Posts tagged “internal server error”.

While you were away

July 6th, 2010

Sorry for the break in the action, gang, but I’ve had an issue with my WordPress 3.0 update.

Specifically, I was getting an “Internal Server Error – 500” message every time I tried to post a new entry or access parts of the WordPress dashboard. I really thought it was something on 1and1’s end, server-wise.

After doing some digging, and some reading, I found the issue was an obscure addition to the .htaccess file.

I can now support Kevin Bagg’s fix for the issue. Everything’s clear-sailing now.

After the update, there is one thing that inspires finger nail biting: my WordPress theme needs to be update, but the warning message says “any customizations you have made to the Themes files will be lost.” Which is fantastic, because I hacked the heck out of the original Infimum theme (version 1.3.2, while Newton Poetry is sporting 1.3.1).

Drop any ideas in the comments. I appreciate it.

Update: Except that now, when I got to post something or upload an image, I get this gibberish:

Fun!