500 Server Error The website encountered an error

[Alasdair]

What have you recently changed?

Check includes/templates/your_template/html_header.php
Check includes/configure.php
Check all .htaccess files

~Melanie

I have not changed htaccess files or html headder and the only thing I changed in configure.php was this:

define('HTTP_SERVER', 'https://getutech.com');
define('HTTPS_SERVER', 'https://getutech.com');
define('HTTP_CATALOG_SERVER', 'https://getutech.com');
define('HTTPS_CATALOG_SERVER', 'https://getutech.com');

// secure webserver for admin? Valid choices are 'true' or 'false' (including quotes).
define('ENABLE_SSL_ADMIN', 'true');

[joejoejoe]

Is there a reason you're pointing the http to https (1st and 3rd lines)?

[DrByte]

Is there a reason you're pointing the http to https (1st and 3rd lines)?

Yes. If you read take a look at your own file and read the comments in the lines above that part, you'll see why. v1.5.0 and newer.

[mprough]

I have not changed htaccess files or html headder and the only thing I changed in configure.php was this:

define('HTTP_SERVER', 'https://getutech.com');
define('HTTPS_SERVER', 'https://getutech.com');
define('HTTP_CATALOG_SERVER', 'https://getutech.com');
define('HTTPS_CATALOG_SERVER', 'https://getutech.com');

// secure webserver for admin? Valid choices are 'true' or 'false' (including quotes).
define('ENABLE_SSL_ADMIN', 'true');

That is your ADMIN configure, what is in includes/configure.php?

~Melanie

[Alasdair]

That is my Includes configure.php file not admin. Should it be different?

[lat9]

Yes, your /includes/configure.php and ADMIN/includes/configure.php should be different ...

[Alasdair]

Oh, I think I may have got the two files mixed up so now I have a copy of admin configure.php in includes folder (as you can tell, I'm new to zen cart ). How do I get another configure.php file for the frontend includes folder (not admin)?

[lat9]

Go back to your "stock" zen-cart zip-file and locate the /includes/dist-configure.php file. Make a copy of that file and edit the server and database information to match your admin's configure.php and then use that edited information/file to replace your /includes/configure.php file.

[Alasdair]

thanks for all your help, I've fixed it now