Months ago, I wanted to transfer this blog to WordPress, to occupy annkanni.com instead of its present subdomain. Following instructions provided on the WP website, I created a MySQL database within my domain, downloaded the latest WP files, created wp-config.php from wp-config-sample.php and edited its content accordingly, uploaded everything to my webhost server, then logged into the WP website admin. That's when I realized that, "WordPress, we have a problem." Or more specifically, a Bad Gateway error.
Hoping to fix it, I repeated the whole process over and over for weeks, making tweaks here and there with the help of online tutorials and forums. Still, the problem persisted, so I decided to leave it for a while. Well, for months.
Fast forward to February this year, when sis wanted to include an order form on her website which sells homemade baked products. So I created the form and uploaded it to her website, created a Thank You page onsite, created a cgi file using this perl script and uploaded that to my webhost server, then tested the order form. After pressing the Submit button, I was again greeted with a Bad Gateway error.
To make matters worse, my blog posts stopped publishing altogether.
THAT DID IT. I vowed to get the problem fixed once and for all. Took three weeks, what with other pressing matters to attend to, but it's done. Finally.
The problem? My domain was hosted on a Windows server platform, which for some reason blocked file permissions from being made to the cgi folder and files, as well as to other folders and files. The solution? My domain is now hosted on a Linux server platform, plus I'm now using a friendlier ftp program. A shoutout to my webhosting provider of three years, whose fast and efficient online support has got to be experienced to be believed.
Gotta get working on that WordPress migration soon.
Labels: mundanities, shoutouts, WWW
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