Hi,
I have just installed Ultimate SEO on my FRESH install v1.3.8a.
I copied all the files to the correct place.
Changed my .htaccess to reflect where the store is at, and uploaded it.
After doing so I got a 500 Internal server error on both my shop and my admin area.
So I go in my FTP and delete the .htaccess file and then the website shows up again, but when you click on links it comes up with another error.

It seems to be coming from the .htaccess?

What am I doing wrong?

Thank you

Got a URL so we can see what you see?

Check RewriteBase / , more than likely you have not set it correctly in htaccess, which is the most common error.

Hi guys,
Thank you so much for your help.

This is a partial copy of the htaccess file...

NOTE: Replace /shop/ with the relative web path of your catalog in the "Rewrite Base" line below:

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /middlekingdomtraders/

My zencart shop is installed in that folder, so I typed that between the /.../

From Ultimate SEO URLs...

There is no use looking at the URL as I have deleted the .htaccess because it stops the website from functioning beyond the front page.

Best Regards,

Are you putting the USEO .htaccess file in the same directory as your Zen Cart files?

That is also a requirement.

Hi,

Yes, the .htaccess file is placed in the /middlekingdomtraders/ folder which is where the zen-cart files are located.

Thank you

Your site url?

I had the same problem and i fixed it by giving permission to admin folder, in my case "755".

OWNER: read, write, execute
GROUP: read, execute
PUBLIC: read, execute

hope it helps

Some information on the 500 Internal Server Error can be found in this thread http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?p=985896#post985896.

This may be relevant...

I had the same issue whilst running it on my PC through WAMP.

The issue was caused by the 'rewrite_module' not being enabled on apache and 'RewriteEngine On' in the htaccess file, not being a recognized command.

Perhaps this can be translated to help with your issue.

Dave

...found the solution to the issue here...

http://www.dynamicdrive.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-18234.html