uploading htaccess causes "500 Server Error"

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  1. #1
    Hi
    when I upload the htaccess file, it causes my website to be inaccessible. I just get a message in the browser saying "500 Server Error"

    Here is the website:
    www.grand-piano-sales.co.uk

    It is hosted on a standard CPANEL hosting plan.

    Any ideas what is likely to be causing this problem?
    Thanks
    Mark
     
    yonnermark, Jan 10, 2005 IP
  2. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #2
    My guess would be that your server/site doesn't support .htaccess (or at least the directives used).
     
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  3. yonnermark

    yonnermark Peon

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    that would be a shame. Can I find that out within CPANEL do you know?
     
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    a389951l Must Create More Content

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    Best best is to ask you hosting company.
     
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    Christopher Peon

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    fryman Kiss my rep

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    Yeah, I had the same problem. Why are you editing your file? What do you need to do?
     
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  7. yonnermark

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    I'm not editing the file, I'm uploading the one supplied by the Network setup instructions and overwriting the existing one.
     
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    expat Stranger from a far land

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    If you have cpanel you should not need or touch .htaccess

    You should have apache handlers as a slection and also or if not
    mime types.

    Either way you can instruct the server to interpret htm html with php

    .htm .html application/x-httpd-php

    Most Cpanel installs use the .htaccess file so if you generate your own better be sure what you put in it.

    M
     
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