This is really an Apache and OS X question and not specifically WordPress, but you may need to edit Apache’s httpd.conf file to allow .htaccess files to work on the one Mac. Go to /etc/apache2/ (That’s for 10.6; Lion may be different) with the Finder’s Go >> Go to Folder… menu item (or via terminal) … Read more
I don’t have experience with bitnami so I don’t know how it changes the apache configuration but I would say the problem is the domain mapping. mywebsite.com maps to lets say /var/www/mywebsite but your wordpress is installed in /var/www/mywebsite/wordpress so the url to it isn’t mywebsite.com but mywebsite.com/wordpress and when you login it redirects you … Read more
Check if the Primary option is selected for the second domain under domain mapping settings. It should say Yes under Primary in Settings->Domains for that domain.
It sounds like you need to copy the file /blog/index.php to /index.php and modify a line in the new copy you create: require(‘./wp-blog-header.php’); to require(‘./wordpress/wp-blog-header.php’); Here is a complete guide to moving WordPress into a separate folder: http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory
My best educated guess is to perform a checklist on the following: Take a look at the virtual host configuration files for your domains, if you have access to them. Ensure that they agree with the corresponding WordPress installations on your machine(s). If your Virtual Host configurations are written correctly and as intended, then the … Read more
It is the way the .htaccess wordpress generatea instructs apache to work on the wordpress directories The relevant parts from the default .htaccess RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . /index.php [L] The first line will cause the rewrite engine to bail out if there is a file with the same name as the … Read more
Are you checking the slow query log in mysql or connection count? Just off the top of my head I would say mysql might be choking on something. Also, top can show you which processes are going crazy when this happens. Here is a bit on the slow query log and different ways to access … Read more
If you care about security you should not install themes and plugins from the wordpress admin. Either install them by uploading via FTP or use WP-CLI for that. There is just no way to change file owners when the script is running in the context of the web server, therefor the only way to maintain … Read more
It appears this was actually a firewall issue, not a permissions issue. Opening up a certain range of IP addresses on UFW via the Wordfence support article fixed the issue. The backupwordpress plugin seemed to work correctly once the DNS was resolved fully as well.
codecowboy has reports in the comments for this question that the issue has been resolved: Running a2ensite resolved the problemm so presumably I had done something wrong with my Apache config.