HTTP 500 Error :\

[The James Guy]

I'm getting an HTTP 500 Error on my website whenever I try to access some pages in the admin panel. The pages are features and topics and security and moderation. This happened after I installed some captcha mod since my forums is getting flooded by spammers . Any clue how I should fix this?

[Sir Osis of Liver]

If you can get into package manager, uninstall the mod.  If that doesn't work, look in /Packages/backups/ for the backup before installing that mod.  Downboad, unzip, upload.  It will restore your forum to where it was before you installed the mod.

[The James Guy]

I'll try that and let you know!

[The James Guy]

If you can get into package manager, uninstall the mod.  If that doesn't work, look in /Packages/backups/ for the backup before installing that mod.  Downboad, unzip, upload.  It will restore your forum to where it was before you installed the mod.

Welp I'm an idiot. Didn't realize that I wasn't supposed to delete it. I goofed sadly

[Sir Osis of Liver]

How many mods do you have installed?  Did you delete all the backups?

[The James Guy]

How many mods do you have installed?  Did you delete all the backups?

I have 6 mods installed and I only deleted the captcha backup.

[Sir Osis of Liver]

You can restore the previous backup (5th mod), then reinstall that mod.

[The James Guy]

You can restore the previous backup (5th mod), then reinstall that mod.

How would I restore from previous backup? Just unzip it and upload all the files?

[Sir Osis of Liver]

Yes, when you unzip it you'll see the directories and root files that correspond to what's in you forum.  Package manager doesn't backup everything, but all /Sources and /Themes files should be there, that's what you need to restore.  Upload the entire backup to forum root.

[The James Guy]

Yes, when you unzip it you'll see the directories and root files that correspond to what's in you forum.  Package manager doesn't backup everything, but all /Sources and /Themes files should be there, that's what you need to restore.  Upload the entire backup to forum root.

Thanks so much

[Sir Osis of Liver]

http://wiki.simplemachines.org/smf/Spam_-_my_forum_is_flooded_with_spam,_what_can_I_do

http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=3685