Im running MT 4.23 . i developed my site in the folder mysite.com/2.0 and everything all worked great. when it was done, i pointed the publishing directory to just mysite.com/ . everything still worked, and i managed some entries...
i have custom fields for "photo" and "thumbnail" which are image asset types, so those custom fields have the options for "choose image" and "remove image" . Though it worked for part of the day in the root directory to choose an image and launch the asset manager, Now when you click choose image you get the popup window that normally would have the asset manager but instead has :
"Internal Server Error
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.
Please contact the server administrator to inform of the time the error occurred and of anything you might have done that may have caused the error.
More information about this error may be available in the server error log."
If I go to the manage menu and choose "assets" i get the same error page.
I know that this error usually has to do with permissions, but i can't figure out what the problem is, i have almost everything set to 777 as a debug measure and still get the error.
Reported on Movable Type 4.2
UPDATE: if i set my publishing path back to mysite.com/2.0, i can again manage assets. when i change it back to just mysite.com, internal server error. What folder do i need to set permissions on???
I have come across this error under several situations and there are a variety of causes. Check the specific and general error logs and the access logs of the server. Depending on the system you use the general log is in /var/log/httpd and the specific logs in my case are in /var/log/www/vhosts/domain_name/statistics/logs
These errors can be due to permissions as you mention but also due to specific server configurations. In my case, I am using extensive URL Rewriting so I had to debug that by using Apache rewrite debugging facility - Rewrite Engine on + RewriteLog ...
Also verify:
1. MT DB is configured properly in terms of DBUSer having all the permissions
2. cgi-bin/mt and mt-static directories and files and folders underneath are owned by server username typically "apache"