Title: Not Acceptable Error Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # Not Acceptable Error * [vincewylde](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vincewylde/) * (@vincewylde) * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-acceptable-error/) * Create a Page, try to insert a photo, I get this: * Not Acceptable * An appropriate representation of the requested resource /public_html/wp-admin/ page.php could not be found on this server. * Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request. * I installed using Fantastico… I am lame at website management, and am baffled by this. What does that even mean in the above error? Is there a relatively easy fix like “Download WordPress to your computer and only upload THIS file from the install folder”? Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 22 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-acceptable-error/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-acceptable-error/page/2/?output_format=md) * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-acceptable-error/#post-1527045) * [Download WordPress](http://wordpress.org/download/) and then use an [FTP or SFTP](http://codex.wordpress.org/FTP_Clients) client to upload a copy of the `/wp-admin/page.php` file from the fresh download. * Thread Starter [vincewylde](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vincewylde/) * (@vincewylde) * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-acceptable-error/#post-1527113) * Is that the thing I have to edit? And if so, I really don’t understand the instructions for it. Further, should WordPress be installed in my public_html folder? Or should it be in the main folder since it’s my home page as well? I am wondering if that is where I went wrong…. * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-acceptable-error/#post-1527119) * According to the quoted error, it looks like you have everything in the right place, just try uploading a new copy of the `/wp-admin/page.php` file. * Thread Starter [vincewylde](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vincewylde/) * (@vincewylde) * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-acceptable-error/#post-1527129) * Ok, how about this one? Good grief…. * Not Acceptable * An appropriate representation of the requested resource /public_html/wp-admin/ media-upload.php could not be found on this server. * Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request. * I already tried replacing “media-upload.php” it still errors out, and only when going into my gallery and selecting “Insert Into Post”. * Manually posting the link with image code works fine… * EDIT: Ok, nevermind linking gets this AGAIN: Not Acceptable * An appropriate representation of the requested resource _/public\_html/wp-admin/ page.php_ could not be found on this server. * Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request. * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-acceptable-error/#post-1527133) * Try re-uploading the entire `/wp-admin/` and `/wp-includes/` directories from a fresh WordPress download. * Thread Starter [vincewylde](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vincewylde/) * (@vincewylde) * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-acceptable-error/#post-1527136) * Even deleted the old folders, still getting the same error. * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-acceptable-error/#post-1527137) * Try deactivating all plugins. If that resolves the issue, reactivate each one individually until you find the cause. * Thread Starter [vincewylde](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vincewylde/) * (@vincewylde) * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-acceptable-error/#post-1527138) * Nothing activated yet. Both Akismet and Hello Dolly are off. This is starting to look like a fresh manual install without having Fantastico involved… I found the installation instructions rather confusing. Especially the editing of the Page.php file… * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-acceptable-error/#post-1527139) * That sounds like the only possible solution left. Delete the files and the database, then start over with a manual install. I’m not sure what you read before, but you won’t have to edit any `page.php` file. Follow this guide: * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress#Detailed_Instructions](http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress#Detailed_Instructions) * Thread Starter [vincewylde](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vincewylde/) * (@vincewylde) * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-acceptable-error/#post-1527140) * Interesting, I got all these RSS links on Dashboard doing something like this: * RSS Error: WP HTTP Error: Could not open handle for fopen() to [http://blogsearch.google.com/blogsearch_feeds?scoring=d&ie=utf-8&num=10&output=rss&partner=wordpress&q=link:http://thedemonslayer.wkrib.com/public_html/](http://blogsearch.google.com/blogsearch_feeds?scoring=d&ie=utf-8&num=10&output=rss&partner=wordpress&q=link:http://thedemonslayer.wkrib.com/public_html/) * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-acceptable-error/#post-1527141) * Yeah, sounds like things are really messed up. Try a manual installation. * Thread Starter [vincewylde](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vincewylde/) * (@vincewylde) * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-acceptable-error/#post-1527144) * Ugh. For some reason, the install is not transferring half the files, specifically, install.php and about 40 others despite me dragging them over to the ftp client. * Here is a list of what actually went over just into WP_Admin: * Folders: CSS IMAGES IMPORT INCLUDES JS MAINT * Files In WP-ADMIN: rtl.css rtl.dev.css wp-admin.css wp-admin.dev.css * That folder alone has 80 files _not transferring._ * PS: Just got this in browser: install.php – No Such Directory or File… * Thread Starter [vincewylde](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vincewylde/) * (@vincewylde) * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-acceptable-error/#post-1527145) * NOW it’s working. The old Fantastic folder was wrecking havoc. I obliterated it. Once it’s installed, I’ll see if it functions right. Be back… * Thread Starter [vincewylde](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vincewylde/) * (@vincewylde) * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-acceptable-error/#post-1527149) * UGH! You appear to have already installed WordPress. To reinstall please clear your old database tables first * And tons of jibberish. * Everything was empty. I deleted every trace of WordPress. * Here is my whole raw directory listing in the root file / – am I missing something?? * File:.contactemail 1 KB 6/6/2010 9:43:00 AM * .cpanel * 6/6/2010 8:46:00 PM * File:.gemrc 1 KB 6/6/2010 9:43:00 AM * .htpasswds * 6/6/2010 9:43:00 AM * File:.lastlogin 1 KB 6/6/2010 9:27:00 PM * .softaculous * 6/6/2010 8:46:00 PM * access-logs * 6/6/2010 9:54:00 AM * etc * 6/6/2010 9:43:00 AM * mail * 6/6/2010 9:43:00 AM * public_ftp * 6/6/2010 9:43:00 AM * public_html * 6/8/2010 8:00:00 PM * tmp * 6/6/2010 8:45:00 PM * www * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-acceptable-error/#post-1527159) * That means you didn’t clear the tables in your MySQL database. Access the database via phpMyAdmin (most hosting providers offer this in their control panel), check all of the tables, and choose “Drop tables” from the pull-down menu. Then, run`/ wp-admin/install.php` to complete the installation. Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 22 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-acceptable-error/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-acceptable-error/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ‘Not Acceptable Error’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [Not-Acceptable](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/not-acceptable/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 22 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [yonek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yonek/) * Last activity: [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-acceptable-error/page/2/#post-1527287) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics