Hello YAF community. I've been using YAF 1.9.3 on GoDaddy for 2 years now without any issues. About 2-3 weeks ago before I left for vacation, YAF just stopped working. I get a 500 Internal Server Error page now. I contacted GoDaddy support to see if they changed anything on their end. They say they didn't. My forum was working fine one day, and then it stopped working the next. I made no changes to any of my config files. I'm hoping someone can shed some light on what might have happened. I've attached my web.config file. I'm told that's probably were the culprit is. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Other details - Windows Shared Hosting, IIS 7.0, ASP.NET 2.0/3.0/3.5, MSSQL database
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
<configSections>
<sectionGroup name="system.web.extensions" type="System.Web.Configuration.SystemWebExtensionsSectionGroup, System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35">
<sectionGroup name="scripting" type="System.Web.Configuration.ScriptingSectionGroup, System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35">
<section name="scriptResourceHandler" type="System.Web.Configuration.ScriptingScriptResourceHandlerSection, System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" requirePermission="false" allowDefinition="MachineToApplication"/>
<sectionGroup name="webServices" type="System.Web.Configuration.ScriptingWebServicesSectionGroup, System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35">
<section name="jsonSerialization" type="System.Web.Configuration.ScriptingJsonSerializationSection, System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" requirePermission="false" allowDefinition="Everywhere" />
<section name="profileService" type="System.Web.Configuration.ScriptingProfileServiceSection, System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" requirePermission="false" allowDefinition="MachineToApplication" />
<section name="authenticationService" type="System.Web.Configuration.ScriptingAuthenticationServiceSection, System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" requirePermission="false" allowDefinition="MachineToApplication" />
<section name="roleService" type="System.Web.Configuration.ScriptingRoleServiceSection, System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" requirePermission="false" allowDefinition="MachineToApplication" />
</sectionGroup>
</sectionGroup>
</sectionGroup>
<section name="rewriter" type="Intelligencia.UrlRewriter.Configuration.RewriterConfigurationSectionHandler, Intelligencia.UrlRewriter" requirePermission="false"/>
</configSections>
<connectionStrings configSource="db.config"/>
<appSettings configSource="app.config"/>
<rewriter configSource="URLRewriter.config" />
<system.net>
<mailSettings>
<smtp configSource="mail.config"/>
</mailSettings>
</system.net>
<system.web>
<compilation debug="true" />
<trace enabled="false" />
<xhtmlConformance mode="Transitional" />
<customErrors mode="Off"/>
<globalization requestEncoding="utf-8" responseEncoding="utf-8"/>
<authentication mode="Forms">
<forms name=".YAFNET_Authentication" protection="All" timeout="43200" cookieless="UseCookies"/>
</authentication>
<machineKey validationKey="4A0440B2F16001BB6E0D848A89DB2CFE95241B3BE5BA286697B8F7C9FC148EDC1D0BB6EEF1FA0F10AE713904132FBE3DD5D76B35C38FE2B018D38333B9A20F4D" decryptionKey="AC516CBB73DC9C477A6A0E4DAFA95A1182721EE3CDB4FC9D0D66F16C4643C4BB" validation="SHA1" decryption="AES" />
<!-- Set debug to "true" to test out the system in development -->
<compilation defaultLanguage="c#" debug="false">
<assemblies>
<add assembly="System.Core, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B77A5C561934E089"/>
<add assembly="System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35"/>
<add assembly="System.Data.DataSetExtensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B77A5C561934E089"/>
<add assembly="System.Xml.Linq, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B77A5C561934E089"/>
<add assembly="System.Windows.Forms, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B77A5C561934E089"/>
<add assembly="System.Design, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B03F5F7F11D50A3A"/>
<add assembly="System.Data.Linq, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089"/>
</assemblies>
</compilation>
<httpHandlers>
<remove verb="*" path="*.asmx"/>
<add verb="*" path="*.asmx" validate="false" type="System.Web.Script.Services.ScriptHandlerFactory, System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35"/>
<add verb="*" path="*_AppService.axd" validate="false" type="System.Web.Script.Services.ScriptHandlerFactory, System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35"/>
<add verb="GET,HEAD" path="ScriptResource.axd" type="System.Web.Handlers.ScriptResourceHandler, System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" validate="false"/>
</httpHandlers>
<httpModules>
<add name="ScriptModule" type="System.Web.Handlers.ScriptModule, System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35"/>
<add name="YafInitModule" type="YAF.Classes.Base.YafInitModule, YAF.Classes.Base"/>
<add name="UrlRewriter" type="Intelligencia.UrlRewriter.RewriterHttpModule,Intelligencia.UrlRewriter" />
</httpModules>
<pages validateRequest="false" smartNavigation="false">
<controls>
<add tagPrefix="asp" namespace="System.Web.UI" assembly="System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35"/>
<add tagPrefix="asp" namespace="System.Web.UI.WebControls" assembly="System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35"/>
<add tagPrefix="ajaxToolkit" namespace="AjaxControlToolkit" assembly="AjaxControlToolkit"/>
<!-- Default: use non-dynamic (compiled classes) in YAF -->
<add tagPrefix="YAF" namespace="YAF.Classes.UI" assembly="YAF.Classes.UI" />
<add tagPrefix="YAF" namespace="YAF.Classes.Utils" assembly="YAF.Classes.Utils" />
<add tagPrefix="YAF" namespace="YAF.Classes.Data" assembly="YAF.Classes.Data" />
<add tagPrefix="YAF" namespace="YAF.Controls" assembly="YAF.Controls" />
<add tagPrefix="YAF" namespace="YAF.Controls.Statistics" assembly="YAF.Controls" />
<!-- Optional: use dynamic classes in YAF by moving all the YAF.x directories (YAF.Classes.*, YAF.Providers)
into the App_Code\YAF directory. Delete the associated .dll files from the \bin directory. Comment out the above
"non-dynamic" namespaces above and enable these:
-->
<!--add tagPrefix="YAF" namespace="YAF.Classes.UI" />
<add tagPrefix="YAF" namespace="YAF.Classes.Utils" />
<add tagPrefix="YAF" namespace="YAF.Classes.Data" />
<add tagPrefix="YAF" namespace="YAF.Controls" />
<add tagPrefix="YAF" namespace="YAF.Controls.Statistics" /-->
<add tagPrefix="YAF" namespace="YAF.Classes" />
<add tagPrefix="YAF" namespace="YAF"/>
<add tagPrefix="editor" namespace="YAF.Editor"/>
</controls>
<namespaces>
<add namespace="YAF" />
<add namespace="YAF.Classes.UI" />
<add namespace="YAF.Classes.Utils" />
<add namespace="YAF.Controls" />
<add namespace="YAF.Classes.Data" />
</namespaces>
</pages>
<roleManager enabled="true" defaultProvider="YafRoleProvider">
<providers>
<clear/>
<add connectionStringName="yafnet" applicationName="YetAnotherForum" name="YafRoleProvider" type="YAF.Providers.Roles.YafRoleProvider" minRequiredPasswordLength="3" minRequiredNonAlphanumericCharacters="0"/>
</providers>
</roleManager>
<membership defaultProvider="YafMembershipProvider" hashAlgorithmType="SHA1">
<providers>
<clear/>
<add connectionStringName="yafnet" applicationName="YetAnotherForum" name="YafMembershipProvider" requiresUniqueEmail="true" useSalt="true" type="YAF.Providers.Membership.YafMembershipProvider" minRequiredPasswordLength="3" minRequiredNonAlphanumericCharacters="0" />
</providers>
</membership>
<profile enabled="true" defaultProvider="YafProfileProvider" inherits="YAF.Classes.Utils.YafUserProfile">
<providers>
<clear/>
<add connectionStringName="yafnet" applicationName="YetAnotherForum" name="YafProfileProvider" type="YAF.Providers.Profile.YafProfileProvider" minRequiredPasswordLength="3" minRequiredNonAlphanumericCharacters="0"/>
</providers>
</profile>
</system.web>
<system.web.extensions>
<scripting>
<!--
<scriptResourceHandler enableCompression="true" enableCaching="true" />
-->
</scripting>
</system.web.extensions>
<system.webServer>
<httpErrors errorMode="Detailed" />
<asp scriptErrorSentToBrowser="true" />
<validation validateIntegratedModeConfiguration="false"/>
<modules>
<remove name="ScriptModule"/>
<remove name="YafInitModule" />
<remove name="UrlRewriter" />
<add name="ScriptModule" preCondition="managedHandler" type="System.Web.Handlers.ScriptModule, System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35"/>
<add name="YafInitModule" type="YAF.Classes.Base.YafInitModule, YAF.Classes.Base"/>
<add name="UrlRewriter" type="Intelligencia.UrlRewriter.RewriterHttpModule,Intelligencia.UrlRewriter" preCondition="managedHandler"/>
</modules>
<handlers>
<remove name="WebServiceHandlerFactory-Integrated"/>
<remove name="ScriptHandlerFactory"/>
<remove name="ScriptHandlerFactoryAppServices"/>
<remove name="ScriptResource"/>
<add name="ScriptHandlerFactory" verb="*" path="*.asmx" preCondition="integratedMode" type="System.Web.Script.Services.ScriptHandlerFactory, System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35"/>
<add name="ScriptHandlerFactoryAppServices" verb="*" path="*_AppService.axd" preCondition="integratedMode" type="System.Web.Script.Services.ScriptHandlerFactory, System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35"/>
<add name="ScriptResource" preCondition="integratedMode" verb="GET,HEAD" path="ScriptResource.axd" type="System.Web.Handlers.ScriptResourceHandler, System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35"/>
</handlers>
</system.webServer>
<system.codedom>
<compilers>
<compiler language="c#;cs;csharp" extension=".cs" warningLevel="4" type="Microsoft.CSharp.CSharpCodeProvider, System, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089">
<providerOption name="CompilerVersion" value="v3.5"/>
<providerOption name="WarnAsError" value="false"/>
</compiler>
<compiler language="vb;vbs;visualbasic;vbscript" extension=".vb" warningLevel="4" type="Microsoft.VisualBasic.VBCodeProvider, System, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089">
<providerOption name="CompilerVersion" value="v3.5"/>
<providerOption name="OptionInfer" value="true"/>
<providerOption name="WarnAsError" value="false"/>
</compiler>
</compilers>
</system.codedom>
</configuration>