[AuckLUG] Unable to see webpage

[Balaji VP]

Vince,
Thanks for the wonderful explanation..... I have reset my firewall to
default ... so far things are working fine. possible i will have a look at
the source on the page *.php when the random ad. Thumbs up!!!!!

Many Thanks
Balaji.V.P


On 10/2/06, Vincente Aggrippino <vaggrippino at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Balaji:
>     This is just a guess, but since it's "ads.php", I wonder if there is
> some advertisement blocking software in place that's preventing you from
> seeing the page.  Because it's affecting all browsers, I wonder if you
> could
> have blocked something from a firewall / gateway / router device?  Only
> having the problem occasionally would be supported by a cycling
> advertisement run by the Web site.
>
>     Another guess: PHP can be used to either generate an image or retreive
> it's data from a place other than a static file on the server (like a
> database).  This still could be related to a mistake in the code on the
> server side.  It still seems like it must be somehow related to an
> advertisement that changes automatically when you visit the pages at
> different times.  If you "view source" on the page with the problem, you
> might find more clues.
>
>     I'm able to load both of the pages you mentioned without problem.  I'm
> using Adblock Plus.  At rediff.com, I'm able to reproduce the problem you
> describe if I use http://www.rediff.com/ads.php as the full URL.  In other
> words, ads.php is a program in use there and it's supposed to do
> something.
>
>     I have, in the past been a little too aggressive with my own
> advertisement filtering and found blank pages or been blocked entirely
> from
> pages.  This was before subscriptions were available and all ads had to be
> blocked my own configuration of the filters.
>
> -- Vince
>
> On 10/1/06, Balaji VP <balaji.vp at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> > I have a problem with my browser. I have use Firefox,
> > Again, all I get is a blank page no matter what browser I use, and
> similar
> > information on the tabs: IE tab says "ads.php.(gif 1x1 pixels" )and
> > Firefox
> > tab says "ads.php (GIF Image, 1x1 pixels)".
> > Emailed webmaster of the site and again, I got the same response that
> they
> > had no problem accessing the URL. some times with www.xtra.co.nz /
> > www.rediff.com.
> > Could someone give me a solutions for this problem..  I belive it only
> > happens some time on the day.. Random .. or may be my preception....
> >
> > Many thanks
> >
> >
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