Is there a... "how to automate this for dummies" version of this somewhere? Would this be something I'd add to an htaccess file or something along those lines?
While we're waiting on our ticket with the host: I restored the root htaccess file (or rather, the public_html one) to its original state and I've got the WordPress site to load again (no more server error). Still nothing in /forum though.
Problem is I'm just smoothbrain enough to not fully comprehend his solution. I'll go back through the thread again to see what I missed. the /community has indeed been updated to /forum.
will do! yeah, i should've read that htaccess a bit more thoroughly. the cost of multitasking!
I will revive the htaccess in the /forum directory as well
What's bothering us, though, is that the site has functioned like this for a long time, then appears to have just stopped overnight due...
I have never worked with htaccess files before, so still trying to wrap my brain around it. Based on that thread linked above with the same issue, I edited the root htaccess file to what I THINK the user in that thread said the solution was. I also renamed the htaccess files in the /forum...
Thank you! I've been searching the forums for someone with a similar problem and hadn't found that one yet. Currently trying to do my "real" job here while simultaneously figuring this out. So hopefully I get somewhere with that soon :)
Hmm, but why would it just now be an issue after working perfectly for so long?
We are not running a bridge. The forum and wordpress directories are separate, so such a thing didn't seem necessary. Navigating to /forum is separate from the WordPress directories, so not seeing how that would be...
Just overnight, forum was working fine last night and no longer loading this morning. It is loading a 404 page through our WordPress front page. I've checked cPanel file manager and all files are still there. I can see both our WordPress folder and Forum folder exactly where they should be...