My web host has upgraded his servers to Apache 2.4 which requires a syntax change to the .htaccess file. The old, now invalid syntax was:

<Files .htaccess>

order allow,deny

deny from all

</Files>

<Files .htaccess>

Require all denied

</Files>

Thanks for the reply, but adding a free script with the correct code doesn't change the program's behavior; it still puts the wrong syntax code at the top of the file which causes the access error:

Internal Server Error

The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

Please contact the server administrator at webmaster@wvgsor.org to inform them of the time this error occurred, and the actions you performed just before this error.

More information about this error may be available in the server error log.

I even tried adding "#Protect .htaccess" to the script in the hopes it would override OpenElement's version, but it just adds the free script to the bottom of the file, the wrong syntax gets run first from the top of the file, and the web access error recurs. There is no option in the 'Add a command' window for substituting the default "#Protect .htaccess" command, and the code sequence for the #Protect command doesn't appear in the 'Default commands'.

I don't manage my providers servers, and I'm sure I'm not the only OpenElement user in this situation.

I note this issue; meanwhile, your options:

 - When publishing the website via OE, you can manually uncheck .htaccess to prevent it from uploading.

 - Check your provider's settings (if you have Control Panel of any kind) or contact them to as whether the compatibility module mod_access_compat can be activated. It looks very strange to me that they don't activate it, maybe they had technical reasons but they may still activate it selectively for your account?

Sorry. Never mind I found it when I published a page.