..and the id10t would be ME!
Relatively recent install of WPmu. I ran into an issues where the php max_upload setting was too low, so I dove into the htaccess file (the standard one that comes with the install). I had forgotten that I had disabled it because it kept wordpress from working at all, and WPmu works fine without it (in my case, anyway!).
So I added a couple of lines (found on the web, of course) that suposedly changes it. Renamed the file .htaccess - and the site immediately died (server configuration error).
I dutifully removed the htaccess file - and the site came PARTIALLY back up.
You can see it at http://lww08.sc11.co.uk - the header image is gone, and none of the links work. I can get into wp-admin, but ONLY the first page.
Now, it feels like the URL rewrite rules in the htaccess file are still in effect (even though I only had it active for 3 minutes at most).
My "current working theories" are that
1) Maybe a cache in Apache hasn't cleared yet, so if I wait long enough the problem will fix itself. It's been almost 24 hours, so the odds are not good.
2) Is it possible that in those 3 minutes something got wonky in the database?
My big clue so far is that none of the internal links work - i.e. links to the different blogs.
Any ideas?
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The REAL kicker (and yes, I am kicking myself on this one) is that I had web-editor access to the php.ini file anyway, so I could have avoided the whole situation by spending a whole 5 minutes reading through some tech support documents.
{sigh} - you'd think I'd learn!!!!!!!!!!
musnake