Unable to create Rails EasyHost Template

[djsodom]

When I create a virtual host using the Rails Template and then restart, I get this warning:
[config:server:vhosts] missing <virtualHostList>

And if I instantiate it, and then try to view it, I get this error:
/opt/lsws/conf/quizical.xml is not a valid file.

these notices show up in my log too:

2006-12-31 14:46:44.602 NOTICE [66.90.167.160:55903-0#_AdminVHost] [STDERR] PHP Warning: array_keys() [<a href='function.array-keys'>function.array-keys</a>]: The first argument should be an array in /opt/lsws/admin/html.3.0RC1/classes/ConfCenter.php on line 67
2006-12-31 14:46:44.602 NOTICE [66.90.167.160:55903-0#_AdminVHost] [STDERR] PHP Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /opt/lsws/admin/html.3.0RC1/classes/Service.php on line 72
2006-12-31 14:46:44.602 NOTICE [66.90.167.160:55903-0#_AdminVHost] [STDERR] PHP Warning: array_keys() [<a href='function.array-keys'>function.array-keys</a>]: The first argument should be an array in /opt/lsws/admin/html.3.0RC1/classes/ConfCenter.php on line 67
2006-12-31 14:46:44.602 NOTICE [66.90.167.160:55903-0#_AdminVHost] [STDERR] PHP Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /opt/lsws/admin/html.3.0RC1/classes/Service.php on line 72
2006-12-31 14:46:51.327 NOTICE [66.90.167.160:55904-0#_AdminVHost] [STDERR] PHP Warning: array_keys() [<a href='function.array-keys'>function.array-keys</a>]: The first argument should be an array in /opt/lsws/admin/html.3.0RC1/classes/ConfCenter.php on line 67
2006-12-31 14:46:51.328 NOTICE [66.90.167.160:55904-0#_AdminVHost] [STDERR] PHP Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /opt/lsws/admin/html.3.0RC1/classes/Service.php on line 72
2006-12-31 14:47:58.068 NOTICE [66.90.167.160:55906-8#_AdminVHost] [STDERR] /opt/lsws/conf/quizical.xml is not a valid file.
2006-12-31 14:50:04.169 NOTICE [66.90.167.160:55922-1#_AdminVHost] [STDERR] /opt/lsws/conf/quizical.xml is not a valid file.

the /opt.lsws/conf/ directory exists and is owned by the same user as is running lsws.

any thoughts?