Http 500 Error – Cannot run WP from localhost

  • aakapoor

    (@aakapoor)


    10 years, 9 months ago

    I am new to MAMP and WP, and have run into a wall.
    A week ago I started building my first WP site using MAMP to build the website locally. It worked seemlessly and everything was going well. I was on vacation for a week, and now when I try to get back into my site, it wont work!

    When I type localhost into the browser, it shows me all the folders (1 folder for images I intend on using in the site, 1 for my website text, 1 is the actual wordpress folder and even a new fresh unzipped wordpress folder).

    If I click on the folder with the images or the website text, I can see all the files and same goes for the website text folder. But when I click on either of the wordpress folders, I get the Http:500 error as follows:

    “The website encountered an error while retrieving http://localhost/comRockheartGoa/. It may be down for maintenance or configured incorrectly.”

    I havent changed any settings or done anything but it has just stopped working and I have no clue where to start looking for a solution!

    I am at the point where I think I might have to reinstall MAMP and restart the whole site from scratch!

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  • Thread Starter aakapoor

    (@aakapoor)

    10 years, 9 months ago

    Update:
    I have tried to unzip the wordpress file in a different location and point the MAMP Apache server to that location, and then when I go through localhost it asks me to setup the wp-config.php file again.
    So now the million dollar question – what do I need to do to get my old site working? Just pointing the Apache server back to that folder does not work – so I am guessing I need to change some setting somewhere?

    So the fresh install of wordpress runs when I put it in a different destination and point that MAMP Apache server there. I really do not want to have to rebuild the site from scratch, so any help will be appreciated

    Gadgetroid

    (@gadgetrophy)

    10 years, 9 months ago

    Let it install in that new location then copy the contents and any files that you changed to that new location.

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