Where are you installing SilverStripe ?

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disable_functions = exec,passthru,shell_exec,system,proc_open,popen,curl_exec,curl_multi_exec,parse_ini_file,show_source

in this example, functions 'exec', 'passthru', etc are disable.

Thanks to all in this community for good support

I emailed my server/host (host2x.com) about this problem and they told me that deleting the parsing syntax might help; I deleted it and now the CMS works again. I do not know the future repercussions doing this will have, but it works for now.

P.S.: I only experienced this problem with the HIGHERGROUND theme...

Oh, and, by the way, THE BLOG MODULES DO NOT WORK-- FOR ANY OF MY 4 SILVER STRIPE-BASED WEB SITES
eslcloud.com
writerflow.com
iturner.org
tritonubf.com

Thanks again and happy new year

Hi Myrdhin,

Thanks for the reply.

I deleted the first 5-6 lines of parsing syntax (near the top) of: public_html/sapphire/parsers/BBCodeParser.php

Like I said, I hope it does not come back to bite me. I also upgraded to 2.3.4 and have no problems anymore. Hmm...

Thanks!
Ian