I have just installed Automad to my web server using the manual installation. However I can not cannot change the active theme, every time I change it and reload it goes back to the default one. Also editing the site title doesn't change it. The only thing that I can change are the contents of the pages and the site setting/configuration. What have I done wrong?

mot Hi there! Is there any error message showing up? And what type of server do you use. Sounds like a permission issue.

Hi thanks for your quick reply. I do receive some errors in the console. This is what I am doing to receive the POST http://website/dashboard?ajax=shared_data 404 libs.min.js?v=1.5.4:4 (Not Found)

mot Ah, ok. Did you use FileZilla or similar to move the site to a hosting service? That program is famous for corrupting minified JS files when using the wrong transfer settings. It seems that this is the case here. At least the console states that the highlighted JS file is corrupted. I really recommend using a proper program to transfer a site. However, I case you use FileZilla, make sure you transfer all files in binary mode.

Oh right, I used Transmit on a Mac. I'll try a different program and report back.

I uploaded that JS file this time with Cyberduck however the issue persists. I seem to be able to access that URL in my browser but the console seems to see 404. I found some Stackoverflow posts on this not sure if they are relevant: One , two .

mot Hey, Cyberduck is a very good choice. Did you clear the browser cache after the transfer? Those files can be really sticky. And the second screenshot seems to be another issue, right? What kind of server do you use? Is URL rewriting working? It should be, since you can use the dashboard. 🤔

I actually think its the same error. I believe the window resizing caused it to look different in the first screen shot. I used a completely different browser based on Chrome without any extensions installed another time and still had the same error. When the console tried to access https://taheri.me/dashboard?ajax=shared_data it sees the Automad 404 page but when I access it via any browser I see the JS. I am on a linux machine with shared hosting. And I checked the htaccess file and it is the same one you have in the zip. I uploaded it more than once. Is it something about the xhr request and how that is redirected to the 404 page? Stackoverflow seems to suggest there is a difference between browser requests and ones done in the console that lead to the different results https://stackoverflow.com/questions/33554810/c-sharp-httpclient-sendasync-always-returns-404-but-url-works-in-browser https://stackoverflow.com/questions/47120842/404-status-on-xmlhttp-with-vba-but-the-url-is-opening-in-browser I've screen shot the headers from the request: Thanks again for your help!

mot Ok, I see. We had that issue already before. The Ajax request doesn‘t return anything useful. I'm pretty sure it is the corrupted JS file. Does the console still shows that JS error? Just to verify, in case you install it directly on your shared hosting server — if that‘s possible — the error should disappear. Or could you try to upload as a zip file and unzip it there? However, before all those other things, please try to change the transfer mode in Transmit to binary for all file types and upload it again. That will probably fix it!

I tried uploading everything again in binary mode (Transmit was already set to binary btw). I have also tried unzipping it directly in CPanel. Neither fixed the 404 error. I think the JS is receiving the 404 html page as a response instead of a JSON formatted file and that is why it is receiving the error. For some reason the URL request receives a JSON response in a browser but when using POST inside the console it is redirected to the Automad 404 html page: This is the line the JS error happens on This is the network response, the 404 from the POST This is what the browser sees (from the same URL that causes a 404 on POST) when I am logged in Would it be easier if you just logged in? I created a user account for you with the same user name as you have here and the password is: password123 Thanks so much for your help, looking forward to finally using Automad it looks great!

mot Hey, thanks for digging into this! Really appreciated! I will take a closer look at it and try to reproduce it later.

Can't change theme or Site name only page contents and site settings

mot

That’s amazing! Thanks for your hard work in finding out what the issue was in. Which file was it happening in? Or was it happening in the passed over JSON? Would be good to find out why it’s happening only on my server!

mad

mot You‘re welcome! I don‘t know yet, but I will investigate more later. Until there is a fix for your server better don‘t use any HTML in your content.

mot

I noticed that when I use <iframe>, <script> inside a page content it redirects to 404 but when I use <div>, <a>, <b> or <article> no issues. I'm trying to find out what in a iframe tag causes the POST to fail! It only needs this text: <iframe> not even a complete iframe html snippet to fail, just the opening tag, strange. But then with other html tags it's fine.

mad

mot Hey, thanks for trying this! Sounds really weird. I tried those tags as well without any issue. Strange that your server behaves that way. 🤔

mot

Hi it is solved! As you suspected it was a server side issue with my provider. For others who may experience this, this is what my host said:
"there was a mod_security rule which was blocking access"
contacting my hosting solved it instantly.
Thanks again in your support in solving the problem!

mad

mot 🥳🍾🥂

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