You can always change your 'hosts' file on your machine to test how something works without actually changing the A record. Just add a line with IP address and the URL you want it to take over. Just make sure you remove it, otherwise you might not notice problems in the future.
Joel
-----Original Message----- From: support-bounces@drupal.org [mailto:support-bounces@drupal.org] On Behalf Of Earnie Boyd Sent: Monday, June 18, 2012 6:35 AM To: support@drupal.org Subject: Re: [support] Gone live problem
On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 3:37 PM, Anthony wrote:
So I went live and changed the A-Rec to point to my new site. I entered 66.167.244.79 into the A-Rec.
A records should only point to the host name, such as example.com.
Now I can get to the home page but not to the other pages. (500 error) The site actually has an IP address of http://66.167.244.79/foo/.
I'm not understanding what you are saying. The IP address is 66.167.244.79. The given URI here has a protocol of http:// and /foo is a directory, file or service callback provided by the programming. E.G.: example.com is set in the A record to point to 66.167.244.79 and I enter http://example.com/foo to get to /foo on your server. If this isn't what you meant, then you need to clarify.
My question is do I have to add the /foo to the A-rec?
No.
Or do I just have to wait till it all propagates?
If http://example.com is propagated already then so is /foo. If /foo gives a 500 error code then something is wrong with the configuration.