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On a fresh install of Craft 2.3.2644, using the hostname alone, example.com returns an error, "The page cannot be displayed because an internal server error has occurred".

If I include /index.php (example.com/index.php), then the expected index template is returned, displaying the "Welcome to..." entry.

However, example.com/news returns the news template correctly, even without index.php in the URI.

  • Craft 2.3.2644
  • Windows Server 2008 R2
  • IIS 7.5

The web.config file included with the Craft install is present at web root.

What am I missing?

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If I recall, IIS doesn't include index.php as a default document when looking for a page to load in a directory, but only things like index.html, index.htm, deafult.html, etc.

Here's how to change it.

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  • I already added index.php to the default document list and it's first in the priority order.
    – Philip Jones
    Commented May 22, 2015 at 19:43
  • Can you check the IIS error logs? Should have the underlying internal server error message there.
    – Brad Bell ♦
    Commented May 22, 2015 at 19:53
  • I don't think I have direct access to server logs. I'll have to check with the hosting provider to see if that's something I can get.
    – Philip Jones
    Commented May 22, 2015 at 20:00
  • HTTP Error 500.19 - Internal Server Error The requested page cannot be accessed because the related configuration data for the page is invalid.
    – Philip Jones
    Commented May 22, 2015 at 21:13
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    After a little work with the hosting provider, this has been resolved. It appears some of the statements in web.config were causing conflicts (either the urlCompression or defaultDocument sections). I removed those to no apparent ill effect, leaving only the rewrite. All is working for now. Thanks for the assist.
    – Philip Jones
    Commented May 26, 2015 at 16:42

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