deployment creates blank pages

jkd77
(@jkd77)

13 years, 5 months ago

I’ve setup w3 total cache using settings that have been successful on my hosting environment (Dreamhost) in the past. It seemed to setup fine when checking the site in the initial browser (for example Chrome), but then subsequent tests in other browsers (just to check caching – I don’t think it’s browser specific) fail and only show a blank page with zero code. My error log (wp-content/debug.log) doesn’t seem to show anything useful. I enabled w3 Cache Debug, and those results are here (debug log made via Chrome when not logged in – please view the source to see the comments): http://bit.ly/WrODlw

Here are the general settings I’m using:
Page Cache: Disk Basic
Minify: Disabled (Using BWP-Minify – seems to work ok)
Database Cache: Disk
Object Cache: Disk
Browser Cache: Enable

Thoughts? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/w3-total-cache/

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Mika Epstein
(@ipstenu-dh)

DreamHost Rep

13 years, 5 months ago

When you turned on W3TC, did it update your .htaccess? I took a look and it just has the standard WP lines.

Thread Starter jkd77
(@jkd77)

13 years, 5 months ago

I thought it had changed htaccess. But I had to deactivate the plugin. Would deactivation erase those htaccess edits?

Mika Epstein
(@ipstenu-dh)

DreamHost Rep

13 years, 5 months ago

It shouldn’t.

If you reactivate it, go make sure it puts the htaccess lines in. That could easily cause that problem 🙂

The other possibility is you have a plugin conflict.

bheadrick
(@bheadrick)

13 years, 5 months ago

It probably isn’t relevant to this specific problem, but I would disable db cache and object cache.

I’ve had this same problem before, and it turned out to be an error in the htaccess file – as in, the plugin had updated it, but it had a mistake somewhere.

Even after correcting the problem, page caching didn’t work on this specific site I was using it on. I assume it had something to do with the theme being used.

In that circumstance, I ended up using Quick cache for page caching. It does a bit better job at automatically updating the page cache when content is updated without having to completely clear the page cache.

Thread Starter jkd77
(@jkd77)

13 years, 5 months ago

@bheadrick: took your advice and installed Quick Cache. Appears to be working though it hasn’t been updated for around a year.

@mika E.: the .htaccess file appears to not have retained edits when plugin was deactivated. (Although I might have replaced it with a backed up version – I can’t recall at this moment.) Unfortunately I don’t have the time to devote to tracking down this issue presently – which is a shame since w3 cache has so much to offer.

Thanks all!

bheadrick
(@bheadrick)

13 years, 5 months ago

still, 1yr is still more recent than w3tc.

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