I am shifting over to a new server. I copied all my amember files and database across. However, when I try protecting a folder now ("main_area") the .htaccess file generated creates an infinite loop and then the web browser times out. You can see what I mean if you try following the link: www.activehistory.co.uk/top_activities Has anyone else come across this problem and knows how to deal with it? It's driving me crazy!
I had a look and I can't see a problem either. If I go to your main_area directory I can wander around and click on the menu links, but when I get to any of the content links it asks me to log in. Everything seems to be working fine from my perspective. Or is it the actual protected content that causes problems?
OK - to simplify, here's a web address in the members' area: http://www.activehistory.co.uk/main_area/games/yr9_jack_ripper/index.htm? If I click on it at present (without logging in) I get redirected to the "login" page. If I then try logging in (e.g. login: toulouse, password: sausage) I then appear to get trapped in an infinite loop and the page refuses to load. If anyone could try going through these steps from their end and let me know what happens, it might be helpful...I've been waiting for 15 hours now for a reply to my support ticket without any luck....!
Thanks for the reply, but unfortunately this doesn't help...if you try the following page http://www.activehistory.co.uk/main_area You get exactly the same thing. There's no redirect on that page either but I'm getting exactly the same problem. It's now been 24 hours since my ticket was submitted and my website has been out of action, so I'm hoping someone at Amember gets to it soon...
Interestingly, if I make a minor change to the .htaccess from [Example A] to [Example B] then the infinite loop does not occur, but neither are any folders protected. EXAMPLE A: RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.activehistory.co.uk/amember/plugins/protect/new_rewrite/login.php?v=%1-0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59,60,61,62,63&url=%{REQUEST_URI}?%{QUERY_STRING} [L,R] EXAMPLE B: RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.activehistory.co.uk/amember/plugins/protect/new_rewrite/login.php?v=%1-0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16$
With no reply yet to my support ticket after 34 hours (I know, it's new year etc!) I've had to change the DNS so that the web address points at my old server again. So the problem will not appear to exist any more even though it hasn't been solved so far as my new server is concerned. Thanks anyway.
russeltarr, I'm having this same problem...I see your post was from last month, did you find the solution?
n4v4rr0, What all did you change (in aMember) when you moved over to your new servers? Have you tried protecting a new folder and comparing the .htaccess files?