Precondition Failed in Admin

[ruminator]

I have what I think is a working install of 1.5RC1 (whatever's current) on my host. I entered the admin panel to fill in a few blanks. When I attempt to save the main page (admin->general) with my site name and a few configuration options, I'm redirected to a 412 page with this text:

The precondition on the request for the URL /photoblog/admin/index.php evaluated to false.

I'm totally new to pixelpost, so this is not informative. Will someone with more experience please give me some direction? Thanks...

[ruminator]

I found a work-around for my problem. I simply edited the configuration table in the mySQL database with the values for the fields I wanted set. While this obviates my problem for now, the issue remains unresolved.

Thanks for listening!

[Connie]

The precondition on the request for the URL /photoblog/admin/index.php evaluated to false.

Is there any errornumber as well?

I am not new to Pixelpost but this is also not informative for me..
it is not a pixelpost output

it is a problem of the configuration of your server
what is the info at admin / general info?


doing some research I found that it seems that there are some security restrictions at your server to block system information

PP is checking the version of your MYSQL, PHP, server etc.
so this seems to be blocked

check whether "mod_security" is activated at your server or not

[raminia]

yeah turn off mod_security in my .htaccess file . (for pixelpost folder)

read
http://help.textdrive.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=85

[ruminator]

That thread in the TextDrive knowledgebase was perfect. All I needed to do was to add an .htaccess file for the pixelpost admin directory and the problem went away. I'll bet it has something to do with the spam trapping components of pixelpost.

Thank you very much. I would never have tracked this down without a nudge.

I am now operational and have my first photoblog entry posted. For those interested, my photoblog is at http://randomruminations.net/photoblog.

[Connie]

I am glad that it is working now for you and we have a new information for the wiki!

it has nothing to do with the spam trapping in PP, I am sure
I am more sure it is a hoster-configuration of Apache at your webspace

I bet for that ;=)

[splutter]

Thank you for this thread - I had this problem before with TextDrive - but easily sorted.

Must say how nice & easy Pixelpost is to install :)