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Aelanna Members Profile Find Members Posts Groupie Joined: 28 June 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 26	Post Options Post Reply Quote Aelanna Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: 500 error on new install Posted: 15 August 2018 at 6:23am
	I just uploaded the newest version to my webhost (Godaddy), and created a blank mysql database. I made sure the database folder has read/write/execute access. When I go to the forum folder in my browser, I get a 500 error. No install page ever comes up. What else do I need to check?

WebWiz-Bruce Members Profile Find Members Posts Admin Group Web Wiz Developer Joined: 03 September 2001 Location: Bournemouth Status: Offline Points: 9844	Post Options Post Reply Quote WebWiz-Bruce Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 15 August 2018 at 7:46am
	It maybe that your web host does not support URL Rewriting. Try removing the forums web.config file and see if it then works. Also check that you have a Windows web hosting with your host and that it support Classic ASP. I would also advise using SQL Server for the database backend as mySQL is not as good.
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Aelanna Members Profile Find Members Posts Groupie Joined: 28 June 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 26	Post Options Post Reply Quote Aelanna Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 15 August 2018 at 5:29pm
	Removing the config file fixed the problem. Thanks! I did switch it to SQL server, took a bit of fiddling to get it working but it's good now, thanks!

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