Problem with wordpress in Vortech

[segurired]

I'm getting error 500 when I'm trying to install wordpress (lasted version) on a vortechhosting. I'm running 8 sites with wordpress without any problems in anothers hosters.

Anyhelp?

[Mike Bell]

Turn off friendly errors in IE so you can see the real problem...

[Brangwyn]

Try this .htacces file

php_value allow_url_fopen On
php_value post_max_size 16M
php_value memory_limit 32M
php_flag zend.ze1_compatibility_mode Off
php_flag suhosin.cookie.encrypt Off
php_value suhosin.request.max_vars 2048
php_value suhosin.post.max_vars 2048

[segurired]

Originally Posted by Brangwyn

Try this .htacces file

php_value allow_url_fopen On
php_value post_max_size 16M
php_value memory_limit 32M
php_flag zend.ze1_compatibility_mode Off
php_flag suhosin.cookie.encrypt Off
php_value suhosin.request.max_vars 2048
php_value suhosin.post.max_vars 2048

Workend, seems to be a problem su suhosin patch, thanks a lot!

[blakemiller]

I just had the same issue, contacted tech support and Edwin wrote back to add this to the .htaccess file:

php_value zend.ze1_compatibility_mode Off

It worked fine, fired right up.

Question is, why must we be tweaking custom .htaccess files now? I've installed over a dozen WP blogs straight out of the box.

Now i'm going to have to tell clients this too?

[blakemiller]

Originally Posted by blakemiller

It worked fine, fired right up.

i digress.... the install procedure worked, but the login didn't - same error. I ammended the .htaccess file with the above recommendations, and i'm one step further.

[ixie02]

Memory Limit OK? Are the wp sites you have working on the same server?

[dpyers]

error 500 is what MS calls a "friendly error". You need to turn off friendly errors in IE options to get any sort of a useful error message.

[esites]

It seems like more and more of the better scripts are requiring more resources than Vortech allows. Maybe Vortech should consider adjusting the server settings instead of making all of us use work arounds (which basically do the same thing) to keep things working.

I know for one, this consumes way too much time each week having to deal with this and educate my clients on how to do it as well.

[esites]

I tried to install a new copy at Vortech, I created the above .htaccess file, and it got me through the first page of the install (until it sends you the email)... now I get an "Internal Server Error".

Any more suggestions?

[blakemiller]

Originally Posted by esites

I tried to install a new copy at Vortech, I created the above .htaccess file, and it got me through the first page of the install (until it sends you the email)... now I get an "Internal Server Error".
Any more suggestions?

Did you try the additional line that support gave me?

php_value zend.ze1_compatibility_mode Off

Mine wouldn't fully work until i had the list of 7 posted by Brangwyn, plus the one above.

[esites]

I actually thought this might have been a typo in Brangwyn's version. It only started working when I changed his

php_flag zend.ze1_compatibility_mode Off

to

php_value zend.ze1_compatibility_mode Off

Then I still had problems where some script was constantly attempting to write to the .htaccess file and I would have to copy a fresh copy to the server. After a few times do that, I simply changed the properties of the .htaccess file to 444 and no one could write to it anymore. Now everything works great.

[frenchgeordie]

Thank you all for your help
i have been trying to get WP working for a couple of weeks of and on, and even enlisted the help of the free install team to no avail.
i have used your suggestions above and this is what worked for me.
the .htaccess file in the root of the domain

php_value zend.ze1_compatibility_mode off
php_value allow_url_fopen On
php_value post_max_size 16M
php_value memory_limit 32M
php_flag suhosin.cookie.encrypt Off
php_value suhosin.request.max_vars 2048
php_value suhosin.post.max_vars 2048

permissions remove write access for all but the user.

Cheers guys

always make time for a glass of wine!!

FrenchGeordie