My host has the aspell libraries installed at /usr/bin/aspell. I put the spell.pl file in the cgi-bin folder and CHMOD the folder and file to 777. When I click on the spell check button, I get an internal server configuration error.

Greetings!

I am one of those computer illiterate people, who don't know anything about computers, and constantly make spelling mistakes too...

i want to install the spelling checker at my forum at http://www.hpscleansing.com

can somebody here guide me through it (hacks, smaks) step by step so that i can get it up and running... it will help a lot of people at my group....

please advise.

btw, i don't see it used here at this forum, why, is it so problematic?

peace

Got this hack installed last night - AWESOME hack!! Real easy to install and runs great - THANKS

Not working for me in 2:30

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Do you have the aspell dictionary installed? The dictionary files are available at http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/aspell/dict/.

Or, if you're using the newer version of spell.pl, from http://www.dontpokebadgers.com/spellchecker/ , it comes with a custom.dic file. Try deleting that file, and see if that works.

great hack, got it working with a little help from my host. i had the same problem as 94supratt but was easily fixed once the dictornary files where installed.

I've done everything and all I get is INTERNAL SERVER ERROR.

1. check permissions; I would chmod it to 777 first, and if that works, turn it down to 755 and see if it works
2. make sure the path to perl is correct in the first line of spell.pl
3. make sure the script is in a directory where your host allows CGI scripts to run

Otherwise, check your error logs, and find the exact error text that corresponds to the internal server error.

I tried 777 but not 755. It is in the correct path to perl. I verified that with my webhost. The shell.pl file is in the CGI-BIN directory.