Very strange vbulletin issue (vbulletin.com won't help cause it's hacked)

[SeanThomps]

Hey guys,

I am having some weird issues on my site, http://www.volconvo.com. A user pointed out to me that when he tries to copy a paragraph from this site: http://www.buzzmachine.com/archives/2004_11_15.html#008481, and pastes it into the quick reply box and presses "go advanced" or "post quick reply" he gets a 500 error. I tried this as well, and the same thing happens for me.

Also, the same error happens when I go into my admincp and go into style manager. If I try to save anything (edit templettes, styles, etc) I get the very same 500 errror, and cannot save.

This problem is very recent. I removed my most recent hacks to see if that was the problem, and it's still the same.

EDIT This problem happens even in the regular reply area. If I paste anything copied from that page mentioned above into the reply box I get that error. :( I tried the same thing from another page...I copied text from cnn.com and it worked ...wtf is going on..and why can't I save in my admincp style manager :(

[filburt1]

What's a 505 error? If you mean 404, remember that a 404 error only means "File Not Found" and doesn't describe every possible error and no vB errors.

[SeanThomps]

nope..I mean 500 :(

[The Equivocate]

This page might help:
http://www.checkupdown.com/status/E505.html

[amykhar]

505 is a server error, usually when software crashes.

What hacks do you have installed? Especially, what is the very last hack you put in?

[SeanThomps]

hey Amy, I put a quick quote hack in from here, but have since removed it, but cannot edit the templettes because of the error. Anytime I go to click save in my style manager sections I get a 505 error :(

[amykhar]

Even if you revert the template instead of edit it?

[SeanThomps]

wow..I feel like a moron...it is a 500 error..not a 505

Amy..reverting does work...

[Brad]

wow..I feel like a moron...it is a 500 error..not a 505

Amy..reverting does work...
Introduction

Your Web server encountered an unexpected condition that prevented it from fulfilling the request by the client for access to the requested URL.

This is a 'catch-all' error generated by your Web server. Basically something has gone wrong, but the server can not be more specific about the error condition in its response to the client. In addition to the 500 error notified back to the client, the Web server should generate some kind of internal error log which gives more details of what went wrong. It is up to the operators of your Web server site to locate and analyse these logs.

500 errors in the HTTP cycle

Any client goes through the following cycle when it communicates with your Web server:

* Obtain an IP address from the IP name of your site (your site URL without the leading 'http://'). This lookup (conversion of IP name to IP address) is provided by domain name servers (DNSs).
* Open an IP socket connection to that IP address.
* Write an HTTP data stream through that socket.
* Receive an HTTP data stream back from your Web server in response. This data stream contains status codes whose values are determined by the HTTP protocol. Parse this data stream for status codes and other useful information.

This error occurs in the final step above when the client receives an HTTP status code that it recognises as '500'.

Resolving 500 errors - general

This error can only be resolved by fixes to the Web server software. It is not a client-side problem. It is up to the operators of your Web server site to locate and analyse the logs which should give further information about the error.


Your going to need to check your logs and find out what wen't wrong. For now upload you backed up php files from before this problem showed up (you backed up did'nt you? ;) ). If you did'nt back up, revert to stock php files and re-hack.

[SeanThomps]

Alright thanks :D Can anyone think of a php file that the style manager section and the new reply/new topic functions would both use?