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My Forum is in Matinenance Mode, I didn't put it there

Started by PenelopeQ, May 08, 2011, 02:01:49 PM

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PenelopeQ

May 08, 2011, 02:01:49 PM
I got up and tried to check my forum and it sent me directly to a white screen with Maintenance Mode at the top.

I have done nothing. I was not trying to add mods or anything yesterday. So waht is going on and how do I get it back?

I backed it up earlier in the week. But I don't know how to go about restoring it. I use my bluehost cpanel to create my backups--so it is a back up of my forum and blog which are both on bluehost.

Game.ruler

#1
May 08, 2011, 02:10:31 PM
admin panel >>server setting >>enable maintanance mode.
now uncheck this box and save.

NanoSector

#2
May 08, 2011, 02:11:24 PM
Open "Options.php" and set "$maintenance = 2;" to "$maintenance = 0;".
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Illori

#4
May 08, 2011, 02:55:23 PM
Quote from: Yoshi2889 on May 08, 2011, 02:11:24 PM
Open "Options.php" and set "$maintenance = 2;" to "$maintenance = 0;".

it is settings.php smf does not have an options.php file

you would need to use a text editor to edit it once you download it to your pc with an ftp client.

How do I use FTP? / What is FTP?

PenelopeQ

#5
May 08, 2011, 03:14:54 PM
I've been using Filezilla, but the other day it wasn't allowing me to login--ARGH. Can I use my bluehost cpanel?

And to make sure I am understanding: use settings.php not options.php...?

NanoSector

#6
May 08, 2011, 03:15:08 PM
Quote from: Illori on May 08, 2011, 02:55:23 PM
Quote from: Yoshi2889 on May 08, 2011, 02:11:24 PM
Open "Options.php" and set "$maintenance = 2;" to "$maintenance = 0;".

it is settings.php smf does not have an options.php file

you would need to use a text editor to edit it once you download it to your pc with an ftp client.

How do I use FTP? / What is FTP?
Sorry lol, I'm used to MAP3's Options.php :P

It's indeed Settings.php.
My Mods / Mod Builder - A tool to easily create mods / Blog
"I've heard from a reliable source that the Answer is 42. But, still no word on what the question is."

PenelopeQ

#7
May 08, 2011, 04:47:00 PM
Okay, I've been wondering something.

My bluehost password and FTP password are supposed to be the same--linked.
But now they are different.
Some time ago I changed my BH password and it never got changed on my FTP. PReviously when I had changed my Bluehost password the FTP changed automatically--to the point I had not known it was doing that until someone explained it.

But it has now been a few months and they are not synched. That seems a clear reason why I've had problems. I was just getting ready to set up a new FTP.

Can anyone explain how to synch them or change the FTP. Or maybe I am supposed to cahnge Bluehost?

That should give me access and then I fix the real problem of the Maintenance Mode. The fix sounds so simple.

Illori

#8
May 08, 2011, 05:14:46 PM
you should ask your host about the passwords they would know best.

PenelopeQ

#10
May 08, 2011, 06:31:15 PM
Okay, tech support got me into my FTP.

It worked. I changed the file it about 2 seconds...I knew it would be that fast from your explanation.

But why did it happen? What happened?
I was using it yesterday and then today...BAM.

But there is this issue that I've been thinking is just about my dumb computer, but it only seems to be happening--sometimes--on the forum. My screen flashes or blinks while I am scrolling. It does it relatively quickly and other windows open tot he forum at the same time might not do it. I just checked in at the forum and it did it again--a bit more annoyingly than is usual.

Illori

#11
May 08, 2011, 07:25:56 PM
do you have any files like, install.php, upgrade.php, or repair_settings.php on your server? if so please delete them, even if you renamed them remove them from your server as they could allow others to change settings on your forum.

NanoSector

#12
May 09, 2011, 04:09:05 AM
Quote from: Illori on May 08, 2011, 07:25:56 PM
do you have any files like, install.php, upgrade.php, or repair_settings.php on your server? if so please delete them, even if you renamed them remove them from your server as they could allow others to change settings on your forum.
Actually, that does not explain why the OP's FTP passwords are different.
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Aleksi "Lex" Kilpinen

#13
May 09, 2011, 04:52:36 AM
Quote from: Yoshi2889 on May 09, 2011, 04:09:05 AM
Quote from: Illori on May 08, 2011, 07:25:56 PM
do you have any files like, install.php, upgrade.php, or repair_settings.php on your server? if so please delete them, even if you renamed them remove them from your server as they could allow others to change settings on your forum.
Actually, that does not explain why the OP's FTP passwords are different.
No, but any or all of those could explain the maint.mode.
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NanoSector

#14
May 09, 2011, 04:53:26 AM
Quote from: Aleksi "Lex" Kilpinen on May 09, 2011, 04:52:36 AM
Quote from: Yoshi2889 on May 09, 2011, 04:09:05 AM
Quote from: Illori on May 08, 2011, 07:25:56 PM
do you have any files like, install.php, upgrade.php, or repair_settings.php on your server? if so please delete them, even if you renamed them remove them from your server as they could allow others to change settings on your forum.
Actually, that does not explain why the OP's FTP passwords are different.
No, but any or all of those could explain the maint.mode.
True, but the user also said that the FTP passwords have been changed. Removing those files does not guarantee that that will not happen again.
My Mods / Mod Builder - A tool to easily create mods / Blog
"I've heard from a reliable source that the Answer is 42. But, still no word on what the question is."

Illori

#15
May 09, 2011, 05:26:04 AM
the op did state the following which does explain the password mismatch.
Quote from: PenelopeQ on May 08, 2011, 04:47:00 PM
Some time ago I changed my BH password and it never got changed on my FTP.

NanoSector

#16
May 09, 2011, 05:44:55 AM
Quote from: Illori on May 09, 2011, 05:26:04 AM
the op did state the following which does explain the password mismatch.
Quote from: PenelopeQ on May 08, 2011, 04:47:00 PM
Some time ago I changed my BH password and it never got changed on my FTP.
Meh, I need reading glasses :P
My Mods / Mod Builder - A tool to easily create mods / Blog
"I've heard from a reliable source that the Answer is 42. But, still no word on what the question is."

PenelopeQ

#17
May 09, 2011, 10:12:27 AM
The FTP issue was odd. The BH tech said they were sunched but I was inputting the wrong password. But I'd tried 2 versions--old and supposed new. My password recovery program told me the correct password was the old and thus that did not match with BH--but neither worked.

So I reset the BH password and I still did not get into my FTP. Huh. So I asked the tech about the host. I was using the same one I'd always been. But it turned out that was what was not working. I had to input the server ip and it worked.

I still could not get in with my quick pull down menu. But just a minute ago I fixed that--the password had not automatically updated with the synching as it was supposed to.

As for the programs.

I did not find upgrade.php, or repair_settings.php anywhere.
But I did find in intall.php and removed it.

I also found these
In my Packages Folder
intall11.php
intall20rc12.php
intall20rc2.php

In my Packages --> Bad Behavior folder
intall_db.php

I've looked through the other folders...but it has been tedious. Is there a way I can search--similar to the search function I use to find docs on my computer? I could have so easily missed something.

Also in my folder for the forum ther eseems to be a duplicate folder.
Here are the folders in my main site folder

attachments
avatars
bookmarks
cache
packages
smf2 (ARGH duplicate)
smileys
sources
store
styles
themes

In that smf2 folder are the following folders (those not included that are in the main are struck out)
attachments
avatars
bookmarks
cache
packages
smf2 (ARGH duplicate)
smileys
sources
store
styles
themes

But only Avatars and Smileys look like they have the same things in them. Sources also has a lot in it, but it's not the same because there is a package folder in the main one and no package folder in that one.

Is this folder something I should delete? I am afraid to delete anything in case it would mess everything up.

PenelopeQ

#18
May 09, 2011, 10:17:02 AM
I just went to my cpanel and serached and found one I missed.

In the avatar folder was upgrade.php; I deleted it.

Illori

#19
May 09, 2011, 10:26:58 AM
the other files you mention should not effect the ability to put the forum into maintenance mode.
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