Forum hacked or down?

[Billie Joe Armstrong]

url: 
http://genlounge.com/


it's showing forbidden?

[.m.]

if web host control panel has server error log then check it for latest errors and causes

[Billie Joe Armstrong]

if web host control panel has server error log then check it for latest errors and causes

will do. are there any temp fixes?

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i check error long has a bunch of


[Sun Nov 16 13:53:22 2014] [crit] [client 212.193.231.181] (13)Permission denied: /home/hidden**/public_html/.htaccess pcfg_openfile: unable to check htaccess file, ensure it is readable

[ytt]

Forbidden

You don't have permission to access / on this server.

Additionally, a 403 Forbidden error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
Apache Server at genlounge.com Port 80

This is the error your url shows

[.m.]

have you checked .htaccess file - is it readable (CHMOD at least 644) ? have you recently added any rules in it ?

[Billie Joe Armstrong]

have you checked .htaccess file - is it readable (CHMOD at least 644) ? have you recently added any rules in it ?

I've checked it's on 644 and nope. 

[Saint Francis]

Did you delete any files in the FTP lately?

[Billie Joe Armstrong]

Did you delete any files in the FTP lately?

nope I've added plugins that's all

[.m.]

^ would you like to PM me temporary access to files (ftp) to check - change your credentials later

[Billie Joe Armstrong]

^ would you like to PM me temporary access to files (ftp) to check - change your credentials later

I'm going to try one last thing if it fails i'll grant you access if you wish. 

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PROBLEM FIXED. I would like to thank everyone for your help!