You can check for details on open_basedir in PHP documentation. Your issues very well might be caused by it. Despite that scripts and styles are typically not affected by PHP settings, in case of WP admin by default they are loaded through PHP script for concatenation. It is hard to guess what and how exactly … Read more
Folder Permissions + Security Concerns
Best practices for configuring a server?
Unable to access WordPress server locally running using vagrant
Yes, you absolutely should use a proper code editor like Eclipse instead of the web interface. Another good idea that will save you tons of headaches is to install git and create a local repository for you changes. Commit your changes every time you complete a feature or fix a bug and you’ll have a … Read more
On your current website add Duplicator(a free plugin) and create a new package, that you can use in the new environment. It will give you several options on Storage, Archiving and Installer script.
It will be a problematic thing to do as it will require you to let the webserver run scripts as a system root. It is somewhat hard and requires a lot of thinking security wise about the implications of letting a web server do it. But you are spared of all that thinking 😉 as … Read more
How do I prevent a folder from reappearing in my home directory?
UPDATE: I fixed it by clearing my browser’s cache, it was caching files so it used the old copy. BONUS: You can load a web page without loading your caches by using Ctrl + F5
If everything works without the CDN, but fails with the CDN, it seems obvious that the CDN is the issue. Yes it does sound like some kind of security system is intercepting the requests. If it worked with and without the CDN I’d wonder if you had a suspect plugin causing problems. Suggest you try … Read more