"Trouble Connection to Database" Wordpress Issue

[kamagikat]

I've been unable to access my blog here for nearly a month now. Originally I got a message saying the site server was unavailable, which I figured was because of the moving. Recently, however, it's changed to "error connecting to database". I have wordpress installed for my blog and have updated it to the latest version. I can access my site via FTP but I can't figure out what's caused the connection failure. Is it MySQL? Did the hostname or other information change during the move? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Derek]

http://x10hosting.com/forums/free-hosting/126059-i-cant-login-my-cpanel-fris-mysql-isnt-working.html

 

[kamagikat]

Yes, I've looked at this. I can log into my cPanel so that isn't a problem. I'm not quite sure what it means to "add to remote host". Wordpress connection info is done on a .php file and I tried switching "localhost" with "int.fris.x10hosting.com" and "fris.x10hosting.com" to no effect.

 

[Derek]

No, change it back to localhost and go into the cPanel and find remote hosts.

 

[kamagikat]

Ugh, I take back what I said. I can login to my account on this website but not the CPanel. It keeps saying "Login Attempt Failed". :frown: guess that means I've having two issues with my site and it's been nearly a month. *sigh*

 

[kamagikat]

Making progress...

Okay, so I can finally log into my cPanel. I added the remote hosts and I can now view my site again (yay!). However, when I try to access the admin panel of my Wordpress account I get a 500 Internal Server Error. Any ideas how to fix that???

 

[Derek]

What are the permissions of that folder?

 

[kamagikat]

The wp-admin folder is at 777.

---------- Post added at 01:09 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:04 AM ----------

Ah yes! Thank you for mentioning the permissions. I looked in the error log and found that the 777 was the error. I changed the permissions to 755 and now my blog is fully working again. Thanks! :biggrin:

 

[Derek]

That is great. Thanks for choosing x10hosting.