BulletProof Security Forum

Ok good, one less possible thing to factor into the equation.

Do these steps and let me know the results:
Delete the .htaccess file in your website root folder and the .htaccess file in your wp-admin folder.  Can you login to your website?  Is the frontend and backend displaying normally?
If so, go to BPS Custom Code and cut (not copy) any custom .htaccess code that you have added to any Custom Code text boxes and save it to a Notepad text file on your computer.
Click the Save Root Custom Code button.
Go to the BPS Security Modes page and click the Root Folder BulletProof Mode Activate button.

Is your site still displaying correctly on the frontend and backend?

Front end and backend admin worked with only deleting the root htaccess.

I used cut and pasted into notepad++  (I previously used copy when I was troubleshooting).

I noticed that several characters were inserted into the code in one of the sections that shouldn’t have been there. These characters were only viewable when using the Cut (not copy).

I removed invalid characters and reinserted custom code via copy and it now seems to be working. Guessing the invalid characters were the reason why the 500 was occurring, but mystified as to why they didn’t show up before when viewing the htaccess directly via ftp, BPS custom code, or BPS file editor(?) I’ll have to add to notes, but the characters were only caught using cut and not copy….

Otherwise, thanks, all seems to be working now!

Oh and one other thing I wanted to point out that I noticed while checking your site out.  You have the Theme My Login plugin installed.  Theme My Login Login Security overrides BPS Login Security, but some BPS Login Security features will still work.  I had been meaning to post this in this Forum so I just created this Forum Topic below.

http://forum.ait-pro.com/forums/topic/theme-my-login-login-security/

I hope this is an easy fix, I shouldn’t even be messing with this stuff and think I screwed up pretty bad…uggg

So, I needed to increase my upload size so I went the the custom php.ini section and added code to do that.  I came across a way to speed up the site (a problem that has been hurting my google responses) so I added that too. (not sure why the heck I would try two things at once)

I then saved it, and then activated the root folder bullet proof mode, and boom, internal error 500.  In the end, this is what I added, and there are more details following..

memory_limit = 200M
upload_max_filesize = 200M
post_max_size = 200M
file_uploads = on

# BEGIN WEBSITE SPEED BOOST
[standard Speed Boost cache code checked and then deleted]
# END WEBSITE SPEED BOOST

I tried to delete the htaccess file, not sure what root means, but it was in the main folder for that website (not the root webpage, but an add on page), located here: public_html/projectstudentsafety.org It started off reading,

# BULLETPROOF .51.7 WP-ADMIN SECURE .HTACCESS

# DO NOT ADD URL REWRITING IN THIS FILE OR WORDPRESS WILL BREAK
# RewriteRule ^(.*)$ - [F] works in /wp-admin without breaking WordPress
# RewriteRule . /index.php [L] will break WordPress

I believe that means it is the admin file, meaning I have no idea where the root one is (when I delete it, it does nothing).  Also I am running a network with a sub domain (Main Domain is a blog, sub domain is bp), but I do not think I set this up on the network (I may be wrong, it was a while ago), but neither are working.

I am okay with anything that can bring this back as quickly as possible. I am working on breaking a story on my blog and really need it fixed fast.  If there is a way to use the back up (I backed up the htacess right before I did this), or just uninstall, which at this point I am think is the smart move, this is way too high tech for me, I don’t get half the conversations on how to fix these things and dont even know what a root file is lol…

Please, someone help…

That much I took from reading forums.  I have no idea where the php.ini file is, and I tried to delete the .htacess from the folder root file for the website (I explained all this already, but the root folder had the admin fine, and the admin folder did not have any .htacess file).

I did it and it did nothing….   can I have my host restore backed up files from 5 days ago without backing up the sql?

[Topic has been merged into this relevant Topic]
Good Day,
I have WordPress 4.5.2
I cannot make a htaccess file. It gives me an 500 server error. If I re-name the file and create a new one my site works, but displays the following: –

BPS Alert! Your site may not be protected by BulletProof Security
The BPS version: BULLETPROOF .xx.x >>>>>>> SECURE .HTACCESS line of code was not found at the top of your Root htaccess file.
The BPS version line of code MUST be at the very top of your Root htaccess file.
Click Here to go to the BPS Setup Wizard page and click the Setup Wizard button to setup the BPS plugin again.
Important Note: If you manually added other htaccess code above the BPS version line of code in your root htaccess file, you can copy that code to BPS Root Custom Code so that your code is saved in the correct place in the BPS root htaccess file.
Click Here to go to the BPS Custom Code page, add your Root custom htaccess code in an appropriate Root Custom Code text box and click the Save Root Custom Code button before running the Setup Wizard again.

If I do this, it gives me the 500 Server error.
Regards