Urgent help needed: Very strange wordpress issues!

Server settings in case you need em.

* Operating System : Linux
    * Server : Apache/2.2.3 (CentOS)
    * Memory usage : 17.54 MByte
    * MYSQL Version : 5.0.45
    * SQL Mode : Not set
    * PHP Version : 5.1.6
    * PHP Safe Mode : Off
    * PHP Allow URL fopen : On
    * PHP Memory Limit : 32M
    * PHP Max Upload Size : 2M
    * PHP Max Post Size : 8M
    * PHP Max Script Execute Time : 30s
    * PHP Exif support : Yes ( V1.4 )
    * PHP IPTC support : Yes
    * PHP XML support : Yes

looking ..

in the meantime,

https://www.deckercreative.com/

whos that?

Thank you for looking at this issue.

That’s going to be my website once I have things up and running… placeholder for now.

Regarding issue #2 I think I may have tracked down the core issue. It appears that the WP install is not finding files from the wp-content/themes/freshy2 directory.

I have cut and paste a large section of the error log.

[Tue Mar 31 02:38:02 2009] [error] [client 97.106.184.215] File does not exist: /var/www/vhosts/northwestautosalon.com/subdomains/dev/httpdocs/images/background, referer: https://dev.northwestautosalon.com/
[Tue Mar 31 02:38:05 2009] [error] [client 24.118.141.230] File does not exist: /var/www/vhosts/northwestautosalon.com/subdomains/dev/httpdocs/testfasdf, referer: https://dev.northwestautosalon.com/?page_id=20
[Tue Mar 31 02:38:09 2009] [error] [client 24.118.141.230] File does not exist: /var/www/vhosts/northwestautosalon.com/subdomains/dev/httpdocs/wp-content/themes/freshy2/images/background/none.gif, referer: https://dev.northwestautosalon.com/wp-content/themes/freshy2/custom_studio.css
[Tue Mar 31 02:39:15 2009] [error] [client 97.106.184.215] File does not exist: /var/www/vhosts/northwestautosalon.com/subdomains/dev/httpdocs/wp-content/themes/freshy2/images/background/none.gif, referer: https://dev.northwestautosalon.com/wp-content/themes/freshy2/custom_studio.css
[Tue Mar 31 02:39:16 2009] [error] [client 24.118.141.230] File does not exist: /var/www/vhosts/northwestautosalon.com/subdomains/dev/httpdocs/images/background, referer: https://dev.northwestautosalon.com/
[Tue Mar 31 02:39:17 2009] [error] [client 24.118.141.230] File does not exist: /var/www/vhosts/northwestautosalon.com/subdomains/dev/httpdocs/images/header_shadow_right.png, referer: https://dev.northwestautosalon.com/
[Tue Mar 31 02:39:17 2009] [error] [client 24.118.141.230] File does not exist: /var/www/vhosts/northwestautosalon.com/subdomains/dev/httpdocs/images/nwas_header.jpg, referer: https://dev.northwestautosalon.com/
[Tue Mar 31 02:39:17 2009] [error] [client 24.118.141.230] File does not exist: /var/www/vhosts/northwestautosalon.com/subdomains/dev/httpdocs/images/menu, referer: https://dev.northwestautosalon.com/
[Tue Mar 31 02:39:17 2009] [error] [client 24.118.141.230] File does not exist: /var/www/vhosts/northwestautosalon.com/subdomains/dev/httpdocs/images/transparency, referer: https://dev.northwestautosalon.com/
[Tue Mar 31 02:39:17 2009] [error] [client 24.118.141.230] File does not exist: /var/www/vhosts/northwestautosalon.com/subdomains/dev/httpdocs/images/header_shadow.png, referer: https://dev.northwestautosalon.com/
[Tue Mar 31 02:39:17 2009] [error] [client 24.118.141.230] File does not exist: /var/www/vhosts/northwestautosalon.com/subdomains/dev/httpdocs/images/menu, referer: https://dev.northwestautosalon.com/
[Tue Mar 31 02:39:17 2009] [error] [client 24.118.141.230] File does not exist: /var/www/vhosts/northwestautosalon.com/subdomains/dev/httpdocs/images/menu, referer: https://dev.northwestautosalon.com/
[Tue Mar 31 02:39:17 2009] [error] [client 24.118.141.230] File does not exist: /var/www/vhosts/northwestautosalon.com/subdomains/dev/httpdocs/images/shadow_left.png, referer: https://dev.northwestautosalon.com/
[Tue Mar 31 02:39:17 2009] [error] [client 24.118.141.230] File does not exist: /var/www/vhosts/northwestautosalon.com/subdomains/dev/httpdocs/images/page-gradient.png, referer: https://dev.northwestautosalon.com/
[Tue Mar 31 02:39:17 2009] [error] [client 24.118.141.230] File does not exist: /var/www/vhosts/northwestautosalon.com/subdomains/dev/httpdocs/images/bullet.gif, referer: https://dev.northwestautosalon.com/
[Tue Mar 31 02:39:17 2009] [error] [client 24.118.141.230] File does not exist: /var/www/vhosts/northwestautosalon.com/subdomains/dev/httpdocs/images/search.png, referer: https://dev.northwestautosalon.com/
[Tue Mar 31 02:39:17 2009] [error] [client 24.118.141.230] File does not exist: /var/www/vhosts/northwestautosalon.com/subdomains/dev/httpdocs/images/shadow_right.png, referer: https://dev.northwestautosalon.com/
[Tue Mar 31 02:39:17 2009] [error] [client 24.118.141.230] File does not exist: /var/www/vhosts/northwestautosalon.com/subdomains/dev/httpdocs/images/footer_shadow_right.png, referer: https://dev.northwestautosalon.com/
[Tue Mar 31 02:39:17 2009] [error] [client 24.118.141.230] File does not exist: /var/www/vhosts/northwestautosalon.com/subdomains/dev/httpdocs/images/footer_shadow.png, referer: https://dev.northwestautosalon.com/

It is looking for these files in the wrong place. I can add them in the /images directory but it should be looking for them within the freshy 2 directory.

please someone… help?

I have done some more testing.

I fixed the CSS issues by linking to the css files and images on a seperate server. (Crappy work around but at least it is working)

It appears that the files are ONLY corrupted when loaded VIA WordPress.

I am now hosting the images on a separate server and they work fine when accessed directly!! However when loading through WordPress and Mozilla browser the file gets corrupted. What is going on here?

I’m BEGGING for help here people.

I wanted to update this post with a potential resolution.

1) I found out through trial and error that IE and Mozilla (FF and Safari) were pulling the header background data from seperate CSS files.

This caused the issue as the one that the Mozilla browsers were pulling was indeed a corrupted image.

2) I fixed the MENU css problems by linking directly to the files using the full URL

I want the countless hours I spent fighting this back please ??

You didn’t get any outside help on this one, but your thorough explanation of the problem and how you resolved it is good reference, bound to help someone else, even if their problem isn’t exactly the same. Thanks for sharing.