"An appropriate representation of the requested resource" Error

[mdelfs]

Hotaru is installed. I see everything and can get all the way to the last page of submitting a story--until when I submit I get:

"An appropriate representation of the requested resource (my site address here) could not be found on this server."

Is this something to do with my .htaccess file through my service provider?

[Nick]

If you're able to submit the same story to the demo without getting that error (which is not generated by Hotaru itself), then it must be a server issue.

My first guess would be it's dying when trying to send a trackback. Could you try commenting out line 392 (approx) in

/content/plugins/submit/submit.php

$this->hotaru->post->sendTrackback(); 

If it still fails without that line, at least we can rule out trackbacks!

[Nick]

Searching for "An appropriate representation of the requested resource" on Google returns a number of related problems, all pointing at mod_security settings. Rather than messing about with the trackback, it's probably best to tell your webhost you've been getting that error and you've heard it's a mod_security problem. Maybe they can adjust their settings or shine some light on what specifically is causing the error. Sometimes it's just a single word entered into a form that raises a flag with mod_security.

[rushnp774]

Wow, thanks for the suggestion Nick! I sent a quick message to the support team at HostGator, and they added some exception on my server. Now everything works fine.