Debug mode or error message setting

[DocRocks]

I'm having the following problem - I had a php programmer make some minor customization of the product_display page I can no longer enter new products. The page just refreshes but the product is not in the catalog. I get the following error - "Forbidden - You don't have permission to access /catalog/admin/product.php on this server. Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request. "

mY host sent this server error log:

"[Wed Jul 16 04:17:39 2008] [alert] [client 91.202.129.254] /home/prestonr/public_html/catalog/admin/.htaccess: AllowOverride not allowed here

[Wed Jul 16 04:18:06 2008] [error] [client 91.202.129.254] mod_security: Access denied with code 403. read_post_payload: Failed to create file "/home/aardwolf/tmp/20080716-041806-91.202.129.254-request_body-4CpDRo" because 13("Permission denied") [severity "EMERGENCY"] [hostname "prestonribbons.com"] [uri "/catalog/admin/categories.php?action=insert_category&cPath="]

My PHP programmer and I have both searched the ZenCart files and can find no reference to "/home/aardwolf/tmp/20080716-041806-91.202.129.254-request_body-4CpDRo"

Is there a debug mode or error log specifically for ZenCart?

Thanks

[DrByte]

That's not a Zen Cart thing. That's a mod_security error generated by your webserver.

mod_security is a system that prevents people from entering potentially-harmful data on webpages. Specifically in your case it is disliking one or more pieces of data you've entered in one of the input fields ... probably URLs.

You can try disabling mod_security by putting this in your /admin/.htaccess file:

SecFilterInheritance Off

or this:

SecFilterScanPOST Off

If that doesn't work, you'll need to talk to your hosting company for specific assistance about ways in which *they* will allow you to override mod_security filters in your admin area.

[DocRocks]

Thanks DrByte - tried this and it didn't work. I'm getting in touch with my host.

[mechanic]

I seem to have cured it by toggling to source code and changing the entity like Copyright or Registered to its source entity name like copyright=© registered=® ...you can find entity names and numbers here http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_entities.asp