[support] Strange issue
Simon Swegles
simon at swegles.com
Thu Sep 14 13:47:59 UTC 2006
Have you tried uploading and accessing any non-Drupal content on that
host? That should be a very informative troubleshooting step. Try HTML
and PHP content to see if there is any difference.
It could also be a permissions issue.
Kobus Myburgh wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> I have a very strange issue, and my host INSISTS the problem is with
> the PHP code of Drupal (can you believe that - I know Drupal well enough
> to know it is not!)
>
> Here is the situation:
>
> Thursday, 7 Sept 2006, ~ 17:45 GMT+2:
>
> Site worked FINE! I have just uploaded it, made some minor adjustments
> to the configuration file, and then continued to browse the site, simply
> checking for spelling mistakes and ommissions to the site. Suddenly the
> site went dead. As in "page not found". Like the A-record is wrong, but
> it is definately okay, as shown by the control panel. I can still log in
> to the FTP, and I can still access the control panel. But the www gives
> "page not found". This sounds suspiciously like something on the
> server.
>
> After that I've downloaded Drupal 4.7.3 again, reinstalled all the
> files from scratch, with the exception of settings.php and the theme,
> checked the database (optimize, repair, etc.) and the site still doesn't
> work, so it's not Drupal related, I am sure of that.
>
> The site also works on my localhost. So I am not sure what could be
> wrong...
>
> It is now a week later, and the site is still down.
>
> I was hoping someone here has experienced something like this before
> and can tell me what I can do.
>
> The host is running Windows/IIS.
>
> Regards and thanks,
>
> Kobus
>
>
>
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