Trying to setup .htaccess redirect

vivalafeva

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i am trying to set up a .htaccess redirect on an image, but now I am just getting a 500 internal server error can anyone help?

 

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BlackSmack

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Make sure you're uploading it as ascii and/or editing it in ascii mode

 

vivalafeva

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sorry im not quite sure what you mean by ascii?

 

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ptsniper

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he means the format you upload the file in your ftp program;

ie in filezilla

go to;

Edit; Settings; Transfers; File Types.

 

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BlackSmack

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vivalafeva said:

sorry im not quite sure what you mean by ascii?

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I don't know what FTP program you're using but there's 2 "Transfer Modes" Ascii and Binary which you can set in any FTP program. Usually there's an "Auto" setting but not all of them have it set right for a .htaccess file.

Check your options in your FTP program, unless you're using a web interface which then your problem is the permissions on the .htaccess are not set to 755/read OR you have a an error in the htaccess file.

You are probably now extremely confused. If yes then paste your HTACCESS code into a message so I can see if it's formated properly.

 

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rachusrs

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ascii mode means text mode , u have ascii(text) mode, binary mode,
auto mode. select ascii mode because it does not introduce any
unwanted charecters like puncuations , line breaks ... etc.

 

bhnoobz

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check your apache error log, it will tell you why you receive 500 error.. probably bad code in your .htaccess..

 

vivalafeva

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i am using cyber duck, does it matter if it is a word document, I use textedit because im on a mac

 

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BlackSmack

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Yes it matters, open notepad, paste your code in then reupload