Install Problem with .htaccess

Hi there I have install the latest vbseo and when I ftp over the .htaccess file and try to navigate my forum I get the following error.

Error 500 - Internal Server error

An internal server error has occured!
PLease try again later.


If I delete the .htaccess file my forum starts to work again.

I have checked and mod_rewrite is working on my server by using the following thread

[How to] Check if mod_rewrite is working for my site

My site is www.insanityworkout.co.uk

Any help would be great. :-)


Thanks in advance

have you also imported the vbseo product in the admincp? (found in the do not upload folder)

Yes I have added it

Any help would be great :-)

Can you please manually edit config_vbsep.php file search for the following setting

PHP Code:

    define('VBSEO_CUSTOM_DOCROOT',         ''); 


adn add your forum path between two brackets
example

PHP Code:

    define('VBSEO_CUSTOM_DOCROOT',         '/var/www/html'); 


When you are done , please save your config_vbseo.php file , upload it to your server . Open vBSEO Control Panel and save your settings without changing anything.

Thanks for the reply.

I did what yousaid but I still get the following error

Error 500 - Internal Server error

An internal server error has occured!
PLease try again later.


As soon I delete the .htaccess file off the server my forum comes back.

Do I need to edit the .htaccess file in anyway???


Thanks

What if you try the following .htaccess

Code:

# Comment the following line (add '#' at the beginning)
# to disable mod_rewrite functions.
# Please note: you still need to disable the hack in
# the vBSEO control panel to stop url rewrites.
RewriteEngine On

# Some servers require the Rewritebase directive to be
# enabled (remove '#' at the beginning to activate)
# Please note: when enabled, you must include the path
# to your root vB folder (i.e. RewriteBase /forums/)
RewriteBase /

#RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.yourdomain\.com
#RewriteRule (.*) http://www.yourdomain.com/forums/$1 [L,R=301]

RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap_).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(admincp/|modcp/|cron|vbseo_sitemap)
RewriteRule ^((archive/)?(.*\.php(/.*)?))$ vbseo.php [L,QSA]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !/(admincp|modcp|clientscript|cpstyles|images)/
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ vbseo.php [L,QSA]

Do I need to edit anything in the .htaccess file you have provided?

You can paste it as-is.

Ok tried that and got the following error

Internal Server Error

The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

Please contact the server administrator, webadmin@kundenserver.de 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 500 Internal Server Error error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

Try to add these lines:

Options +FollowSymLinks
<IfModule mod_security.c>
SecFilterEngine Off
SecFilterScanPOST Off
</IfModule>