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WebmasterTed
05-04-2006, 01:02 PM
I just started a new website yesterday (to replace a blog I have on Blogspot.com). The url is:

http://www.prettyfacesketches.com

I have registered the website name, set it up as an IRM with Futurequest, and done the DNS transfer to get it to point at the Futurequest nameservers. When I type the url in at

http://www.aota.net/dns/

it looks to me like everything is pointing where it should be.

The problem is that when I type http://www.prettyfacesketches.com into my browser I see the index page, but I don't see any of the graphics. Oddly enough if I right click on and image and select "view image" the image shows up. Then if I hit the backspace on my browser the image shows on the page just as it should. If I hit the reload button on my browser the image disappears again.

Right clicking on the page and choosing "view background image" produces somewhat similar results, except that the image that is viewed is not the background image for the page - It's the image I've assigned to a couple of tables.

If I left click on the image from the index page (which is a thumbnail image hyperlinked to a larger version), I get the message:

"Forbidden - You don't have permission to access /Sketch_0064.jpg on this server."

My browser address then shows

"http://www.prettyfacesketches.com/Sketch_0064.jpg"

(minus the quotes of course). If I the copy this address from my browser and paste it right back in with no alterations, the picture displays properly.

The foregoing experiments were in the Mozilla browser. I.E. has the same problem with a few minor variations. I tried clearing the caches and reloading the page in both Mozilla and I.E. - no effect.

So what am I up against here - Do I just need to wait longer until everything propagates or is there some other problem involved here? Any ideas?

Ted

Bob
05-04-2006, 01:40 PM
Ted,

I would allow another 24 hours as the Internic whois shows the following still...

"Domain Name: PRETTYFACESKETCHES.COM
Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, LLC.
Whois Server: whois.networksolutions.com
Referral URL: http://www.networksolutions.com
Name Server: NS41.WORLDNIC.COM
Name Server: NS42.WORLDNIC.COM
Status: REGISTRAR-LOCK
Updated Date: 03-may-2006"

If you view the page via the Full package domain name and IR directory it loads normally.

So propagation is still well under way...

-Bob

WebmasterTed
05-04-2006, 02:31 PM
Thanks Bob,

It didn't occur to me to look at it through the full package. I shall wait patiently and hope for the best. :smile:

Ted

WebmasterTed
05-06-2006, 09:51 AM
By my count it is now somewhere around another 50 hours later. The problem still exists - Graphics show up when viewed from full package, but not when viewed from IRM. :wah:

Internic whois now shows:

"Domain Name: PRETTYFACESKETCHES.COM
Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, LLC.
Whois Server: whois.networksolutions.com
Referral URL: http://www.networksolutions.com
Name Server: NS1.FUTUREQUEST.NET
Name Server: NS2.FUTUREQUEST.NET
Status: REGISTRAR-LOCK
Updated Date: 04-may-2006
Creation Date: 03-may-2006
Expiration Date: 03-may-2007"

I'm not sure I understand all that - The Name Servers certainly look good. Does the Referral URL need to change?

I've also added some more pages to the IRM folder. All of the .htm pages show up (minus their graphics!). Do .htm files propagate faster than graphic files, or are we looking at some problem other than propagation?

Ted

Bob
05-06-2006, 09:59 AM
Ted,

By any chance (yeah i peeked and know you do) do you have a .htaccess file and if so try renaming it for a minute and see if that fixes the problem ;)

-Bob

WebmasterTed
05-06-2006, 10:08 AM
Bob,

Right you are sir! I was just thinking along the same lines. I added the IRM as a domain permitted to view the graphic files and now everything is fine! Problem solved :yeah:

Thanks for the prompt response,

Ted

Bob
05-06-2006, 10:39 AM
Glad we could help :)

Had me scratching my head there for a bit though LOL

Thanks for the follow-up,
Bob