hi
i downloaded the joomsef update from 23/07/10, and since i try to install it but i keep getting a server fatal error...

Erreur du serveur!

Le serveur a èté victime d'une erreur interne et n'a pas été capable de faire aboutir votre requête. Soit le server est surchargé soit il s'agit d'une erreur dans le script CGI.

Si vous pensez qu'il s'agit d'une erreur du serveur, veuillez contacter le gestionnaire du site.
Error 500
localhost
08/03/10 09:50:30
Apache/2.2.14 (Win32) DAV/2 mod_ssl/2.2.14 OpenSSL/0.9.8l mod_autoindex_color PHP/5.3.1 mod_apreq2-20090110/2.7.1 mod_perl/2.0.4 Perl/v5.10.1

any idea? coz here, (thank god i made a backup before installing) i find myself with an extension for which i paid, and i can't install it as it fucks everything up, have to delete the site folder and restore it with akeeba...

hi
i found that when i delete the htaccess, then i can access my website again.
still, i never had this problem with older versions of joomsef. and the documentation on the site talks about the server on which the site is as the source of the problem, except here, it's on local using xampp... any idea how to solve this?
i DID activate joomla sef and url rewriting but still crashes...

Hello,

There is probably some problem with the .htaccess file. Could you post it? And make sure that mod_rewrite is enabled on your server and that the .htaccess file is allowed to be used in the web site's directory.
There is a documentation available for mod_rewrite and .htaccess file usage:
httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/howto/htaccess.html
httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_rewrite.html

Best regards,
ARTIO Support Team

some more info...
i tried on a blank site (joomla 1.5.20 installed from scratch with nothing else then virtuemart 1.1.5) so almost "virgin" site, and same problem.... as soon as i install joomsef, i get that error...

need help please.

i will read the two docs you linked to (if i find the strength to spend my afternoon reading something i absolutely don't understand) but, you speak of my "server" , as i told, i'm not on any server, i'm working local with xampp...

i'll post the htaccess.txt but i don't understand: before installing joomsef, i have only one file called " htaccess.txt", and when i install joomsef, there's another htaccess called " .htaccess" (DOThtaccess no extension) that appears, while the htaccess.txt stays there.... which one do you want?
also, as far as i know, the mod_rewrite was enabled in the joomla global parameters. and i don't understand what you mean by "the .htaccess file is allowed to be used in the web site's directory."

Well the Apache is the server, so if you are working locally using xampp, then your computer is the server, and it is important that your xampp server is configured properly for the .htaccess file to work correctly. The htaccess.txt is the example file installed with Joomla, the file that is used by your server is .htaccess, so please post it. But if you use xampp with default configuration (you haven't configured anything special) there is a really big chance that the mod_rewrite module or .htaccess file usage is disabled by default.

EDIT: The mod_rewrite needs to be enabled in your xampp (Apache) server configuration also, not only in Joomla, and the .htaccess usage must be allowed there too. Please read the documentation links I've posted. You can also google some simpler articles about mod_rewrite and .htaccess usage (like www.tildemark.com/software/servers/enabl...ccess-on-apache.html ).

Best regards,
ARTIO Support Team