Jude L

Thanks for the response, Tony! I hope it gets fixed soon. I'm participating in a blog hop right now, so it's not good timing! Also, thanks for the https://cougar.hawkhost.com:2083 address. I just couldn't figure out how to get in the backdoor. Now I'll save it for future reference.

Hi! My site is down, and I can't even log into the cpanel using the IP address. Is there something wrong with the Dallas server (Cougar)?

Wanted to update this by saying that I didn't need to disable mod_security. It was the Buddy Press plugin, which I have since removed from my blog. It was messing everything up. Just FYI for anyone doing a search on this problem. If you're using Buddy Press, you either need to make sure to have it updated to the newest version or remove it from your site, since it will interfere with regular performance of your admin area.

What I meant by it being seen as a problem is that a bunch of people use wordpress, and just about all of them use widgets. So are all of HH's customers who use Wordpress being required to disable the mod_security simply to use widgets? Would seem rather strange that only I am having this issue. It's not really an urgent problem, so I don't mind keeping a public conversation going. If it's deemed necessary to determine if it is just my site, I can submit a ticket later. I guess the thing I'm mostly concerned with is the "opening my site to the danger of exploits" by disabling mod_sec OR having to manually configure every widget I add to my blog. Neither seem very good options. LOL

so is mod_security the reason wordpress doesn't function properly? And if everyone uses tickets instead of the forum, you'll be asked the same question over and over again. i did a search and not one other person has posted about this here. Obviously an issue if altering our .htaccess file is necessary. Does that fix have to be in the root .htaccess file or the one in my blog directory? How important is it, that you have it on all your servers? Will my site be vulnerable to attack with it off? Doesn't anyone else see this as a problem?

I just noticed that I can't configure any of my widgets. I checked the wordpress forums, and they think it might be that my host has mod_security enabled or some such. Considering how many of us use wordpress, would that even be possible that HH limits our use of wordpress like this? Has anyone else had this problem or knows how I can fix it? It isn't my browser, since I have another blog on a different host, and the widgets work perfectly fine. This is a bit of an inconvenience, so I hope HH isn't to blame. I just convinced my husband to move his blog over, and this would greatly diminish his use of his site. Please advise. Thanks!

When I signed up, the plan features included SSL. But it's a bit confusing. How can someone on a shared server get SSL set up?