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Strange 404 with Netscape

I get a 404 error only when using Netscape, all other browsers work perfect

         

Kenley

6:05 pm on May 28, 2003 (gmt 0)



Hey everybody, I got a quick question.

For some reason all of the sudden (just today it started happening)my page started giving this error.

The page has two frames, the menu frame loads and all buttons work, but the mainpage gives this error........

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404 Not Found

The requested URL was not found on this server:

/ABC

(D:\www\users\abctool\htdocs\ABC)
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This only happens when using Netscape. All other browsers it works fine and loads.
If anyone has an idea let me know.

I talked to the isp guy, and he had never seen this before.
Thanx

jatar_k

6:13 pm on May 28, 2003 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Administrator 10+ Year Member



Welcome to WebmasterWorld Kenley,

Have you checked the path? Try using a root relative path. If your file is in the root directory call it with /page.htm. Make sure that you don't have ../page.htm in your frame src.

../ means go up one directory, which in your case would be wrong. I have seen these problems with NN but it is often a problem stemming from other browsers guessing and NN saying "but this is what you told me".

choster

7:47 pm on May 28, 2003 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



Assuming you are talking about Netscape 4, I advise

- Make sure any slashes are all forward slashes (/) in your frameset. IE is forgiving of backslashes (\) in HTTP calls (-- as opposed to file:/// calls, in which case the backslash may be correct on Windows systems). Other browsers, however, require the correct form.

- Be sure any external stylesheets or scripts are linked correctly. If NS 4 cannot find a stylesheet, for instance, it will return a 404 error and not display the page (bad behavior, but NS 4 is often badly behaved).