weblogs can someone help me translate

just trying to figure them out

[SuzyUK]

hi all been trying to follow my weblogs for SE purposes but am frequently (after efter every page requested) seeing (quoted below)..what is a 404 error and does this mean that there is some call (for data?) going on.

2002-12-12 11:06:41 1 [ip -ip] 80 GET /directory/default.asp - 200 0 0 437 47
2002-12-12 11:06:41 [ip -ip] 80 GET /directory/image2.jpg - 304 0 164 358 0
2002-12-12 11:07:29 [ip -ip] 80 GET /none - 404 2 3396 294 0 HTTP/1.0
2002-12-12 11:07:29 [ip -ip] 80 GET /none - 404 2 3396 294 0 HTTP/1.0
2002-12-12 11:07:29 [ip -ip] 80 GET /none - 404 2 3396 294 0 HTTP/1.0
2002-12-12 11:07:29 [ip -ip] 80 GET /none - 404 2 3396 294
2002-12-12 11:07:30 [ip -ip] 80 GET /none - 404 2 3396 294
2002-12-12 11:07:30 [ip -ip] 80 GET /none - 404 2 3396 294
2002-12-12 11:07:31 [ip -ip] 80 GET /none - 404 2 3396 294

etc...until page is exited
(i've edited out the ips and sensitive information)
I note that this all happens in less than a minute

or maybe this is normal?

Any help advice
Suzy

[oilman]

a 404 error indicates that the requested file was not found. If you are seeing the same thing after every page request it may be that you have some broken links on the page such as in a footer or something like that.

[SuzyUK]

Thanks oilman for reply...

I've had a look again and this error is not reproduced earlier in the day on the same page. have also ran page through a validator which shows as following all links fine..

error typically appears 4-6 times footer includes 3 links menu includes about 20 links so I'm finding it difficult to narrow down.

spiders seem to be crawling the site OK without running into errors..I'm wondering if it's got to do with the page trying to refresh data unneccessarily (page is setting a cookie and I don't know why?)

still stuck?
Suzy

[SuzyUK]

Hi I'm still getting the above error codes, and a lot mmore frequently at that :(

I've noticed from the logs that it's happened when I've been viewing pages too, and I've never received a page not found URL

have checked all links and all appear to be fine.

I'm wondering if while the page is being viewed the session cookie is constantly trying to refresh the page.(excuse me if this is not correct terminology I use ASP)

It's obviously not causing viewing problems as I would have noticed it by now, but it is filling up the logs with unnecessary data, so it's just an inconvenience at the minute.

BTW do those numbers after the 404 mean something and could they help track down what is causing this?

Suzy

[BjarneDM]

SuzyUK -

you are writing '/none'
Q: is that actually what the log says or does it just say '/'?

In the latter case, it's a request for the topmost default file like : [site.uk...] - just without the 'default.asp' part.
Q: Do you have such a file on your site?
Q: What does your server think is the default name of a file if no file is specified like : [site.uk...]

If the server thinks that the default filename is 'index.html' and you've designed around 'default.asp' you've got a serious server setup problem.

[SuzyUK]

I think I've found the cause! although I don't know how to solve it!

I have a hover menu with a graphic in a div in the background so it shows up on hover

the GET /none is happening when the menu links are hovered over but not clicked, so I'm presuming it's something to do with the image caching (or not!)

Suzy

[edit] Had a Eureka while out for a drive -
it's being caused by an Opera/CSS workaround, that requires you specify URL(none) on the link in order for Opera to display the "hidden" graphic in the div

So I suppose I'll have to put up with it until Opera starts supporting background graphics on links

Thanks for help anyway[/edit]