while reading through this thread, i noticed something...
where you list the config...
$CONFIG->wwwroot = "/home/ahlfs/public_html";
//Site URL -please use the "http://www.mysite.com" format.
$CONFIG->siteurl = "http:/www.randompayments.org";
//Edit below ONLY if you changed the current site structure
$CONFIG->templatedir = "$CONFIG->wwwroot/templates";
$CONFIG->libdir = "$CONFIG->wwwroot/lib";
$CONFIG->imagedir = "$CONFIG->wwwroot/rimages";
the line:
$CONFIG->siteurl="http:/www.randompayments.org";
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notice here there is one slash and not two. could this be causing your problem?
