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It's strange that not even an error message is displayed. There may be a corrupted file in the FlatPress cache.

Please delete the following directories, including all subdirectories and files:

fp-content/cache/
fp-content/compile/

Since the domain hasn’t changed—only the hosting provider—please ...

Hi everyone,

For anyone struggling with this issue who uses Altervista as their web host, here’s the workaround for FlatPress 1.5.1. In 1.6.dev, the patch is much more extensive, since PrettyURLs in the underlying system are also affected.

Best regards,
Frank

Hello anlarye,

Hmm, to narrow down the cause of the error further, I need a little more information.

After entering your username and password, do you see an error message ("Please wait 30 seconds" or "Username or password incorrect")?

Use a text editor to check the file fp-content/config ...

Hello everyone,

Due to a termination of lease for the landlord’s personal use, my family and I will be moving within Berlin in the coming weeks. As a result, the next two months will mainly be filled with moving boxes, organizing, and settling into our new home.

Please bear with me if, during this ...

So, the patch is in the GitHub repo and, barring any major issues, will be released with version 1.6.

PR #948 makes FlatPress’s network and URL detection significantly more robust for modern hosting topologies. PrettyURLs now detects rewrite support more conservatively, retains manually ...

You don't need to feel bad about that. Altervista isn't small or unknown. The goal is to make FlatPress 1.6 compatible with Altervista without compromising compatibility with other web hosts.

The final patch for 1.6 is quite extensive and currently comprises 15 files.

I don’t have access to a wide ...

Get the "defaults.php" file from fp16dev. I can’t really assess the risks and side effects for other web hosts at the moment. As of today, it remains the special "Lantaca solution" for now.

Problem solved.

The Fp 1.5.1 instance is working now that I've tweaked the AlterVista patch in defaults.php.
https://lantaca.altervista.org/fp151/

Another 1.6.dev instance is working with a similar patch.
https://lantaca.altervista.org/fp16dev/

I sent you a private message

Check the file fp-content/config/settings.conf.php:

lantaca wrote: Thu Aug 27, 2026 10:33 am ... so i can't go to clean the caches

Delete the fp-content/cache and fp-content/compile directories, for example, via FTP.