View source for Error - Application Error (Apache)

This article may be relevant if you see the following error message from the Talks.cam website:

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Application error (Apache)

Change this error message for exceptions thrown outside of an action (like in Dispatcher setups or broken Ruby code) in public/500.html
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Please note this error is ''subtly different'' from the "Rails application failed to start properly" error - please refer to [[Error - Rails application failed to start properly]] for advice on that error.


== What were you doing when the error occurred? ==

* If you were trying to '''Create or Edit a Talk''' when you saw the above error message, then please check whether you have entered a '''"Speaker's name and affiliation"''' which is '''longer than 75 characters'''. If so, please try again with a shorter entry which is no more than 75 characters.
* '''Otherwise''', please [[Contact|contact us]] for further advice.