By drupalLearner on

OK

So..

I originally installed Drupal in root/dpstaging1/ and all was well. I designed themes, and installed modules while everything worked beautifully. I decided to redirect my main domain to the installation directory; but also that I didn't want such a lengthy and cumbersome name. Thus, I changed the name of the installation directory to /www. I have tried every possible iteration of .htaccess edits including: RewriteBase /; RewriteBase /www; leaving that line commented out..? I have also tried editing the settings.php file's base_url line to every possible or likely syntax. I have included a wildcard (*) in the DNS records the host has on file to include the @ host resolving to the proper IP address in hopes of usurping legacy or misconfigured apache installation's mod_rewrite. I have cleared every database cache table more times than can be measured.

Still the site will not work at all unless I change the installation directory name back to it's origin and clear the database cache... Please help me avoid changing hosts this late in the game. I will never use GoDaddy again, but for me to change hosts on this project would gravely hinder its completion.

Thank you in advance.

http://www.mccartneykanlaw.com/www

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pia’s picture

pia commented

I have several sites up using GoDaddy and really like them. They are extremely responsive when I phone them, and always help me out. I find your explanation confusing and don't understand if you have your site live on GoDaddy or are developing locally? There is no URL to try and look at. does not work at all ...

Pia

drupalLearner’s picture

drupalLearner commented

That url was live on Godaddy but I had to rename the directory back to this to get anything to work:

http://www.mccartneykanlaw.com/dpstaging1.

I was trying to rename that directory to /www so it wasn't so long... or even move the entire installation to root (which failed as well)

i could not get it to work at all.

GDHosting’s picture

GDHosting commented

drupalLearner,

Sorry for your trouble. It might be setting in your settings.php file or possibly your MySQL database.

Hawaii Al’s picture

Hawaii Al commented

I hate GoDaddy and I mean HATE

I had purchased multiple domain names through GoDaddy over the last 10 years. I had run Joomla & Drupal Websites for at least a dozen sites. At first they sucked due to all kinds of memory allocation errors. After many many calls to tech support finally they got it to work slightly better.

I am a startup and had several secure sites to demo. I purchased SSL for $70/year and pointed to 3 sites. We could never get the SSLs redirecting even after following all of their assistance. They lied, gave bad instructions, tell me one support doesn't know, you got to do something else. Then the next support guy tell us to do something completely opposite. Then they say they can't help with scripting yet their website says their url redirect tool automatically enters the .htaccess file code! Meanwhile still didn't work and after 6 long, tiring months and losing bank clients for not having SSL, I complained. How did GoDaddy reply? They yanked my accounts!

If you are small business and running Drupal never ever ever use GoDaddy, they nearly cost me our business!

jsulmar’s picture

jsulmar commented

Pia, how is the performance of your Drupal sites at Godaddy? I've installed a site and it functions properly, however response time is very slow and I don't know how to diagnose the bottlenecks. Did you have to tune performance in any way?
Thanks for any advice.

dtesenair’s picture

dtesenair commented

I have multiple sites running on GoDaddy shared hosting and the performance has been dismal and inconsistent. Some days, everything works great and performance is fine but it is usually very slow.

I am actively searching for a Drupal optimized host. Anyone have any suggestions?

christfycl’s picture

christfycl commented

many people have problem when they install joomla on godaddy
and remember that they have some time delay on .hataccess file

gfury’s picture

gfury commented

I have a few sites hosted at godaddy. The oldest one is the one that performs the best. I think it's on an older box that they are not putting anyone else on.

The newest one has the worst performance, and it very inconsistent. Sometimes it's quick, other times it takes a minute or more to load a page.

Also looking for another hosting provider.

pia’s picture

pia commented

Sorry for being so exceptionally slow in responding! GoDaddy is slow, I don't think there is any question about it. So far it works on the live site but I am trying to figure out where to move it.
For developing on a live site GoDaddy is impossible! It takes FOREVER before it responds. Definitely also different servers have different speeds there. I always ask for a Linux server and I think they are marginally faster than the Windows ones ...

However, GoDaddy's tech support have always been great for me. Polite, patient and explained things so I do understand the issues and the solutions.

Webenabled.com is superfast but I think they are pricy ...

Pia

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talkingtek commented

I had hostgator as a personal hosting before and everything running very smooth. Now I create a intranet using drupal for a non-profit organization use godaddy and boy it's my first night mare. I didn't even have that many modules install and when ever I click on the modules tab it took me 3-5 minutes if im lucky else it just gave me a blank page.

I would never host with godaddy any more..

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Tresler’s picture

Tresler commented

IN your .htaccess try: 

<Directory /root/www>
  Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
  AllowOverride All
  Order allow,deny
  Allow from all
</Directory>