Hi,
In the panel, when I click on a file from the sidebar (or from the files page), I got redirected to a page containing a Json string (CF screenshot).
This is only happening on the server, I can properly edit files on localhost.
I tried to turn on debug mode, but it doesn’t throw any error.
Any ideas?
Thanks!
Please check your server error logs (if available) and also your console in browser dev tools and the network tab.
I don’t have access to the server error logs unfortunately.
The console briefly shows this waring before redirecting to the json file:
Ressource interpreted as Document but transferred with MIME type application/json
And I don’t see any error in the Network tab.
Thanks!
Kind of sounds like you have a misconfigured server that is not properly sending certain file types due to incorrect or unset MIME types.
Try adding this to the .htaccess file
# ######################################################################
# # MEDIA TYPES AND CHARACTER ENCODINGS #
# ######################################################################
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# | Media types |
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# Serve resources with the proper media types (f.k.a. MIME types).
#
# https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/media-types.xhtml
# https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_mime.html#addtype
<IfModule mod_mime.c>
# Data interchange
AddType application/atom+xml atom
AddType application/json json map topojson
AddType application/ld+json jsonld
AddType application/rss+xml rss
AddType application/vnd.geo+json geojson
AddType application/xml rdf xml
# JavaScript
# Normalize to standard type.
# https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4329#section-7.2
AddType application/javascript js
# Manifest files
AddType application/manifest+json webmanifest
AddType application/x-web-app-manifest+json webapp
AddType text/cache-manifest appcache
# Media files
AddType audio/mp4 f4a f4b m4a
AddType audio/ogg oga ogg opus
AddType image/bmp bmp
AddType image/svg+xml svg svgz
AddType image/webp webp
AddType video/mp4 f4v f4p m4v mp4
AddType video/ogg ogv
AddType video/webm webm
AddType video/x-flv flv
# Serving `.ico` image files with a different media type
# prevents Internet Explorer from displaying then as images:
# https://github.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate/commit/37b5fec090d00f38de64b591bcddcb205aadf8ee
AddType image/x-icon cur ico
# Web fonts
AddType application/font-woff woff
AddType application/font-woff2 woff2
AddType application/vnd.ms-fontobject eot
# Browsers usually ignore the font media types and simply sniff
# the bytes to figure out the font type.
# https://mimesniff.spec.whatwg.org/#matching-a-font-type-pattern
#
# However, Blink and WebKit based browsers will show a warning
# in the console if the following font types are served with any
# other media types.
AddType application/x-font-ttf ttc ttf
AddType font/opentype otf
# Other
AddType application/octet-stream safariextz
AddType application/x-bb-appworld bbaw
AddType application/x-chrome-extension crx
AddType application/x-opera-extension oex
AddType application/x-xpinstall xpi
AddType text/vcard vcard vcf
AddType text/vnd.rim.location.xloc xloc
AddType text/vtt vtt
AddType text/x-component htc
</IfModule>
Hey,
Thanks for the reply, I added the MIME types definitions part to the .htaccess but it doesnt solve the problem
The server is a basic godady server.
Here is the full htaccess file:
# Kirby .htaccess
# rewrite rules
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
# enable awesome urls. i.e.:
# http://yourdomain.com/about-us/team
RewriteEngine on
# make sure to set the RewriteBase correctly
# if you are running the site in a subfolder.
# Otherwise links or the entire site will break.
#
# If your homepage is http://yourdomain.com/mysite
# Set the RewriteBase to:
#
# RewriteBase /mysite
# In some enviroments it's necessary to
# set the RewriteBase to:
#
# RewriteBase /
# block text files in the content folder from being accessed directly
RewriteRule ^content/(.*)\.(txt|md|mdown)$ index.php [L]
# block all files in the site folder from being accessed directly
# except for requests to plugin assets files
#RewriteRule ^assets/plugins/([a-zA-Z0-9\.\-_%=]+)/(.*)$ site/plugins/$1/assets/$2 [L,N]
#RewriteCond $1 !^plugins/[a-zA-Z0-9\.\-_%=]+/assets/.*
RewriteRule ^site/(.*) index.php [L]
# block direct access to kirby and the panel sources
RewriteRule ^(kirby|panel\/app|panel\/tests)/(.*) index.php [L]
# make panel links work
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^panel/(.*) panel/index.php [L]
# make site links work
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*) index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# Additional recommended values
# Remove comments for those you want to use.
#
# AddDefaultCharset UTF-8
#
# php_flag short_open_tag on
# ######################################################################
# # MEDIA TYPES AND CHARACTER ENCODINGS #
# ######################################################################
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# | Media types |
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# Serve resources with the proper media types (f.k.a. MIME types).
#
# https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/media-types.xhtml
# https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_mime.html#addtype
<IfModule mod_mime.c>
# Data interchange
AddType application/atom+xml atom
AddType application/json json map topojson
AddType application/ld+json jsonld
AddType application/rss+xml rss
AddType application/vnd.geo+json geojson
AddType application/xml rdf xml
# JavaScript
# Normalize to standard type.
# https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4329#section-7.2
AddType application/javascript js
# Manifest files
AddType application/manifest+json webmanifest
AddType application/x-web-app-manifest+json webapp
AddType text/cache-manifest appcache
# Media files
AddType audio/mp4 f4a f4b m4a
AddType audio/ogg oga ogg opus
AddType image/bmp bmp
AddType image/svg+xml svg svgz
AddType image/webp webp
AddType video/mp4 f4v f4p m4v mp4
AddType video/ogg ogv
AddType video/webm webm
AddType video/x-flv flv
# Serving `.ico` image files with a different media type
# prevents Internet Explorer from displaying then as images:
# https://github.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate/commit/37b5fec090d00f38de64b591bcddcb205aadf8ee
AddType image/x-icon cur ico
# Web fonts
AddType application/font-woff woff
AddType application/font-woff2 woff2
AddType application/vnd.ms-fontobject eot
# Browsers usually ignore the font media types and simply sniff
# the bytes to figure out the font type.
# https://mimesniff.spec.whatwg.org/#matching-a-font-type-pattern
#
# However, Blink and WebKit based browsers will show a warning
# in the console if the following font types are served with any
# other media types.
AddType application/x-font-ttf ttc ttf
AddType font/opentype otf
# Other
AddType application/octet-stream safariextz
AddType application/x-bb-appworld bbaw
AddType application/x-chrome-extension crx
AddType application/x-opera-extension oex
AddType application/x-xpinstall xpi
AddType text/vcard vcard vcf
AddType text/vnd.rim.location.xloc xloc
AddType text/vtt vtt
AddType text/x-component htc
</IfModule>Hmmm. Are you sure that the files were transferred to the server correctly? Try re uploading. It might be that one of the files is corrupt and is being improperly served.
Also, assuming that you are using Chrome - do you get the error with other browsers? Try Opera or Firefox. Chrome has had a couple of really obscure bugs lately (such has not having a proper favicon on the site can prevent sessions from working properly. Thats like your car blowing up if you don’t have any bumper stickers.)
I have the same issue on Safari / FF.
Hum, there are a lot of files on this site, and none of them can be edited (from any pages).
Should I try to re-upload the whole site from scratch?
I would to be sure the files are ok. Heres a tip: theres probably a file manager in the Godaddy account somewhere that will show you the files on the server. Zip archive the website and transfer it to your webroot with ftp. Then use the godaddy control panel to unzip it on the server. This is much faster then sending all the individual files by FTP. (You should never use FTP anyway because its totally insecure. Use SFTP instead.)
If this does not help, please try to upload a fresh starterkit instead of your project and check if the error persists.
What is your server environment, OS, PHP version etc.?
So I tried to re-deploy from scratch the whole site using beanstalk (SFTP), and it didn’t solve the problem.
Then, I uploaded a basic staterkit like @texnixe said, but still the same issue.
So I think it’s related to the server configuration.
I looked into the GoDady admin, and the client apparently got a “wordpress ready” plan.
That might be related, even though I don’t see why only the “edit file” pages don’t work.
PHP version is 5.6.32, can’t find any other info in the GoDady admin (and can’t switch to a more basic plan).
I also try to to uncomment RewriteBase / in .htaccess just to be sure, but it didn’t do anything.
I guess my only option is to ask my client to get a new hosting plan and cancel the goDady one 
I’d contact their support, maybe they have an idea or can check error logs. And if they can’t help, then one more reason to change host. Don’t see why a Wordpress ready plan shouldn’t work with Kirby.
If you do switch away, I would suggest getting a shared hosting account with Media Temple (be aware they are owned by GoDaddy) or if your in the UK, I can highly recommend Krystal hosting.
Most Wordpress styled hosting is optimised to work with a database, but if a host claims it is Wordpress compatable, then it is more than sufficient to run Kirby. However, your probably paying a little more then you need to because you most likely will not use the database.