Web page access question....

[stretch0069]

OK...a head scratcher.....sometime in the last week I lost access to streetfire.

I use Firefox and the only thing that happens is I get a white page. nothing else. If I use <choke> IE8 I get an error 403 "The website declined to show this webpage"

WTF?????

I tried at work and can access it just fine.

the workings of the interweb are still a mystery to me. i just want to click on the link and see........um....stuff.

[RJARRRPCGP]

Re: Web page access question....

That's definitely a head-scratcher!

Because the server should display an error 403 in the browser if the server blocked you from a web page.

Most HTTP servers display error codes on a page.

I can't even confirm the server returned error 403. 403 is one of the worst HTTP error codes.
(Often done by server administrators on a power trip.)

[Uranium-235]

Re: Web page access question....

it all depends on how the server returns the error, and how the browser is programmed to handle it

if its actually returned in the header, some browsers will display thier own error

if its not returned in the header, some web pages usually just say the error in the html with a 100 (OK) http header

[stretch0069]

Re: Web page access question....

my bad...I should have updated this. Wednesday night is was working just fine. I didn't do anything. I wonder if it wasn't just some screwy Cox Communication thing. Don't know. Now I can watch Top Gear again.