I have another site at Lunar, that I've had for years, and managed via CPanel. However, a new domain that I'm managing at Lunar has Alpaca (LPCP), and I need help.
We have a Wordpress blog on our site that is running fine:
http://curbstonevalley.com/blog/However, to help manage the inordinate amount of spam we've added some plugins to help stem the tide. Akismet is working great thus far. However, I recently installed the WP-Ban plugin to outright block certain IPs/hosts from spamming the comments section of the blog.
I installed WP-BAN via the Wordpress dashboard, and the install seemed to go fine, no errors. From within the Wordpress Dashboard I can get to the configuration section under "Settings-->Ban" where I've added the offending hosts to the ban list. Regardless, the blog is still getting spammed by that same source (fesin.ru). I noticed that when I attempt to "Preview the Banned Message" in the Dashboard WP-Ban settings area, I get an internal server 500 error. See:
http://curbstonevalley.com/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/wp-ban/ban-preview.phpThe plugin developer is adamant it's not a problem with the plugin, and that I'm running the right version (1.50) for the version of Wordpress I'm using (2.8.4). He suggested I check the Apache Error logs, but I see from:
http://www.lunarforums.com/lpcp_control_panel_help_and_tips/lpcp_error_logs-t53193.0.htmlthat LPCP users don't have access to those logs at this time?
As such, I have no idea where to go from here. Any suggestions? WP-Ban is clearly not functioning at all. I've checked directory paths referenced in the php file above, and checked directory/file permissions, and I don't see anything amiss there. However, I can't dig further without knowing the nature of the error.
Has anyone else had a problem configuring this plugin that can point me in the right direction? Any thoughts much appreciated.
