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I got this msg, please see below.  Can someone please show me how to fix this problem.  Sorry, I am new. 

Thank you

500 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 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.


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Apache/1.3.39 Server at xxxxxxxxx.com Port 80

Hi!

As the message says its an "Internal Server Error" so its nothing wrong with the Joomla installation. Likely its related to the .htaccess file. Try to deactivate this file by renaming it to htaccess.txt. Or if you have done any changes in this file you can try to use the old (default) version.

/ Olle

I fixed this by changing my Joomla directory to 755. It was set to 775.

glassman

glassman wrote:I fixed this by changing my Joomla directory to 755. It was set to 775.

glassman

Thank yuo for sharing this.
I got the same problem....

I didnt change host, but my hostingcompany changed server software (ie. the same thing, really).

Seems my administrator folder got 777 after the change and I was unable to login to admin, lol.
everything else on the site worked like a charm

so, one chmod later, yes!
I owe you a beer or something, if you ever come to Norway.

Just change ".htaccess" to another file Ex: htaccess.txt or sthelse.

Thanks,
HY ChanHan

i face same problem i change my .htaccess to htaccess.txt but noting happen i chack my public_html is set to 711 and i can`t change it to 755 plz some one help me

also i when change the template the error didnt show

I had the same problem and it was resolved when i changed my joomla folder permissions to 755

on how to change the folder permission just right click and uncheck the two write.. and then viola..

hi, I followed all the comments but still have the internal error problem. any more suggestions?

Zello wrote:Hi!

As the message says its an "Internal Server Error" so its nothing wrong with the Joomla installation. Likely its related to the .htaccess file. Try to deactivate this file by renaming it to htaccess.txt. Or if you have done any changes in this file you can try to use the old (default) version.

/ Olle

Thanks a lot Zello. I followed this instruction, it fixed my issue.

Hey all - I just changed hosting providers due to this issue. I actually developed the site in a temp domain (subdir) of my hosting account and deployed to Network Solutions. Spent many hours troubleshooting to no avail. That - in combination with other issues - made me switch to my hosting provider (hostmonster) where I developed the site in hopes of eliminating the error since it worked in staging just fine. I deployed....and WALLLAHHH....the same error appears!!! (see attached for screen shot).

I am at my wits end with this. I've checked the directory permissions as stated above....still nothing. If I rename htaccess, then my mod-rewrite goes away. This is crazy.

Can someone help me get to the bottom of this?

Just go here and try to register as a new user (on login screen): http://www.jweitzner.com

Guys, i have the same internal error. I use Godaddy Shared Host.
I´ve tried to:
1 - rename .htaccess to htaccess.txt
2 - delete .htaccess (i had edited) and use old original version
3 - change joomla folder from 705 to 755 permission

But i still get the error. But the strange thing is that it´s not all the time. I can install some components, modules and plugins with no issues... but in the same time, when i try others, ramdomly the error appears and i can´t install.
I installed the same Joomla version in my XAMPP and inside my PC server i could install ALL the extensions i wanted to... but when i try to do it online, i get error and error.
The comp i am trying and getting error is "hwdvideoshare" component. My joomla is 1.5.23.
Just to make a test... i could install with no issues the plugins that comes with the component.

Any ideas? I can´t loose all my website already configured... cause u may tell me: "why don´t u upload the XAMPP version with already comp working and import the DB?". Well... i can´t do it cause i´d have to recreate the website inside XAMPP.
And i´d can copy the online website, transfer to XAMPP, import the DB to XAMPP so install the comp, and reupload all to the server... yessssss.... but would be a really big job and would be great to discover what´s the real problem about uploading and installing the component online.

Any ideas?

This maybe something relatively simple that some overlook... The other day, out of curiosity I attempted to host a mysql database on a separate web host from what the site was hosted on. Couldn't even get passed installation without hitting this exact error. Once I set up a new database under the domains host, I was good to go again.

Dear All,

This issue kills!

I have recently changed my hosting provider. Then my fabrik forms page link throwing this issue. I tried all the options. I updated .htaccess to new version also. my joomla version is 1.5.25. Following is my .htaccess file. (I removed some comments lines for quick readability)

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##
# @version $Id: htaccess.txt 21064 2011-04-03 22:12:19Z dextercowley $
##

## Can be commented out if causes errors, see notes above.
Options +FollowSymLinks

#
# mod_rewrite in use
RewriteEngine On

########## Begin - Rewrite rules to block out some common exploits
# Block out any script trying to set a mosConfig value through the URL
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} mosConfig_[a-zA-Z_]{1,21}(=|\%3D) [OR]
# Block out any script trying to base64_encode data within the URL
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} base64_encode[^(]*\([^)]*\) [OR]
# Block out any script that includes a <script> tag in URL
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (<|%3C)([^s]*s)+cript.*(>|%3E) [NC,OR]
# Block out any script trying to set a PHP GLOBALS variable via URL
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} GLOBALS(=|\[|\%[0-9A-Z]{0,2}) [OR]
# Block out any script trying to modify a _REQUEST variable via URL
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} _REQUEST(=|\[|\%[0-9A-Z]{0,2})
# Return 403 Forbidden header and show the content of the root homepage
RewriteRule .* index.php [F]
#
########## End - Rewrite rules to block out some common exploits


#RewriteBase /


########## Begin - Joomla! core SEF Section
#
RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]
#
# If the requested path and file is not /index.php and the request
# has not already been internally rewritten to the index.php script
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/index\.php
# and the request is for root, or for an extensionless URL, or the
# requested URL ends with one of the listed extensions
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/[^.]*|\.(php|html?|feed|pdf|raw))$ [NC]
# and the requested path and file doesn't directly match a physical file
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
# and the requested path and file doesn't directly match a physical folder
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
# internally rewrite the request to the index.php script
RewriteRule .* index.php [L]
#
########## End - Joomla! core SEF Section

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Any help. Thanks in advance.