Post upgrade flawed .htaccess file causing Server 500 errors

  • ikraus419

    (@ikraus419)


    16 years ago

    My client has a WordPress install on GoDaddy under the domain: http://www.grantsforresults.com After doing the upgrade to the latest version of WordPress, the server is returning 500 errors which are being caused by the .htaccess file. (If you rename it, the site comes up just fine.) As I understand things there HAVE been major changes in this file for security reasons, but I’m not sure what it is that is in there that is causing the issue. In other words, I don’t want to leave it disabled.

    I’ve looked at the file and it looks okay (not corrupted or containing gibberish). Is there a doc file somewhere here which explains what should be in that .htaccess file line-by-line so I can try to figure this out? All help is greatly appreciated!

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  • esmi

    (@esmi)

    16 years ago

    Reset your custom permalinks to the default setting and delete the .htaccess file. Then reset your custom permalink structure back up again.

    Thread Starter ikraus419

    (@ikraus419)

    16 years ago

    Whenever the .htaccess file was removed, the site would come up and work perfectly. (Contains only 6 pages.) Resetting the permalinks to the default and then deleting the .htaccess file worked, in other words, but when I try to put it back in (the .htaccess file) everything stops again. In attempt to resolve this, I went thru and deleted ALL of the pages as created, again reset the permalinks to default, made sure trash was empty, then set permalinks to style I wanted, and recreated the pages. Everything fine so far. I try to put that .htaccess file back in and – again – Server 500 errors and nothing comes up. Only way I can seem to keep the site working is to NOT have that .htaccess file in there but then no protections are coming from it.

    so, again, my question is just how important is that .htaccess file? What should be in there and where? Where can I find this out? Help would be greatly appreciated!

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    16 years ago

    Well, if you want “pretty permalinks” to work, you’ll need a .htaccess file. First, you’ll want to make sure that you’re on a server that has mod_rewrite enabled, so ask your hosting provider. If you’re using GoDaddy’s free hosting, you cannot use .htaccess files.

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