Error Manager Login

Hi All
I’ve set up a clean new installation of modx on my website. The checklist on the last step is all on green ticks.
When I try to login …/manager/ I get the page to login. After entering the username and password for the manager account I’ve specified during installation I get an error 500.
How can I determine what the problem is? Is there a log file?
Thanks for any help.
Martin

Do you have an .htaccess file in the MODX root directory (or directories above it)? Problems in that are the most likely cause of a 500 error.

You can look in core/cache/logs/error.log, but if there is an error reported, it would most likely be in the Server log -- available through cPanel. MODX probably never even got started.

One quick thing to try -- using FTP, upload a hello.html file with this code to the modx root directory with this code:



Then point your browser to http://yoursite.com/hello.html.

See if you get the 500 error there. If so, it has nothing to do with MODX.