It seem to have crashed down in the last few hours.
http://rackjite.com
thanx
RJ
UPDATE THE NEXT DAY: I renamed the WEBLOGING directory and the site now loads. But when any of the event plugins are accessed the same KIND OF error messages comes up. This seems to be about event plugins including spartacus.
This happened right after a helper pasted some machine code into the editor and previewed it.
here is the orginal error, subsequent errors the specific plugin info changes...
Warning: main(/home/content/r/a/c/rackjite2/html/webkick/bundled-libs/HTTP/Request.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/content/r/a/c/rackjite2/html/webkick/plugins/serendipity_event_weblogping/serendipity_event_weblogping.php on line 3
Fatal error: main(): Failed opening required '/home/content/r/a/c/rackjite2/html/webkick/bundled-libs/HTTP/Request.php' (include_path='.:/usr/local/lib/php:/home/content/r/a/c/rackjite2/html/webkick/bundled-libs/:/home/content/r/a/c/rackjite2/html/webkick/bundled-libs/Smarty/libs/:/home/content/r/a/c/rackjite2/html/webkick/:') in /home/content/r/a/c/rackjite2/html/webkick/plugins/serendipity_event_weblogping/serendipity_event_weblogping.php on line 3
Help crash down
Welcome back! It seemed you were gone longer than you were. 
No it isnt fixed... All event plugins crash and leave the same kind of error message as above though directed to each event plugin.
I only got to load properly by changing the name of the directory plugin it was crashing on. All the other events it still errors out when they are used, which is mostly after save article. It would seem its some sort of path error regarding event plugins?
Let me go generate the error message I get after a save...
And I cant get spartacus to work either... It seems all event plugins are somehow... how do you say... f**ked...
Warning: send_ping(/home/content/r/a/c/rackjite2/html/webkick/bundled-libs/HTTP/Request.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/content/r/a/c/rackjite2/html/webkick/plugins/serendipity_event_google_sitemap/serendipity_event_google_sitemap.php on line 566
Fatal error: send_ping(): Failed opening required '/home/content/r/a/c/rackjite2/html/webkick/bundled-libs/HTTP/Request.php' (include_path='.:/usr/local/lib/php:/home/content/r/a/c/rackjite2/html/webkick/bundled-libs/:/home/content/r/a/c/rackjite2/html/webkick/bundled-libs/Smarty/libs/:/home/content/r/a/c/rackjite2/html/webkick/:') in /home/content/r/a/c/rackjite2/html/webkick/plugins/serendipity_event_google_sitemap/serendipity_event_google_sitemap.php on line 566
No it isnt fixed... All event plugins crash and leave the same kind of error message as above though directed to each event plugin.
I only got to load properly by changing the name of the directory plugin it was crashing on. All the other events it still errors out when they are used, which is mostly after save article. It would seem its some sort of path error regarding event plugins?
Let me go generate the error message I get after a save...
And I cant get spartacus to work either... It seems all event plugins are somehow... how do you say... f**ked...
Warning: send_ping(/home/content/r/a/c/rackjite2/html/webkick/bundled-libs/HTTP/Request.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/content/r/a/c/rackjite2/html/webkick/plugins/serendipity_event_google_sitemap/serendipity_event_google_sitemap.php on line 566
Fatal error: send_ping(): Failed opening required '/home/content/r/a/c/rackjite2/html/webkick/bundled-libs/HTTP/Request.php' (include_path='.:/usr/local/lib/php:/home/content/r/a/c/rackjite2/html/webkick/bundled-libs/:/home/content/r/a/c/rackjite2/html/webkick/bundled-libs/Smarty/libs/:/home/content/r/a/c/rackjite2/html/webkick/:') in /home/content/r/a/c/rackjite2/html/webkick/plugins/serendipity_event_google_sitemap/serendipity_event_google_sitemap.php on line 566
This does look like a path error. The send_ping() function is where it tries to notify online services about your new entry, and it needs to use the "HTTP/Request" module to make the connection. The line in question tries to open the module.
PHP is complaining that it can't find the module, which it expects to find at {your-serendipity-directory}/bundled_libs/HTTP/Request.php.
Possibly your webhost has moved your site, or has changed the include settings for PHP. Check that /home/content/r/a/c/rackjite2/html/webkick/bundled-libs/HTTP/Request.php exists and is readable. If it's not readable, change its permissions to 755 and try again.
PHP is complaining that it can't find the module, which it expects to find at {your-serendipity-directory}/bundled_libs/HTTP/Request.php.
Possibly your webhost has moved your site, or has changed the include settings for PHP. Check that /home/content/r/a/c/rackjite2/html/webkick/bundled-libs/HTTP/Request.php exists and is readable. If it's not readable, change its permissions to 755 and try again.
Thanx for caring!
Well, that HTTP directory in the path was not there in the tree on the server. There was also one called CACHE missing there too. So I just uploaded them from the 3.1 version I have on my hard drive and it all seems to be working now.
Why I didnt try that 4 days ago is a mystery? Though I think I thought it may be one of those directories that doestn acually exist. Like archives for the articles, that isn't really there, is it? That has always confused me!
How would this happen you think?
was it my helper pasting in JS video code forgetting that first <bracket and then previewing it? Thats what she said she did, I saw the code and it was strangly bad so I deleted it as the draft it was. But it never did go to publish but did go to preview. Thing is the site went down at about the same time she did the preview.
BTW, when you DRAFT does that go into the database?
Well, that HTTP directory in the path was not there in the tree on the server. There was also one called CACHE missing there too. So I just uploaded them from the 3.1 version I have on my hard drive and it all seems to be working now.
Why I didnt try that 4 days ago is a mystery?
Though I think I thought it may be one of those directories that doestn acually exist. Like archives for the articles, that isn't really there, is it? That has always confused me! How would this happen you think?
was it my helper pasting in JS video code forgetting that first <bracket and then previewing it? Thats what she said she did, I saw the code and it was strangly bad so I deleted it as the draft it was. But it never did go to publish but did go to preview. Thing is the site went down at about the same time she did the preview.
BTW, when you DRAFT does that go into the database?
Of course we care; s9y is the result of our collective effort. Your website reflects on us all, and we want your experiences to be positive. I'm just sorry that we couldn't fix it sooner. Apparently Garvin's 32-hour days have finally caught up with him. :P
As for your questions: those 'virtual' directories are all how we can tell what the user really wants. We could use extra "&name=value" stuff in the query, but that's ugly. Since users (and search engines) like directories, we make it look like directories.
Files getting deleted is always disturbing. It's hard to believe that Javascript errors could delete files from your server: that would be a severe security violation, since the user's computer is executing the JS. If that could happen, any user could delete your blog!
The directory could have been deleted through an errant FTP command. If your assistant's JS was allowing a user to log in via FTP, then it becomes suspect. That's pretty fancy JS, though. If it was calling another PHP or Perl script that modifies files on the server, and that script was flawed, you could have lost a directory or two. But now I'm reaching.
It's possible your webhosting service goofed up and deleted the files while doing their own backups or restorations. They've got control over everything, after all. Maybe their nightly clean-up script got overzealous.
And of course, there's always the possibility that a hacker has compromised your site. As soon as a hacker finds any way in, he can mess up everything else.
This sort of thing happens more often when people are cleaning up their sites, or when they're deleting development code; they accidentally clean up a little more than they bargained for!
Finally, yes, when you hit OK on something that's in DRAFT, it goes to the database. We don't display it to blog visitors, but we do store it so you can work on it some more later. Previewing something doesn't store to the database, regardless of DRAFT or PUBLISH status. In this particular case, your JavaScript would have had a hard time deleting files unless something was desperately wrong.
As for your questions: those 'virtual' directories are all how we can tell what the user really wants. We could use extra "&name=value" stuff in the query, but that's ugly. Since users (and search engines) like directories, we make it look like directories.
Files getting deleted is always disturbing. It's hard to believe that Javascript errors could delete files from your server: that would be a severe security violation, since the user's computer is executing the JS. If that could happen, any user could delete your blog!
The directory could have been deleted through an errant FTP command. If your assistant's JS was allowing a user to log in via FTP, then it becomes suspect. That's pretty fancy JS, though. If it was calling another PHP or Perl script that modifies files on the server, and that script was flawed, you could have lost a directory or two. But now I'm reaching.
It's possible your webhosting service goofed up and deleted the files while doing their own backups or restorations. They've got control over everything, after all. Maybe their nightly clean-up script got overzealous.
And of course, there's always the possibility that a hacker has compromised your site. As soon as a hacker finds any way in, he can mess up everything else.
This sort of thing happens more often when people are cleaning up their sites, or when they're deleting development code; they accidentally clean up a little more than they bargained for!
Finally, yes, when you hit OK on something that's in DRAFT, it goes to the database. We don't display it to blog visitors, but we do store it so you can work on it some more later. Previewing something doesn't store to the database, regardless of DRAFT or PUBLISH status. In this particular case, your JavaScript would have had a hard time deleting files unless something was desperately wrong.
My helper feels really bad though I told her it wasnt a big deal...
So it could have just been serendipity that caused it! I will tell her it wasnt her fault no matter.
I am coming along pretty well now, I think this is about the third time I asked for help and when I got it I hit myself in the head saying I should have known that with it out crying for help!!
I got sidetracked with my sixties60s.com project and havent worked on getting the blog into the category mode I want... I think I may go with JS pulldowns in the head there. And leave some graphics of the cateogries to click for bookmarking... Let you guys know when I get it where I want in a few months... But I stalled a little way into the project. But I got it figured and planned!
I want to cover the top three issues on the net, POLITICS, ENTERTAINMENT and SPORTS with pulldowns and make it all connected by humor and the unusual. I got me to do politcs my lady friend to do entertainment and now need a sports person with a sense of humor...
I am almost finished with the http://sixties60s.com website I been working on for two year now! I hope once its finished and I go out for some links it just may be the thing that pays off... Should know in a few months one way or the other... Not going to the SEVENTIES unless it does.
So it could have just been serendipity that caused it!
I will tell her it wasnt her fault no matter.I am coming along pretty well now, I think this is about the third time I asked for help and when I got it I hit myself in the head saying I should have known that with it out crying for help!!
I got sidetracked with my sixties60s.com project and havent worked on getting the blog into the category mode I want... I think I may go with JS pulldowns in the head there. And leave some graphics of the cateogries to click for bookmarking... Let you guys know when I get it where I want in a few months... But I stalled a little way into the project.
But I got it figured and planned!I want to cover the top three issues on the net, POLITICS, ENTERTAINMENT and SPORTS with pulldowns and make it all connected by humor and the unusual. I got me to do politcs my lady friend to do entertainment and now need a sports person with a sense of humor...
I am almost finished with the http://sixties60s.com website I been working on for two year now! I hope once its finished and I go out for some links it just may be the thing that pays off... Should know in a few months one way or the other... Not going to the SEVENTIES unless it does.