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When I visit http://pcformat.co.za, I get:

Directory Listing Denied

This Virtual Directory does not allow contents to be listed.

Just my headsup.

And if you put a www in there?

Works correctly.
Just wanted to let you know.
Not a major issue but perhaps a newbie would get confused.

Stuart wrote:And if you put a www in there?

you could argue that it should redirect from there instead of throwing out "scary" messages... primarily because the xbox/ipad generation, much like 80yr old early-onset senility victims, don't function well under pressure... and having to work out that they've mis-typed something is serious pressure...

this is why many companies spend so much money and effort in putting a friendly face on their 404 pages...
"Oh no! I broke the internet! We're all going to die!! But what a cute puppy!"

hay guise I just accidentally the PCF URL
What should I do - is this dangerous

McGuywer wrote:When I visit http://pcformat.co.za, I get:

Directory Listing Denied

This Virtual Directory does not allow contents to be listed.

Just my headsup.

The www in front redirects to the www directory on the server. Where the site files are actually hosted.

rustypup wrote: this is why many companies spend so much money and effort in putting a friendly face on their 404 pages...
"Oh no! I broke the internet! We're all going to die!! But what a cute puppy!"

Nice effort at advertising but sorry, I've asked Trouble AND GEE and they reckon you're a brainiac - not cute.

rustypup wrote:

Stuart wrote:And if you put a www in there?

you could argue that it should redirect from there instead of throwing out "scary" messages... primarily because the xbox/ipad generation, much like 80yr old early-onset senility victims, don't function well under pressure... and having to work out that they've mis-typed something is serious pressure...

this is why many companies spend so much money and effort in putting a friendly face on their 404 pages...
"Oh no! I broke the internet! We're all going to die!! But what a cute puppy!"

No man, its simple. All 404 errors should redirect to smouch Lets see how quickly people learn to spell correctly.

Bladerunner wrote:

McGuywer wrote:When I visit http://pcformat.co.za, I get:

Directory Listing Denied

This Virtual Directory does not allow contents to be listed.

Just my headsup.

The www in front redirects to the www directory on the server. Where the site files are actually hosted.

Yes I know that.
But just for noob's they should perhaps redirect it to the www directory with or without the www infront.

doo_much wrote:

rustypup wrote: this is why many companies spend so much money and effort in putting a friendly face on their 404 pages...
"Oh no! I broke the internet! We're all going to die!! But what a cute puppy!"

Nice effort at advertising but sorry, I've asked Trouble AND GEE and they reckon you're a brainiac - not cute.

Actually - he is kinda cute for a puppy

It's not a new problem or one that doesn't irritate me profusely. Will bug Dawid again to take a look as soon as he has recovered from the mountains of work he's currently squirming under. We suspect there is a fault with the DNS listing and anything that far back gets tricky and makes Ron and D very nervous. It should and will be addressed shortly!