I feel like i'm doing something wrong with this software - It seems I keep breaking it!
anyway, I updated the software a couple of days ago (NOT using the auto installer) since then whenever I make certain change via the admin system (like turning switches on and off) the site gets internal server error.
I've traced this to my .htaccess file. luckily I downloaded the whole site before the update so i'm able to just re-upload the old version of the .htacess file and everything is back up and running again - obviously though this isn't exactly a great solution.
I've compared the old file verses the new and several things are different. I'm not an expert on htacess files though so i can't see why its breaking.
One of your custom .htaccess rules likely has an illegal character or other syntax error. Test by removing them all and seeing if there's still an error. If so, then remove a clump of them at a time to see which line it is that triggers the error.
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I feel like i'm doing something wrong with this software - It seems I keep breaking it!
anyway, I updated the software a couple of days ago (NOT using the auto installer) since then whenever I make certain change via the admin system (like turning switches on and off) the site gets internal server error.
I've traced this to my .htaccess file. luckily I downloaded the whole site before the update so i'm able to just re-upload the old version of the .htacess file and everything is back up and running again - obviously though this isn't exactly a great solution.
I've compared the old file verses the new and several things are different. I'm not an expert on htacess files though so i can't see why its breaking.
Below is the code for the files if it's any help
OLD
NEW
[-[-[codebox1]-] -]
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One of your custom .htaccess rules likely has an illegal character or other syntax error. Test by removing them all and seeing if there's still an error. If so, then remove a clump of them at a time to see which line it is that triggers the error.
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I upgraded to 5.0.32 and all is now fine
thanks