It's down for many of us - a couple of "compusmart" members are trying to figure out why many of us are getting 403 and 404 errors even after clearing cache, deleting cookies etc.....
What about if you click on this link and log in as usual? http://www.therailwire.net/forum/ Your browser may be doing too much for you, and may be screwing things up by going to a slightly different address or whatever. I don't know. I am but an unfrozen caveman logging modeler. Your computer browser ways confuse and baffle me. I just know I can get in and that this is the address that works for me.
Which 403 error, and did you get it while clicking the link in my post (#42) above? Here's a list of 403 errors... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_403
I cannot reproduce your results I just tried clicking the link I provided in #42 again, and.... it still works. I also tried clicking it within the context of the quote here from George and... it still works. I cannot reproduce your errors. I know when TrainBoard was down for a couple days a little while back I really had to purge whatever TrainBoard cache information and remembered addresses (if it's auto-completing it for you it's a remembered URL) my browser had to get it to do right again.
I click your link and this is all I got... [h=1]Forbidden[/h] You don't have permission to access /forum/ on this server.
Via this (http://www.therailwire.net/) I get... 403: Forbidden This error message is generated when the web server is trying to access a file that does not exist or has been configured incorrectly Troubleshooting suggestions: Ensure that you have a valid home page defined in your website directory (example: /htdocs/index.html, /htdocs/index.php). On Unix, this is case sensitive and must be all lower case. In your Account Manager, under Hosting Tools, click to .Reset File Permissions.. If you need help resetting file permissions, click here: http://www.networksolutions.com/support/resetting-file-permissions/
Yes....from the link you posted... Also from google N sacle link http://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php?board=1.0... And my bookmark link... http://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php All the same error message : [TABLE] [TR] [TD]The website declined to show this webpage [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: errorCodeAndDivider, align: right"]HTTP 403 [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD] Most likely causes: This website requires you to log in. [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD]What you can try: [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD] [TABLE] [TR] [TD] [/TD] [TD]Go back to the previous page. [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD] [TABLE] [TR] [TD] [/TD] [TD]More information [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]
Okay, I went to it again and this time I logged out. The URL changed slightly. Try this one... http://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php I am trying to help solve a problem here. I hope I don't sound like some flippant jerk.
Here's the email address given for administrators there... admin (at) therailwire.net (replace the " (at) " with the usual shift-2 character)
Ya aint no jerk..all help appreciated. My thought is...Admin from railwire needs to log in here and read this thread. Emailing them is senseless to me...but what the &(*&^%**&^*^%$&^^(&(* do I know...LOL
I have alerted the thread over there to this thread asking if someone can come over and solve these problems. I think your browser is trying to go to it's old, logged-in place, in a behind the scenes way you cannot see. I don't know how to fix this.
The site is up and working .. lots of people are getting logged in. Tom ended up moving the site to another hosting company to fix some issues. The DNS may not be totally updated yet with the ISP you use. Clear your cookies out, clean your browser cache.
Here is a short article about what DNS propagation is and why it's screwing up your Tuesday... http://webhosting.devshed.com/c/a/W...DNS-propagation-and-why-does-it-take-so-long/
LOL...thnxs...BUT... Shouldnt Admin over there have anticipated the increase in membership....posting...and traffic when they knew the Atlas Forums where closing and all the lost souls from there where gonna go searching for a new home ? The 'problem' ( whatever it is/was ) could have been fixed before it happened...just sayin. Of course I am a simple minded SOB and havent a clue what I am talking about....ask anyone. OII !!!
A lot of this is probably run by volunteers operating the best way they know how during the time they have to give to the project, so it could be that they underestimated the impact or just never considered it in the first place. You'd have to ask their mucky-mucks that one.
