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I have two Godaddy accounts now. One is for a dedicated server, the other is for a deluxe share hosting package. Actually I do not need any share hosting once I get a dedicated server, but someone bought this for me, so I spent some time inspecting how good / bad it is.

I should regard myself as a Godaddy loyal client. I am 100% satisfied with their dedicated server service, and also, Godaddy domain management is the most powerful and convenient I have ever seen. However, Godaddy share hosting is definitely not something workable for me.

I am recently struggling at setting up magento in Godaddy share hosting. Magento setup is 50% successful. I mean, magento can run homepage, wishlist, popular search, etc all right, but it run into blank pages at many points, e.g. about us, customer service, etc. Initially I thought it was mod_rewrite problem, so I used phpinfo to check. I did not find mod_rewrite enabled. I quickly installed wordpress to double check, and if I enable wordpress search engine friendly url features, it runs into 404 error. I searched Godaddy Knowledge Base (FAQ centre). It says:

Mod_rewrite is an Apache web server module installed on all of our Linux servers by default; it does not have to be installed or enabled. Our Linux hosting accounts support most mod_rewrite functionality.

You do not need to enable mod_rewrite in your httpd.conf, as this is handled at a global level. All you need to do is add the desired code to the body of your .htaccess file.

For more information about mod_rewrite see the Apache Module mod_rewrite documentation.

NOTE:The .htaccess file containing the rewrite rules must be in the same directory as the target files.

This article did not help me. So I had to submit a ticket. Within several hours, I got the reply (I am satisfied with Godaddy support reponse speed) but it only contained the same words as the answer from Godaddy Knowledge Base. I googled “godaddy mod_rewrite” after I could not get a clear reply from Godaddy. I should have googled it earlier because soon I found someone mentioned rewrite rules in .htaccess with Godaddy share hosting DO NOT TAKE IMMEDIATE EFFECT.

This solved all my queries. Although I still do not know how Godaddy hide mod_rewrite from phpinfo, after several hours of being installed, wordpress is working properly.

However, magento is still not running properly. I assume it has nothing to do with mod_rewrite settings. By all means, to my opinion, magento is not suitable to run on a share hosting package. Installing magento on Godaddy share hosting account is only for my curiosity. I have been running magento successfully on my dedicated server.

我非常感谢Godaddy提供的Offsite DNS服务，我已经全面实施。

最近发现Godaddy Offsite DNS一个考虑不够周到的方面：Setup Domain for Offsite DNS 之前不进行域名持有人的身份验证，这可能会有一些安全隐患。

我在Godaddy有若干帐号，帐号1对某个域名A设置的Offsite DNS，帐号2购有一个Godaddy Deluxe Plan，Deluxe Plan是个Share Hosting Plan，目前对我来说已经没有使用价值了，但以前曾针对域名A搞了一个测试。Deluxe Plan有自动设置DNS的功能，我没有从帐号2里删除域名A，造成帐号1里域名A的Offsite DNS无法生效。

这里我不理解的是：Offsite DNS和Deluxe DNS使用各自不同的Nameservers，但Deluxe DNS还是影响到了Offsite DNS。

这里我觉得不安全的是：如果帐号1和帐号2分属不同的人，或者域名A转让了主人，而前后主人都使用Godaddy DNS，那岂不是问题多多？