Originally Posted by
KenBaker
mc123456789,
My first expectation (and *still* my strong suspicion) was exactly that, that my webhost (Host Gator) had made some change in the host servers that caused my ZC installations (login protocols, specifically) to suddenly act differently. Here's why: I have two ZC installations, both installed in subdomains. One is over a year old, and has been toodling along all this time. I created my Admin login shortcut when I carried out this first installation, lo those many moons ago. Using this shortcut, my logins always worked glitch-free (save when I really did mistype my username or password).
In January, I carried out a second ZC installation in a separate domain, and since then I've been actively working on this installation, including its various configuration files. As for my first installation, other than managing product maintenance, customer care, and orders, I haven't been making any other changes. As I understand the matter, and as I've seen from practical experience, ZC installations in separate domains have no complementary effects on one another, and they cause no adverse developments one to the other, because they're physically and operationally separate.
*However*, when this situation emerged about two weeks ago, it affected *both* of my installations, not just the second installation upon which I was making copious alterations. I would have immediately concluded that I had done something untoward if this glitch had affected only my second installation, but — as my first installation had been rolling along swimmingly for quite some time, yet it too suffered this glitch at exactly the same time — I assumed that Host Gator had made some server change that I needed to accommodate.
When I contacted the HG tech reps and asked what had changed, they responded: Ummm, nothing we know of. When I pressed a bit, they responded: Ummm, nothing we know of — must be how your code's parsing itself. When I pointed out that my code had been parsing itself just fine until quite recently, and that *some* change must have occurred, they responded: Ummm, nothing we know of.
Here's the thing: I got the glitch remedied, and I gained a Methuselah's lifetime of learning about php and server protocols generally, and the ZC program specifically, but I *still* don't know what caused the situation in the first place. To me, it's like solving a very difficult Sudoku through a lucky guess: You solved it, but not through rational enquiry. Most unsatisfying.
Anyway, thanks for the attention, and cheers,
Ken Baker
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