Error 500 when using SmartOptimizer

[peteyb]

Hi All

I have used smartoptimizer on several websites without any difficulties.

I have recently started work on a new website which is hosted on 1&1 and cannot get it to work.

I am using v1.8, have made the cache 777.

I know that mod_rewrite is enabled because my .htaccess file contains some additional lines that are not default in SmartOptimizer.

If I comment out line below it works

RewriteRule ^(.*\.(js|css))$ smartoptimizer/?$1 

Here is my htaccess file. Can anyone help?

<IfModule mod_expires.c>
    <FilesMatch "\.(gif|jpg|jpeg|png|swf|css|js|html?|xml|txt|ico)$">
        ExpiresActive On
        ExpiresDefault "access plus 10 years"
    </FilesMatch>
</IfModule>
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On          
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f     
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d     
    RewriteRule ^(.*\.(js|css))$ smartoptimizer/?$1    
    
    <IfModule mod_expires.c>
        RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f
        RewriteRule ^(.*\.(js|css|html?|xml|txt|php))$ smartoptimizer/?$1
    </IfModule>

    <IfModule !mod_expires.c>
        RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f
        RewriteRule ^(.*\.(gif|jpg|jpeg|png|swf|css|js|html?|xml|txt|ico))$ smartoptimizer/?$1
    </IfModule>
</IfModule>
<FilesMatch "\.(gif|jpg|jpeg|png|swf|css|js|html?|xml|txt|ico)$">
    FileETag none
</FilesMatch>

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteBase /
    RewriteRule ^([^/]*)/([^/]*)\.html$ /index.php?area=$1&dispatch=$2 [L]
</IfModule> 

[peteyb]

bump

[NogDog]

I don't think it should matter, but you could get rid of the outer parentheses and use $0:

RewriteRule ^.*\.(js|css)$ smartoptimizer/?$0

Otherwise I have no idea what the problem is. Is there anything of interest in the Apache log files?

[peteyb]

I tried as advised but still the same 500 error.

I have copied the most recent error from the access logs, not sure if this is the apache logs though as I am on a shared hosting service.

[21/Dec/2010:15:01:58 +0100] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 645 new.website.co.uk "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101203 Firefox/3.6.13" "-"

[NogDog]

I tried as advised but still the same 500 error.

I have copied the most recent error from the access logs, not sure if this is the apache logs though as I am on a shared hosting service.

[21/Dec/2010:15:01:58 +0100] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 645 new.website.co.uk "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101203 Firefox/3.6.13" "-"

I think the errors are in a different file than the access log: "apache_error.log" on my PC's installation, but I don't know if all installations use the same name.

[peteyb]

1&1 do not give access to apache logs.

I have spoken with technical support who are going to investigate.

[peteyb]

1&1 are rubbish!

Reasons not to use 1&1:

1. Technical support cannot investigate anything sligthly complicated
2. You cannot use smartoptimzer
3. You can only access the database via phpMyAdmin
4. You cannot access the apache logs

I could think of more but then I would be ranting.

Unless anyone can suggest something I think I am going to have to move host.