crashing... 404 errors

[diezmon]

I'm seeing a LOT of these today...  First doing a reply, then just clicking around.

fyi

https://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php

404: Page not found
This error is generated when there was no web page with the name you specified at the web site.

Troubleshooting suggestions:

Ensure the page you are linking to exists in the correct folder.

Check your file name for case sensitivity . Index.htm is not the same as index.htm!

Temporarily disable any rewrite rules by renaming your .htaccess file if it exists.

[Dave V]

Yup...   

[davefoxx]

Me, too.  Must be that pesky Trainboard virus that's getting around this week.   

DFF

[Ian MacMillan]

We do it to keep you guys on your toes. If the forum runs perfect for a while you guys slack off and have nothing to complain about so we F things up.

Most likely a server url track back issue. The forum is hosted on a shared server, so if some file structures change on the backend, most likely all routing tables havent updated resulting in 404 errors.

[Philip H]

Ian,
you sound way too tech savy for a small town New England Cop. 

[tom mann]

20% more 404s for the complainers.   The forum has been down a few times in the last week, due to scheduled maintenance.  Sometimes, you might see a Tony Danza-inspired message, sometimes, a 404.

I honestly don't see these with any frequency.  I do see the cache message from time to time, maybe 2 times a week.

[Chris333]

I haven't had an error in a while, but where is the forum index now?

[Ian MacMillan]

Ian,
you sound way too tech savy for a small town New England Cop. 

  haha... most likely because my degree is in networking systems. I'm also a CCNP, and just geek. 

[Philip H]

But a geek with guns . . . wait, that's me . . .

[Zox]

I haven't had an error in a while, but where is the forum index now?

For me it's here: https://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php

(That's the "General Discussion" link from the pulldown menu.)

[Chris333]

For me it's here: https://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php

(That's the "General Discussion" link from the pulldown menu.)

That link is the same one I find. It goes to 3 different links:

There is no "N scale" "crew lounge" "layout reports" "O, OH, Z scale" and what ever others there are.

[Ian MacMillan]

Your "General Discussion" is collapsed. Click on it to expand it to the rest of the forums.

[Zox]

Your "General Discussion" is collapsed. Click on it to expand it to the rest of the forums.

Wow--I never noticed that button before, and it would have confused the heck out of me if I'd accidentally clicked it at some point (much as it seems to have done for Chris).

Given the work the mods have done to keep the number of forums on The Railwire manageable, collapsing the list isn't a really useful function. Disabling that function might avoid future confusion, if the forum software permits.

[Ian MacMillan]

It is useful in some aspects. I use it occasionally. We'll leave it as is for now, I don't think this is the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and you guys need your hand held. I think you can figure it out. 

[GaryHinshaw]

You do the right click here, you do the left click there, and when you're in doubt, you click all about....