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Well upon further review, it looks like WordPress doesn’t need you to chmod anything before the install…so guess that idea’s is out the window.

I’ve been using 1and1 for a year or so now, and have never had any major problems…seems like I just upload it, chmod whatever needs to be, and then run the install page. The only information I’ve ever needed to provide is the database info, which should be:

user: dboxxxxxxx
pass: xxxxxxx
database: dbxxxxxxx
host: dbxx.xxxxx.net

I know a few times I got caught up mixing the user and database name…at first blush they look the same but the username begins with “dbo” and the host is just “db”.

How are you uploading everything? What protocol and client? Also, not to pass the buck from here, but you may want to try checking out 1and1’s support forum:

https://s88567960.onlinehome.us/forums/index.php?act=idx

I have a PageRank of three?!? How do I find that info out…maybe I am doing better than I thought, I’m just not gathering the information correctly.

I see how brash the whole “content isn’t the issue” sounds, but I never meant it in that way…what I was getting at is I have a lot of content I’m prepairing to get on the site. The problem I was trying to display is that I just don’t get hits…looking at the server logs I get like 2-3 a day…sometimes more, but not oftern.

I had thought about leaving comments on other sites, but I have to say I don’t really like that idea. It’s not that I’m against the process, it’s just I have like one hour a night of free time, and I’m usually already wasting it on my website. I can’t wait until I have more time, cause I would love to be more active in the ‘community’, but for now that’s not an option.

You know I’m looking at it in the same way as Jinsan, except I don’t have the 20-30 people ?? I don’t know…I get all worked up over this site sometimes, only to remember that it’s probably better if I don’t get a lot of traffic. Blah! It’s all so complicated!!!

But seriously, thanx for the tips. I’ll see what I can pull together this weekend…

Even so, the content isn’t the issue…it’s getting people to know that there is content. I don’t know, it’s all very frustrating! And you know with the continued explosion of blogs and such it’s just gonna get harder and harder to stand out. And this version of the blog has been up since Feb…I’ve been through a few different versions since august. Sadly, I can’t figure out how to carry over the old posts, other than copy-and-paste. One day I’ll get them back in the system, but for now it’s just new stuff.

Here’s that info I was talking about…the last post is the most interesting, containing not only the possible problem but also some fixes…which didn’t work for him.

https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic.php?id=26870

I have this same problem, and posted about it back in the day. However, due to me being a ‘newb’ I really never got any answer…looks like it’s still a problem! I did manage to find something about Apache 1.3.x being the problem, but what that means to us is out of my league…good luck!