I am guessing this is traffic related...since complete rebooting of system did not solve issue...but things are working now...and like 2-5 min ago I kept getting the same cannot find HTML Page error of

"The page cannot be found"

for the following (over the last week...not exhaustive):

1) New Posts
2) All search function.
3) Log Out
4) A bunch more I don't remember, but I'm ADHD so give me a break.

Force reloading the page and deleting all offline files had no effect.

~Please mention any workarounds if this occurs constantly...or is it just a matter of traffic and patience.

~The only work-around I found was using Google to search and then going to the post I wanted...which does work, but I couldn't search my own posts/threads as easily.

I'm using IE6 and don't recall if I had the problem on Firefox at home.

*Note: Many offices like mine still use IE6 SP1/SP2 as their primary browser and do not allow alternatives to be installed...you still MUST test on IE6 SP1 & SP2! We are a very large company of over 50,000 employeeS...and generally take a gradualist approach to software updates as we have more in house tweaks and testing done to deploy worldwide. Many big companies are similar...just in case you believed M$ BS that everyone was on IE7/Vista now.

Ive had this too, just go to advanced search, that usually works.

Force reloading the page and deleting all offline files had no effect.


I normally clean out my cookies, cache, temp files and general crapola that seems to attach itself to my computer - which helps a lot of my problems.


just in case you believed M$ BS that everyone was on IE7/Vista now.

I use IE 7 sp 2, when I use explorer, I don't have Vista I use XP, Some times explorer craps out then I switch to firefox. . . The social groups though I have to do some rendering thing when I am on firefox - it in the lower right hand corner. . .

I rarely have these problems myself. It could be that I am usually on during the early morning hours - but even now I haven't had any problems -

If I can't figure out if it is this site or me I just try and see what happens when I switch sites. . .

Using a cable modem in BFE some times the problems are on my end.

the "link cannot be found" because the link address is missing "/forums" in the url address as listed.

this is what it should look like:

http://www.addforums.com/forums/search.php?searchid=704260&photoplog_searchinfo=1

this is what the link from the front page gets you:

http://www.addforums.com/search.php?do=getnew

if you click on the "forum" link on the left of the front page, you will get to where the links work correctly.

my two cents worth.

Not Found

The requested URL /member.php was not found on this server.
Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
Apache/2.2.6 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.2.6 OpenSSL/0.9.7a mod_auth_passthrough/2.1 mod_bwlimited/1.4 FrontPage/5.0.2.2635 PHP/5.2.5 Server at www.addforums.com Port 80

Enjoy.

Five seconds after I said this didn't happen to me - it happened I got the 404 error page could not be found - so it could be that I am usually on during a low traffic times which is why I don't have the problem very often - Some times I get the system is updating message, although inconvenient I do appreciate a sign explaining to me what is happening - however the eating of long post {another thread I know}

It appears that we're sporadically maxing out our server resources. Unfortunately, our fundraising efforts on the forums (see the DONATE button above), haven't yielded much (thank you PROFUSELY to those that HAVE been able to help out...every dollar counts!)

I'll talk to David about possible next steps, but in the meantime...any contribution, no matter how small, is greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

I'm getting the same thing.. it's bugging the heck out of me.

Thanks for pointing it out.