hi i have problem installing drupal manually. i upload all the files to the root directory then connect to it with a browser but it gives a 500 internal server error. this is what it says :
Internal Server Error
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.
Please contact the server administrator, [no address given] and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.
More information about this error may be available in the server error log.
by the way this is a fresh installation on another web host. i have a drupal running on another host but it was installed using elefante script installer. this one doesnt have a drupal auto installer.
thanks
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It is generally considered
It is generally considered best to install yourself since you have more control over the process :-)
Probably something in the .htaccess file is conflicting with server settings. Try renaming this file temporarily, and ask your host to have a look at it. The error logs may also give some clues.
gpk
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www.alexoria.co.uk
gpk
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www.alexoria.co.uk
problem solved
problem solved, i renamed the .htaccess file to a.htaccess file.
thank you for your time.
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Without .htaccess then you
Without .htaccess then you won't have full functionality so you might want to discuss the problem further with your host
gpk
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www.alexoria.co.uk
gpk
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www.alexoria.co.uk
How do you know what to
How do you know what to change in htaccess? And is it easy to find the file?
>How do you know what to
>How do you know what to change in htaccess? And is it easy to find the file?
Trial and error. It is located in the same folder as Drupal's index.php, but because the filename begins with . it is a "hidden" file so on some systems you may find that seeing it and opening it for editing is awkward, depending on the software you are using.
gpk
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www.alexoria.co.uk
gpk
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www.alexoria.co.uk
Check Permissions
I ran into this problem, checked the web server error logs and found a bunch of 'error: directory/file is writable by others:' entries.
I'm using Site5 for web hosting and it seems they don't want you to have publicly writable files/directories - which is a good thing.
I changed the permissions for all my Drupal files to 755 and the install page appeared immediately.
Something else to check, at least...
in retrospect
i think renaming the .htaccess file isnt the best way to fix my problem since all u need to do is comment some of the options in the .htaccess file, mostly # Options -Indexes, # Options +FollowSymLinks and # DirectoryIndex index.php. in this particular webhost all three needed to be commented to be able to install drupal.
but then again hindsight is always a 20/20 vision, back then i was very eager to start my drupal site so renaming it just to be able to start maybe was not the best decision ive made but one i had to make to learn a valuable lesson. :)
Thank you, this post solved my problem.
Thank you for this post. I ran into this error tonight, and this post gave me the insight I needed. The fix for me was to simply comment out the following lines in my .htaccess file found in the root of the Drupal install:
#Options -Indexes
#Options +FollowSymLinks