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The .htaccess file that is being edited is at the root of the site in question. eg: /var/www/sitename/.htaccess.
The other two sites I have running on the same server are not impacted by this. Ill try installing at testing on one of the other sites a bit later when I have some time.

Here’s the beginning of my .htaccess. After this, Visitor Maps Extended starts and there is nothing else:

# 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>

I chmod’d to 0755. No change
I removed all banned IPs code except for one of the IPs. No change.

If I use the last config above (commenting out the 3 lines within Limit) to make the site work and I then uncomment “Options +FollowSymlinks”, the site goes down again.

Sorry for all the posts. Im just posting as I find something.
It looks like referer bans are working. The error happens with the IP ban.

Here is what it looks like normally, which takes the site down:

# BEGIN banned ips
<Limit GET POST>
order allow,deny
deny from 46.118.119.252
allow from all
</Limit>
# END banned ips

The server will only come back if I comment out everything within the Limit code:

# BEGIN banned ips
<Limit GET POST>
#order allow,deny
#deny from 46.118.119.252
#allow from all
</Limit>
# END banned ips

All 3 need to be commented out for the site to come back.

btw, my httpd.conf has FollowSymlinks configured:

<Directory />
    Options FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride FileInfo
</Directory>

Ok, please ignore my last few comments. I retardedly did a chown instead of a chmod when trying to apply 0644 to .htaccess which is why nothing was writing to it. I have now fixed the permissions and Im back to the original problem. .htaccess is being edited, but my site goes down.

I noticed this in the comments in the Visitor Maps Extended section of .htacces:

Uncomment 'Options +FollowSymlinks' if your server returns a
'500 Internal Server' error.

I tried to uncomment that option, but it didnt do anything.

Any other suggestiongs?

Ah I see. Got it. Thanks for the reply.

I just did a test from my work PC. I banned the IP, but I can still access. Any idea?

ok, weird. The plugin seems to be working. I can ban an IP or site without the site going down and the banned IPs are logged and remain there. All good. The thing is, wanted to have a look at the .htaccess file again, but can’t find the entries!
It should be the .htaccess file under the root directory of the site, right? Or is it somewhere else?

I see. I guess there is a point to this that Im not seeing or dont need? What is wrong with reloading the page? Sorry for the dumb question.

Heh, it’s working and I dont even know what I did. Very strange.
Anyway, thanks for your reply. Great plugin.

Anyone? I guess this forum is dead…

Indeed. Thanks again!

You made my day. Thanks so much.

Should I just download all files and replace my current files? Won’t that mess up my changes?

Sorry, no. What is svn?

Hi Estudio7_ds
Thanks, but where is the download link for the old version?
Thanks for helping!