
http://forum.pixelpost.org/showthread.php?t=4021

At that time my host seemed to have fixed the error, and we all assumed that they merely needed to set the default page to index.php. However, the same 404 error has reared its ugly head again approximately 3 weeks later. I don't understand why I'm getting this error. My site was running smoothly for weeks and no files were moved or modified when the error resurfaced. You can see the error at my site:

http://haphazardous.net

I've been back and forth with my host over this issue and they haven't been any help whatsoever. They insist that it's a coding problem and they don't mess with code (which is a lie, because the guy who fixed it the first time told me he fixed some code, and yet he refuses to tell me which file he modified, if he even did!). While I'm fully motivated to seek out a new host, that isn't going to happen as quickly as I'd like it to and meanwhile I'd really like to get my site working again.

I've tried to search the forums but it tells me that "404" and "error" are too common and it eliminates them from the search phrase.

Anyone have any ideas? My host wants me to reinstall PP but this is a new installation (I upgraded to 1.5 when the error first showed up, hoping it would clear it up, but it didn't) and I still don't think that reinstalling is going to help. Although I'm willing to do it if in fact it will solve anything.

Please help:confused:
Joe[y]
05-23-2006, 04:22 PM
i don't like pointing the finger but there is no reason why i shouldn't - your host has problems and i'm afraid unless they can be more specific about these so-called script problems theres no assistance we can offer you. a 404 error is a server error, ie, it is your hosts problem and if they're not willing to help there's not much we can do either.

sorry if that's not the response your after..

p.s. see www.eleven2.com
rubyred
05-23-2006, 04:36 PM
Thanks Joe[y]. That's what I was afraid of, and what I suspected all along, but I thought it was worth a try.

eleven2 is a bit out of my price range - I host 4 domains at the moment and may add some more in the future. I've been spending a lot of time at some web host rating sites, so I'm sure I'll find something that will work for me.

FYI to all - avoid Micfo.com like the plague. They're evil evil evil.
Connie
05-23-2006, 05:21 PM
I found out this:

there is index.html + index.htm + index.php at your domain

which means that index.html or index.htm will be loaded before index.php will be read as default-start-page

unfortunately index.html and index.htm consist of empty tags:
<html> </html>
<!--

-->


and the index.php, when called directly brings a 404 on top and below the content of your photoblog
Not Found

The requested URL /index.php?showimage=108 was not found on this server.

this proofs that your hoster is doing very strange acrobatics with the default files : I think they add some non-existent headers to the pages and they install the index.htm and index.html by default

that is not evil, that is stupid which is more than evil!

You should go away from them!

if eleven2 is too expensive for all your domains, you can park unlimited domains at that webspace (which means they will all point to the main domain)
but maybe you can also have additional domains to that

at siteground.com you can have 5 additional domains pointing to specific subdirectories as their root-directory for 30$ a year

I am sure eleven2 has a similar feature, go and ask

everything is better!
rubyred
05-23-2006, 05:29 PM
Thanks, Connie, that sheds some light on the problem! That's very interesting indeed, because none of those other index files even exist in my root directory. My htaccess file is also blank, so how exactly do they do all that redirecting? And how can I make them stop??

Yes, they are stupid. And I say they are evil because I've been going rounds with tech support for days and all they've done is LIE LIE LIE then DENY DENY DENY. $%&# crooks!

Sorry, but I've been rather exasperated by this for much too long now. I really appreciate your help!
rubyred
05-23-2006, 07:34 PM
One of their so-called tech support guys just told me that the cause of the error was that I had had the title set to "404 error" in one of my pages, and that's what he changed in the code. But he forgets which file that was.

Brilliant.

Now he says the problem is that my images and thumbs directories are set to CHMOD 777.

I feel sorry for the poor suckers who don't know any better than to listen to these "experts". Good god, I've got to get a new host. Fast.

A POX ON MICFO!
rubyred
05-24-2006, 12:01 AM
OK, they fixed it, but get this. They renamed the addons directory and the 404 error disappeared. Now my addons don't work. I don't see any files missing in that directory, either. How would the addons directory give me a 404 error on my index page?
Connie
05-24-2006, 06:46 AM
no hoster should rename the files of his clients
we have no pages with the title "404..."
we give this message in case somebody wants to call

"index.php?x=ref"

which was the referrer-page of PP long time ago...