Unable to load website

[ffsanctuary]

Website URL

https://ffsanctuary.great-site.net/?i=1

Error Message

This page isn’t working

ffsanctuary.great-site.net is currently unable to handle this request.

HTTP ERROR 500

Other Information

I just ordered the website (free for now) and uploaded an efiction script (fanfiction archive). I have yet to chmod anything and install the script.

[KangJL]

@ffsanctuary

HTTP ERROR 500

Please read

Http error 500

When trying to access your website, you may see a page which returns the status code “500”. In Google Chrome, you’ll see a page with the error code HTTP ERROR 500. There are typically two reasons which can cause this error: The PHP code has crashed. The .htaccess file contains invalid rules. Here are some things you can try to debug and fix this. Fixing crashing PHP code A HTTP ERROR 500 simply tells you that the PHP code has crashed, but gives no information as to why it has crashed. Gett…

[dan3008]

@ffsanctuary

I have yet to chmod anything and install the script.

To be clear, you can’t use chmod on free hosting. But all files and directories have the 755 permissions which should be sufficient for any scripts to work, although don’t will ask for 775

[EdwardHamHam]

It looks to me like this is a coding error in header.php, at least according to the error message on your site. Is this an off-the-shelf script you got from somewhere, or did you make it yourself?

[Admin]

I had a quick look at the software you are using. You seem to be trying to install something called eFiction. The issue is that this particular piece of software hasn’t been updated since 2010. The PHP programming language has changed a lot in the 16 years since then, and it’s very likely that eFiction doesn’t work on modern PHP versions without substantial modifications.

Unless you feel up for that yourself, I suggest to look for alternative software for your website that is still actively being maintained.