[jgar]

Hi there!

This is a POD question:

I am trying to install POD - but get an error 500.
I ran servertesp.pl which succeeded.

I made sure all files were sent in ASCII format.

Could there be something wrong with my podvars file?

(here is a part of it)
## Name of your script. For example, 'pod.cgi' or 'dir'
$pod_progname="pod.cgi";

## URL path to your script (ie /cgi-bin/pod/)
$pod_urlpath="/pod/";

## Full path and script name
## Replace with
#$pod_fullpath="$ENV{'SCRIPT_NAME'}";
## to increase portability of the script. If you do this, you can
## ignore the settings of the two above variables.
$pod_fullpath="$pod_urlpath$pod_progname";

## To log searches, insert the full path and filename of your logfile
## into pod_logging. Comment it out for no logging (default)
#$pod_logging = "/home/lib/httpd/logs/pod_searches.log";

## Where your header.html and footer.html files are located
$pod_templatedir = "/pod/";

What should I do next?
How can I find out what the error message was?

Look forward to replies

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[DocJohn]

Cool, glad you like the forums, it reflects my unique world of psychology and programming for the Internet... two things you don't usually see together.

As for your error, your ISP or host should be able to provide you with your server's error logs to help troubleshoot the problem. Without that detailed error message, it's nearly impossible to say what's wrong.

Are you sure the directory you specified ("/pod/") can run cgi-bin scripts in it?
You may want to throw it in your cgi-bin directory and see if it works from there (configuring the script as necessary).