website doesn't work (500 internal server error) but admin panel works fine?(GoDaddy)

[idc1]

I have zc1.3.9h on a xampp local test server. Things worked fine. I transfered everthing over to go daddy. The mysql dbase is there, files are all uploaded, etc. I edited both the admin/includes/configure.php and the includes/configure.php

I can get into the admin panel fine, but I can't say the same for the website. I get a 500- Internal server error. Is it safe to assume I've done something wrong in the includes/configure.php and that this is not a go daddy or a windows/linux issue? I know another user said linux resolved her problem, but wouldn't my admin panel have a failure as well if this were the issue? Just reaching out after racking my brains for a few hours trying different scenarios.

[kuroi]

Have you read the FAQ entry for this type of error?

On a local installation such as you're describing, I'd recommend starting by looking for PHP errors in the logs as recommended by the FAQ.

[Kim]

You are on a GoDaddy Windows server?

[kuroi]

Ah yes, I misread the direction of your transfer. As your problem is on your remote web server, I'd look first at the file permissions with which your uploaded files landed.

[idc1]

You are on a GoDaddy Windows server?

Yes I'm on a GoDaddy Windows server

Ah yes, I misread the direction of your transfer. As your problem is on your remote web server, I'd look first at the file permissions with which your uploaded files landed.

I will try to find and check which files may have issues with their permissions.

[Kim]

Yes I'm on a GoDaddy Windows server

Stop wasting time trying to get that to work - move to a Linux server at the very least and a different host would be even better.

[idc1]

So here are the steps I took and what I have found out so far:

1) Copied my local test site to GoDaddy (named: Zenoriginal)

2) Things did not work so I also did the GoDaddy install which led to me having a 2nd ZenCart under my domain (named: GoDaddyZen)

3) I replicated the GoDaddyZen configure.php files with appropriate changes in my Zenoriginal folder.

4) Admin panel worked, but not the website.

5) Through trial and error, i found that Zenoriginal/includes/configure.php lines of code point to where I think they logically should with the exception of 1 line. For example:
Most point to something along the lines of
define('DIR_WS_CATALOG', '/Zenoriginal/');
define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG', '/Zenoriginal/');

However I have to point this line to the folder created by GoDaddy.

define('DIR_FS_CATALOG', 'D:\Hosting\8258716\html\GoDaddyZen/');

All the add-ons & mods in my Zenoriginal appear to work fine but I feel as though it should not be pointed to GoDaddyZen. Rather it should point to Zenoriginal. Any ideas as to why this is?