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  • Adding a CNAME Entry for a Domain (1&1 Hosting)

    I recently needed to add a CNAME entry for a Zenfolio gallery to one of my clients domains (http://nikkimoorephotography.com) and it took me a bit of time to figure out just how to add a CNAME entry for the subdomain I was creating. It actually turns out to by pretty straight forward, my mistake was trying to find instructions on 1&1’s help site.

    Here’s the breakdown…

    • First, log in to your account at https://admin.1and1.com
    • Click the Administration tab.
    • Click Domains. This will take you to the Domain Overview page.
    • From the New drop-down menu, click Create Subdomain. (If you already have a subdomain created, skip to the next step).
    • Create your desired subdomain, and click OK. For example, gallery.yourdomain.com
    • Click the checkbox next to the subdomain you just created.
    • Select the DNS menu, click Edit DNS Settings.
    • Select the radio button next to CNAME.
    • Enter your desired domain in the Alias field. In my case, I used zenfolio.com
    • Click OK.

    That’s it! Now you just have to wait for your changes to propagate fully.

  • 500 Internal Server Error with WordPress 3.0

    500 Internal Server Error with WordPress 3.0

    Recently I finally got around to upgrading this site (and several others) to WordPress 3.0 and everything went smoothly until I tried to login to my admin page, where I was greeted by this lovely message:

    Error 500 – Internal server error
    An internal server error has occurred!
    Please try again later.

    Wonderful.

    Turns out that this error was caused by the way my host, 1&1, parses PHP files and while it’s rather annoying, it’s at least relatively easy to fix. I should note that technically WordPress 3.0 also shares some of the blame, as it requires parts be run through PHP5 (1&1 by default uses PHP 4 to parse scripts).

    Here’s how to fix it…
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