Comments on: WordPress upgrades and 1and1 hosting

By: Kate Williams

Kate Williams — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 00:34:46 +0000

I tried several different hosting sites even 1and1 hosting. When I first started I didn’t know what to really look for in a good hosting site so I settled for one that presumable gave good tech support. I’m using HostGator now, and I love it. Thanks for the post.

By: George Spiteri

George Spiteri — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 20:25:11 +0000

I was using a cheap hosting site for the last year and have been relatively happy until recently. Half a dozen of my sites have been down for 2 weeks now—I guess you get what you pay for. I appreciate you recommending 1&1 hosting, I just checked it out and I’m probably going to make the switch. Thanks.

By: Christine Arkin

Christine Arkin — Mon, 30 May 2011 14:49:48 +0000

I’m interested in transferring my journals to a blog format, but I don’t know much about web hosting. I don’t really know anything. Would you recommend 1&1 for a beginner?

By: Ben W.

Ben W. — Thu, 26 May 2011 01:15:17 +0000

I’m a 1&1 fan, glitches and all, but it’s all that I know. My friends tell me it’s never too late to switch, but if it ain’t broke…

By: Avery K.

Avery K. — Fri, 20 May 2011 14:33:36 +0000

Paul took the words out of my mouth. I appreciated the fix, but the video was particularly entertaining. Thanks for both!

By: Paul

Paul — Sun, 01 May 2011 23:33:38 +0000

As helpful as the article was, and I agree on 1and1, for the record…I cannot help but commenting on Darth Vader. That is absolutely hilarious. It was a random smile after reading the article.

By: Anna

Anna — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 02:04:17 +0000

I have learned a lot about Wordress, SQL and databases in the last couple of years, and have also learned that all hosts are not equal! I am now using a cPanel host but create all my databases manually, so I name the database and the user, and randomly generate the password. I feel that gives me more control and I am less likely to run into problems if the db crashes and I need to restore it. I haven’t run into the version problem above yet, so I will probably stick to Hostgator!

By: Phelan

Phelan — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 23:26:24 +0000

Thanks for posting this article on 1and1 hosting and the WordPress update bug. We were baffled by why WordPress wasn’t updating plugins or to the newest version when working on our clients’ site on 1and1.

I’m really glad your .htaccess hack just works. I’m tired of reading through long blog posts about solutions, implementing them and they still don’t work. So, thanks again for posting something useful.

By: Craig

Craig — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 00:30:31 +0000

Thanks, worked like a charm for 1and1.com shared.
These tree lines:
Options All -Indexes
AddType x-mapp-php5 .php
AddHandler x-mapp-php5 .php

By: Michael Stults

Michael Stults — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 16:37:21 +0000

Hi whall. What is interesting is when I called 1and1 about my four sites they told me I am on php4. In mysql in the 1and1 cpanel it shows “MySQL5.0″ ready for all my sites. It has me scratching my head but I have the same issues as you previously did and it is very frustrating.
Here is how my .htaccess file looks like:
# BEGIN WordPress

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]

# END WordPress
—I was told to just add this to it from 1and1 and i was golden: AddType x-mapp-php5 .php

I have no clue where it should go if it is outside the brackets or before. I appreciate your help if you can give me some more direction.

Best:
Michael