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Beta: 403 Forbidden
Posted on 06/19/2002 1:04:07 PM PDT by John Robinson
No, you are not banned.
Visitors to http://beta.freerepublic.com/ are greeted with the error message:
An Error Occurred
403 Forbidden
I fiddled with the knobs for a few minutes but could not elicit a friendlier response. I tried configuring Apache with ErrorDocument 403 "Sorry, the beta is offline." but it simply refuses to register (if you know why, please tell me!)
Not too many people used the beta since it had gone completely away some time ago after I discovered a serious flaw in all branches of the code. Beta is back now, but only for me, to assist me in porting beta code into the live branch. I've blocked access to beta because I am making changes that will invalidate large portions of the beta code. It isn't practical to port these changes to the beta, since the beta code branch is obsolete.
TOPICS: Focus Software
KEYWORDS: 1311; 403; fyi
To: John Robinson
I promise I won't bother you over in Beta.
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posted on
06/19/2002 1:06:34 PM PDT
by
Slip18
To: John Robinson; Slip18
It isn't practical to port these changes to the beta, since the beta code branch is obsolete. Beta is long obsolete, and VHS is quickly being replaced by DVD now.
To: dubyaismypresident
To: John Robinson; dubyaismypresident
Same thing happened to 8-tracks and albums! I thought the 8-track was the coolest thing going until a friend of mine got a cassette player. Then I knew I was outdated yet again.
Were you around then, W? LOL! I think you were around then, JimRob . . .
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posted on
06/19/2002 1:42:23 PM PDT
by
Slip18
Sorry, John. JohnRob, JohnRob, JohnRob. I know the difference.
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posted on
06/19/2002 1:45:12 PM PDT
by
Slip18
To: John Robinson
Got it! :) Thanks for the heads up. FYI, I saw on another forum something posted about FR beta going down awhile back. I'd be surprised if anyone is using it now.
I loved the beta. Then everyone started whining. Oh well.
To: Ms. AntiFeminazi
i was using it yp until he cancelled it
i am sad i cant use it
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posted on
06/19/2002 2:46:39 PM PDT
by
smith288
To: smith288
I'll bring back the good things in beta as soon as I take care of some important things and prerequisites. Stylesheets have been taking a backseat, and that is unfortunate. But then again, I'm still working on bringing consistency to the user interface. I really like the idea of a skinnable forum! It will be back.
To: John Robinson
Thanks for you work.
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posted on
06/19/2002 3:53:44 PM PDT
by
smith288
To: John Robinson
I fiddled with the knobs for a few minutes but could not elicit a friendlier response.Did you try the open-handed slap on the side of the server?
To: stylin_geek
I did everything. I even flogged it with a trout.
To: John Robinson
Personally, I would have used a tuna.
To: stylin_geek
Better than a stinking mackerel.
To: John Robinson
The Beta feature I miss the most is the
review mode. That was nice.
By the way, the error message you now have up has an extraneous double quote.
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posted on
06/19/2002 10:38:09 PM PDT
by
altair
To: John Robinson
You must chop down the tallest tree in the forest...
with...
A HERRING!
To: Tony in Hawaii
Just any old herring... or a red herring?
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