SkinGraft with a Linux based remote server

Hi,

other than the Manual Installation instructions given in the SkinGraft wiki are there any other important details which may relate to a Linux based server?

I have installed SkinGraft as per the Manual Installation instructions, everything appears okay in the MODx Manager, but the SkinGraft Module does not run at all. I just get an HTTP 500 internal server error message.

garrym

I’ve used in on OS X, Solaris and Linux for years now without any problems. Could it be a problem with mod_security? Do you have the .htaccess in the manager directory with mod_rewrite turned off?

Hi, thank you for your reply.

I have now edited my manager/.htaccess file via my cPanel to show: RewriteEngine On

But when I had another go at installing the SkinGraft module the result was just the same. HTTP 500.

The content of my manager/.htaccess file is below, is there something else I should edit there, or is it something else altogether perhaps?

Thank you, garrym




# For unexpected logouts in multi-server/cloud environments see:
# http://svn.modxcms.com/docs/display/MODx096/Friendly+URL+Solutions

RewriteEngine On

<IfModule mod_security.c>
# Turn the filtering engine Off
SecFilterEngine Off
</IfModule>

No. You NEVER want the rewrite engine on in the manager directory. That’s why the ht.access file is included there; to turn it off.

Having it set to on in a directory, and then set to on again in a child directory will cause 500 server errors.

Okay, no worries, I just changed it back.

I was having the HTTP 500 errors before the change, the original problem I posted about is still there.

So the mod_rewrite you are referring to is something else then?

You were referring to the .htaccess file in the manager directory, yes?

as in public_html/[modxcms]/manager

If you’re getting a 500 Internal Server Error you should find the answer, or at least some good hints, in the error_log file for your website (presuming it’s Apache). This log file could be in a number of different places dependant on the config of your server but most likely will be in /var/log/httpd or something similar