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I’m having a strange problem. My ExpressionEngine works fine. I can edit and publish entries , create templates etc both locally and on the live server. However the problem that arises is on the live server. When I try and view rendered templates I get a blank white page and my browser tells me it’s received a 500 error.

Hoping anyone has and ideas on this or have experienced it themselves in the past. Really strange. All my paths etc are correct. I used deeploy helper to move the site from my local test server to the live server.

The only plugins I’m using is the FieldFrame and File, oh, and deeploy helper.

Can you take a look at your server error logs, or ask your host for more information? A 500 error is always the servers fault, it’s either mis-configured, running out of resources or been instructed to show that error.

Are you running mod_security, by any chance?

The hosting is Mosso Rackspace. I’m not sure if they use mod_security or not but will find out.

The strange thing is on my first dev site which is on Mosso also, works perfectly.

Two quotes from the Mosso tech support

“Thanks for holding. A blank page usually means an error is being generated within the site’s code, can you try enabling detailed errors in ee?”

and

” Thanks for holding. I apologize however I was not able to enable detailed errors for EE. I recommend inquiring with EE in regard to what their SEF features require. Alternately I also recommend trying to enable SEF with mod_rewrite, perhaps that may work.  Search Engine Friendly links. Basically EE is rewriting the urls internally. So instead of http://phase2.nolitan.com.php5-16.websitetestlink.com/index.php?path.to.actual.content.Q23 it’s rewritten as http://phase2.nolitan.com.php5-16.websitetestlink.com/index.php/site/site_content/”

Ok, it seems as though the path.php file was missing on the server. It’s working now.

Glad you were able to find out what the problem was. Don’t hesitate to post again as needed.