[help]500 Internal Server Error

What happens if you put a file like that described in the Finding server information article? Can you successfully browse to that and see the phpinfo?

Other php+mysql programs are running normal in my server

Please help me

Did you do what Michael asked.

Have you done what the error told you, and looked in your logs? For further information you can switch Apache to debug log mode by editing httpd.conf.

I have the exact same problem. I did install wordpress 2.2 successfully, and the blog was working fine.
At some point I edited the wp-config.php file to switch to french langugae, and that is when the Internal Error started happening.
Blog is here : toulouse.trafic.free.fr/blog/
Maybe some strange character in the file got truncated wjen editing, thus causing the problen ?
Strange thing is that the admin interface seems to be working well.

If you are using Apache, edit httpd.conf, and switch logging to debug mode (its all explained well within the file). Then visit the page that gives you a 500 error, and have a look in your Apache log. Then post the stuff in the log that is time-stamped around the time you got the 500 error.

The problem is that I don’t own the Apache configuration. It’s the one of my hoster.

Hi,
I am a total newbie to this whole, internet web site, hosting, wordpress thing
Suppose we all have to start some where. Please be gentle ?

I am getting the same error :-
Internal Server Error
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.
Please contact the server administrator, [email protected] 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.
Additionally, a 500 Internal Server Error error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

I got in contact with my host and they reported back with :- ..
This has been fixed by removing the word Array from two instances of your .htaccess file.

Problem fixed for about 5 minutes.
Then as soon as I try to publish a post, the same problem occurred again getting the same server error message.

My host again responded:-
i have removed the entires for Array

This has happened now 4 times, and removing the word array
seems to fix things temporarily until I try update any part of wordpress.
Then the error just appears again. Frustrating

Last message from my host was:-
i would disable whatever module is causing this.
to fix the problem view your .htacess file and remove the two instances of Array
just delete the word then save the file again.
or just delete .htacess or rename the file to something else.

I removed the two instances of Array, but this didn’t work.
I have not tried deleting the .htaccess file or renaming it.
I thought I would wait and see if anyone had any other solution to my
problem. As I am not sure of what the consequences of deleting or renaming
the .htacess file could cause.

Also the visual editor does not show when trying to write a post or page.
Anyone have any idea how this can be fixed??? Once I get WordPress up and running again

Cheers
DiDe

Something is rewriting stuff into your .htaccess. Serveral possibilities.
1. Your choice of permalink structure is confusing something in wordpress.
2. You’re running a plugin and it rewriting .htaccess.

I’d deactivate all plugins and switch back to the default theme until you get it sorted out. If it’s a brand new blog, you can toss away the faulty .htaceess (or even better, make an empty one – delete every thing in that file).

Now I have to guess and I could be wrong. Any chance your using FrontPage or Dreamweaver and your host configuration doesn’t allow for that. Just a wild ass guess.

Hi ccoupe

Thank you… That worked a treat.
I cleared out the htacess file and the internal error
message has gone and I now and get into my blog.
Yeah ….Very happy. Now I can try and get some work done.

I don’t know exactly what you mean by …

“Any chance your using FrontPage or Dreamweaver and your
host configuration doesn’t allow for that. “

What I did >>.
Because the visual editor wasn’t there. I created a landing page in Dreamweaver, and then copied and pasted the html code into the wordpress Page Content space.
It made a terrible mess of all the formatting,

Then shortly after that WordPress crashed and I haven’t repeated that process again.

Could that have something to do with the problem?.
I am now using a fresh install. No plugins… totally raw..

I still have NO Visual Editor. Any clue how to get the visual editor working. I watched a training video on wordpress and noticed the WYSWYG type editing buttons, I don’t see any.

Also the drag and drop widgets feature will not work,
I get a 4 arrowhead curser, and it will only highlight the text, nothing else..

I’m a bit worried that there is something wrong with this particular install from my host. It seems to be full of little bugs and this is going to be a nightmare to
get it working probably.

Your thoughts and any suggestions.
Cheers

Good. You have a working blog.

Don’t use Dreamweaver to post to your blog or modify your WordPress files.

Don’t put Dreamweaver suggested html into a a template or .htaccess. (as we’ve learned – yes, that will screw up bigtime)

Did I mention, don’t use use DreamWeaver? There are technical reasons. Firefox 1.5+ will do just fine for posting words and the free world has plenty of FTP clients for uploading pictures and such.

I don’t have the video you’ve seen. Drag and drop seems to be “a new widget” thing and the theme has to support “widgets” and odds are the default theme doesn’t. That’s OK, a working blog is very good.

The visual editor may need to be enabled somewhere in the admin screens and it may depend on the browser you are using. Install Firefox and see if the problems get more managable. That doesn’t mean your users have to have Firefox but the admin (you) might have to. Or not.

WordPress does work. It does have little bugs but nothing that will keep you or your content off the web. The interaction between theme and the basics can be full of errors so go slowly on the theme and widgets path. Get the content flowing properly for your users. Then make it look nice. Then make it better for you.

Never ask me for suggestions. It’s better for us all if I just fix a problem or two.

I encounter the same problem when upgrading to 2.2. I have not touched any file with dreamweaver or frontpage.

The same 500 error caused by garbage in .htaccess?

I suspect one of your plugins isn’t 2.2 happy if your .htaccess is getting trashed repeatedly.

Thanks for your help. ??
I have got WP up and running and have not had it crash for
24 hrs… Yeah…..
But still no visual editor.
I tried using FireFox and IE both are the same no visual editor.

My host suggested that I download a copy directly from
WordPress and Install it myself manually.

I think a new host might be a better answer.

I’ll let you know how I go..

Thanks a heap