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Re: Webpage Not Found
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Reply to: #954911 by Elle
Dec 29, 2017 7:46am
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I wish I would not find the words "Webpage Not Found" when I click on the link to see the post of one of "Wassa's Random Daily Funnies".

You aren't supposed to, but I need more information if you want me to fix it. I'm not going to spend all day trying to find an example of a broken link when you can just send it to me.

-- Ryan
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Reply to: #954916 by Green Tortuga
Dec 29, 2017 8:17am
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Reply to: #954917 by Elle
Dec 29, 2017 6:36pm
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Okay, I found the problem. Those links are no longer valid. =)

Which, I know, seems obvious, but I assumed you were talking about the link from the widget not working--and that should always work properly! Links in message boards can (and do) get moved, updated and changed and clicking them will get you a 404 file not found error if the file is no longer there. Message board posts do not update links automatically when they change.

But I can give you this tip about links that point to photos in the AQ photo gallery.... if the URL ends with "lg.jpg"--that's pointing to the "large" version of the photo which are usually deleted after a month or so. But if you change the URL to remove the "lg" part, it'll display the "normal" sized version of the photo (which never gets deleted--unless the entire photos is deleted from the system)

So in this case, you could try https://www.atlasquest.com/images/gallery/06/31/69931.jpg and https://www.atlasquest.com/images/gallery/06/30/69930.jpg to see if it's still there.

In this case, they are, but if the photos were deleted completely, you'd get another 404 error. For the record, I don't recommend ever linking to the "large" version of photos for this reason. Given the fact that the photos appear to be ones I took, I suspect the post might be before AQ started auto-deleting the large-sized photos to save space. (I'm well aware that links to large photos are not permanent and--now, at least--try to avoid using them.)

-- Ryan
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Reply to: #954942 by Green Tortuga
Dec 29, 2017 7:04pm
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Those links are no longer valid.

I guess I didn't state the question clearly. I just wish that whomever posts the Funnies might perhaps check to see that any links in the posts are still working and not post items that have non-working links. Just a New Years wish is all....
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Reply to: #954916 by Green Tortuga
Jan 2, 2018 3:22pm
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Here is another example of item not being view-able.

http://www.cartoonistgroup.com/store/add.php?iid=79070