No data received error page

You say “bare bones settings.” What settings exactly?

WP: no alterations from the base install. default theme.
s2: the most basic settings to make s2 run a basic level 1 member signup. signup, paypal, user registration is working perfect until user goes to login.

Note that before re-installing the bare-bones settings version, I created a nice site with all the settings I wanted in both WP and s2. did css changes, all sorts of settings to s2 and had the exact same result. After countless hours trouble shooting, I ended up nuking everything and starting over with this most basic version… with the same result.

You aren’t helping yourself here. Saying you have the most basic settings doesn’t give anyone anything to go on. What settings? What posts and pages? What is protected? How is it protected?

It might seem tedious for you to have to do this, but no-one else can see inside your setup, so we have little chance of diagnosing the problem unless you provide the maximum amount of detail.

Thanks. Settings:

I am currently getting the same “No data received” trying to log in to my admin, which is new. Previously, I was only having issues with paid members logging in. Anyway, I remember my settings:

Note: error log at bottom

s2:
General Settings:
All settings were not touched except the following:

Security Encryption Key: yes

Email configuration: default that s2 inserted

Login Welcome Page: set to Members Area page which currently has no content, just a title. Slug is members-area

Member Options Page: set to Join page, which has the s2 generated PayPal button only on it. Slug is join.

WP/s2 created the htaccess file which has this code:
# BEGIN s2Member GZIP exclusions
<IfModule rewrite_module>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (^|\?|&)s2member_file_download\=.+ [OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (^|\?|&)no-gzip\=1
RewriteRule .* – [E=no-gzip:1]
</IfModule>
# END s2Member GZIP exclusions
# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ – [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress

PayPal was set up exactly per directions in s2. That part of the signup process is working fine.

WP: 4.0 installed last night fresh. No plugins other than s2. default theme 2013. Created the two pages mentioned above and no other settings altered.

Error log:
[Wed Oct 08 21:36:59 2014] [error] [client 66.41.231.252] PHP Warning:
require(/home/webadmin/ilearnfaster.com/html/wp-includes/load.php) [ href=’function.require’>function.require]: failed to open stream: No such
file or directory in /home/webadmin/ilearnfaster.com/html/wp-settings.php on
line 21, referer:
https://www.ilearnfaster.com/test/wp-admin/plugins.php?deleted=true&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s=
[Wed Oct 08 21:36:59 2014] [error] [client 66.41.231.252] PHP Fatal error:
require() [function.require]: Failed opening
required ‘/home/webadmin/ilearnfaster.com/html/wp-includes/load.php’
(include_path=’.:/usr/share/pear:/usr/share/php’) in
/home/webadmin/ilearnfaster.com/html/wp-settings.php on line 21, referer:
https://www.ilearnfaster.com/test/wp-admin/plugins.php?deleted=true&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s=
[Wed Oct 08 21:38:57 2014] [error] [client 37.187.90.20] Directory index
forbidden by rule: /home/webadmin/ilearnfaster.com/html/
[Wed Oct 08 21:38:57 2014] [error] [client 37.187.90.20] script
‘/home/webadmin/ilearnfaster.com/html/wp-login.php’ not found or unable to stat
[Wed Oct 08 21:38:57 2014] [error] [client 37.187.90.20] File does not exist:
/home/webadmin/ilearnfaster.com/html/administrator
[Wed Oct 08 21:39:00 2014] [error] [client 66.41.231.252] File does not exist:
/home/webadmin/ilearnfaster.com/html/test, referer:
https://www.ilearnfaster.com/test/wp-admin/plugins.php?deleted=true&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s=
[Wed Oct 08 21:41:01 2014] [error] [client 66.41.231.252] File does not exist:
/home/webadmin/ilearnfaster.com/html/test, referer:
https://www.ilearnfaster.com/test/wp-admin/plugins.php?deleted=true&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s=
[Wed Oct 08 21:53:03 2014] [error] [client 66.41.231.252] File does not exist:
/home/webadmin/ilearnfaster.com/html/favicon.ico
[Wed Oct 08 21:55:39 2014] [error] [client 66.41.231.252] PHP Warning: An
unexpected error occurred. Something may be wrong with www.remarpro.com or this
server’s configuration. If you continue to have problems, please try the
support forums. (WordPress could
not establish a secure connection to www.remarpro.com. Please contact your server
administrator.) in
/home/webadmin/ilearnfaster.com/html/wp-admin/includes/plugin-install.php on
line 77, referer:
https://www.ilearnfaster.com/wp-admin/plugins.php?deleted=true&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s=
[Wed Oct 08 21:56:53 2014] [error] [client 66.41.231.252] PHP Warning: An
unexpected error occurred. Something may be wrong with www.remarpro.com or this
server’s configuration. If you continue to have problems, please try the
support forums. (WordPress could
not establish a secure connection to www.remarpro.com. Please contact your server
administrator.) in /home/webadmin/ilearnfaster.com/html/wp-includes/update.php
on line 119, referer:
https://www.ilearnfaster.com/wp-admin/update.php?action=install-plugin&plugin=s2member&_wpnonce=ce34f9cc74
[Wed Oct 08 21:56:53 2014] [error] [client 66.41.231.252] PHP Warning: An
unexpected error occurred. Something may be wrong with www.remarpro.com or this
server’s configuration. If you continue to have problems, please try the
support forums. (WordPress could
not establish a secure connection to www.remarpro.com. Please contact your server
administrator.) in /home/webadmin/ilearnfaster.com/html/wp-includes/update.php
on line 295, referer:
https://www.ilearnfaster.com/wp-admin/update.php?action=install-plugin&plugin=s2member&_wpnonce=ce34f9cc74
[Wed Oct 08 21:56:54 2014] [error] [client 66.41.231.252] PHP Warning: An
unexpected error occurred. Something may be wrong with www.remarpro.com or this
server’s configuration. If you continue to have problems, please try the
support forums. (WordPress could
not establish a secure connection to www.remarpro.com. Please contact your server
administrator.) in /home/webadmin/ilearnfaster.com/html/wp-includes/update.php
on line 457, referer:
https://www.ilearnfaster.com/wp-admin/update.php?action=install-plugin&plugin=s2member&_wpnonce=ce34f9cc74

This looks like something more fundamental than simply a problem with the way s2Member is working — it sounds like you have all the right pages set up for s2 to operate correctly — but at least your htaccess file looks fine.

I am wondering if something went wrong when s2Member was installed. What happens if you use your FTP client to download the s2member directory (so you have a backup) and then delete it from your installation?

Additional notes:

I have another WP site with the same host but a different url. Both server functions and settings are the same but the ilearnfaster site is having login issues. Since a few minutes ago and as mentioned above, I can’t log in to the ilearnfaster admin panel. ilearnfaster.com login shows the s2 header. maybe this plugin is causing the problems… see log errors at bottom of last post.

Again, I was only having problems with users logging in, now both admin and users can’t log in. I will probably have to nuke everything for the third time and start over yet again. Very frustrating, especially when s2, host, WP are all blaming each other and no one has a solution. Huge waste of time/effort.

Thanks.

Thanks KTS915. The install was standard for s2. So, are you suggesting nuking s2? I did that already once… nuked the entire plugin. I can do it again I suppose. I don’t care about a back up because the settings are so easy to put in.

Who at s2 is blaming anyone?

I don’t know what you mean by “nuking” it. I am not suggesting destroying the site at all. That’s very much a last resort. What I’m suggesting is just a way of uninstalling s2Member that doesn’t need you to gain access to the WP dashboard.

I think I see what you mean… nuke the directory only?

I can “delete” the plugin via FTP… just a min.

deleted plugin and can now log in the admin.

To install s2 again, is there a way you would suggest to avoid the previous issues?

Well, first I’d check that everything is working as it should.

I’d install a couple of logging plugins, like Aryo and Plainview, so that you can track what happens from now on.

If there’s any problem now, you need to deal with it now, otherwise you’ll be back where you started. Test everything you can think of!!

When you try reinstalling s2Member, I’d do it differently from how you did it before. So, if you got it direct from the repository, I’d instead download it to your desktop and upload it from there. (Or vice versa.)

Next, since you aren’t too concerned about keeping a backup, I’d go into s2’s Deletion Protections, turn them off, and save. Then I’d uninstall s2Member again. That will get rid of everything s2member had put in your database (in case there was a faulty installation).

Then I’d reinstall s2Member again, and then turn Deletion Protections back on (and save). With a bit of luck it should work this time!

Thanks! Will do. One question. When the logging plugins are installed how do I access the info they log? Is it in the WP admin panel somewhere?