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Internal Server Error 500

Been getting this error intermittently across multiple sites and multiple hosting.
Last night, I had two sites down for a couple of hours.
Apparently, WordPress is trying to access something that isn’t available, and rather than timing-out, it’s crashing.
WP forums has lots of conflicting info about this.
It’s either a problem with dodgy plugins/themes, a problem with mod_rewrite rules in htaccess, or just Godaddy being crap. Well I’m not with Godaddy.

The only thing that seems to be consistent is that it started happening after WP 3.01.
I’ve just upgraded to 3.1.. so we’ll see what happens..


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CHROME FLASH CRASH SOLUTION – THIS ONE WORKS

In Chrome, type “about:plugins” in the address bar.
Click on “show details”

There should be two “Shockwave Flash” plugins.
Click DISABLE on the “gcswf32.dll” one near the top.
Leave the “npswf32.dll” version enabled.

Sorted. I can now go back to using Chrome again! Wahey!


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CHROME FLASH CRASH SOLUTION – THIS ONE WORKS

In Chrome, type “about:plugins” in the address bar.
Click on “show details”

There should be two “Shockwave Flash” plugins.
Click DISABLE on the “gcswf32.dll” one near the top.
Leave the “npswf32.dll” version enabled.

Sorted. I can now go back to using Chrome again! Wahey!


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CHROME FLASH CRASH SOLUTION – THIS ONE WORKS

In Chrome, type “about:plugins” in the address bar.
Click on “show details”

There should be two “Shockwave Flash” plugins.
Click DISABLE on the “gcswf32.dll” one near the top.
Leave the “npswf32.dll” version enabled.

Sorted. I can now go back to using Chrome again! Wahey!


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WordPress: "you do not have sufficient permissions to view this page"

I thought I’d upgrade security on some of my sites last week.
I installed a plugin called “wp-security-scan”, which made some sensible suggestions:
1. Change the table prefixes from “wp_” to something else (and update wp-config)
2. Rename the admin user

It the offered a button that said “rename now..”
So I did.
The plugin then reported that it couldn’t update wp-config. So I did that manually.

*BANG* – The sound of the door slamming on the admin panel.

I couldn’t log in “you do not have sufficient permissions to view this page”..

Looks like a file rights issue, right? Wrong. Nothing odd about the file rights or ownership (according to Jab Web Support).

So I set about rolling back the changes. Rather than use my database backup, I decided to find out exactly what that plugin had done..

So, I manually renamed all the tables back to “wp_”
till no login.

Looking inside the tables, though, I found that the plugin had renamed all FIELDS starting with “wp_” as well..

Things like “wp-user_roles”. Fairly crucial.

Anyway, the solution was to browse wp-user and wp-user-meta for any fields starting with the new prefix, and rename them back to “wp_”..

Et voila. Access granted. 🙂

All would have been well, except that some IDIOT at Jab Web wrecked the DNS settings for the site, and it disappeared off the web. Thanks Guys!

Fortunately, I spotted the error, and corrected it. And fired off an email at Jab Web. No response even now…


Byq292u
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WordPress: "you do not have sufficient permissions to view this page"

I thought I’d upgrade security on some of my sites last week.
I installed a plugin called “wp-security-scan”, which made some sensible suggestions:
1. Change the table prefixes from “wp_” to something else (and update wp-config)
2. Rename the admin user

It the offered a button that said “rename now..”
So I did.
The plugin then reported that it couldn’t update wp-config. So I did that manually.

*BANG* – The sound of the door slamming on the admin panel.

I couldn’t log in “you do not have sufficient permissions to view this page”..

Looks like a file rights issue, right? Wrong. Nothing odd about the file rights or ownership (according to Jab Web Support).

So I set about rolling back the changes. Rather than use my database backup, I decided to find out exactly what that plugin had done..

So, I manually renamed all the tables back to “wp_”
till no login.

Looking inside the tables, though, I found that the plugin had renamed all FIELDS starting with “wp_” as well..

Things like “wp-user_roles”. Fairly crucial.

Anyway, the solution was to browse wp-user and wp-user-meta for any fields starting with the new prefix, and rename them back to “wp_”..

Et voila. Access granted. 🙂

All would have been well, except that some IDIOT at Jab Web wrecked the DNS settings for the site, and it disappeared off the web. Thanks Guys!

Fortunately, I spotted the error, and corrected it. And fired off an email at Jab Web. No response even now…


Byq292u
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WordPress: "you do not have sufficient permissions to view this page"

I thought I’d upgrade security on some of my sites last week.
I installed a plugin called “wp-security-scan”, which made some sensible suggestions:
1. Change the table prefixes from “wp_” to something else (and update wp-config)
2. Rename the admin user

It the offered a button that said “rename now..”
So I did.
The plugin then reported that it couldn’t update wp-config. So I did that manually.

*BANG* – The sound of the door slamming on the admin panel.

I couldn’t log in “you do not have sufficient permissions to view this page”..

Looks like a file rights issue, right? Wrong. Nothing odd about the file rights or ownership (according to Jab Web Support).

So I set about rolling back the changes. Rather than use my database backup, I decided to find out exactly what that plugin had done..

So, I manually renamed all the tables back to “wp_”
till no login.

Looking inside the tables, though, I found that the plugin had renamed all FIELDS starting with “wp_” as well..

Things like “wp-user_roles”. Fairly crucial.

Anyway, the solution was to browse wp-user and wp-user-meta for any fields starting with the new prefix, and rename them back to “wp_”..

Et voila. Access granted. 🙂

All would have been well, except that some IDIOT at Jab Web wrecked the DNS settings for the site, and it disappeared off the web. Thanks Guys!

Fortunately, I spotted the error, and corrected it. And fired off an email at Jab Web. No response even now…


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Browsers / Google Chrome / "Flash plugin has crashed"

I use several browsers. IE8, Firefox 3, Opera 11, and Chrome.
Each is good at something. (Except maybe Safari – I can’t see the point of that unless you are an Apple – Person. I’m not. ON a PC it doesn’t make sense, and the Apple Software Updater is a nightmare. “NO – I DO NOT WANT ITUNES”…  )
IE8 appears to be good at most things. Unfortunately, I don’t get on with it. I’m forced to use it eBay UK “Print Postage Online”, as that application doesn’t work with anything else. Bad programming. 
I used Opera simply because it was the only one that ran on my crappy home internet connection at a reasonable speed. My new, 24 Meg Broadband / Wireless connection makes this irrelevant.
Opera does have some interesting and useful features though. “Speed Dial” for a start, synchronisation for another. Chrome (now) does something similar to “Speed Dial”, and is capable of Synchronising EVERYTHING via my Google account.
However,Opera does weird things. There are sites I can’t access properly, or at all, because Opera can’t handle authentication properly. I can’t login to some of my WordPress Sites’ admin areas, because it screws up the passwords..
So I moved to Chrome. Everything was Rosy in the garden.
I moved to an Android phone as well (HTC Wildfire – I should have held out for a Desire, but I got a good deal  ) which also ties into my Google Account. I’m a big Google user – GMAIL, Analytics, Adsense, Webmaster tools, etc..
Just when I had started to appreciate this synchronised Utopia, I got “Flash Plugin has crashed” every time I accessed my sites. Re-installing the plugin made no difference. Aaargh! Disaster..
So I wandered off and made the best of it, using Firefox. Sigh. It wasn’t the same.
It somehow feels “clunky”. Although I found a good set of website analysis tools that ran from the Firefox Toolbar. Very Useful.
Anyway, there I was. Stuck.
Then I had a brainwave. I realised that I’d never actually installed Flash on Google Chrome, and yet it had always been there. Therefore, it must come as part of the Chrome Installation.
I removed Chrome completely, and then re-installed that. Jackpot! No Crash.. 
I then re-enabled synchronisation, and all my settings were back. Woohooo!
Try it!
Oh, and I did a bit of detective work. The “Flash Crash” started happening immediately after I installed Microsoft Silverlight, in order to use Bing Webmaster Tools.
Now, I can’t PROVE that Silverlight wrecked Chrome, but you have to admit, it’s a HELL of a coincidence.


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