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Conference 7.286::digital

Title:	The Digital way of working

Moderator:	QUARK::LIONELON

Created:	Fri Feb 14 1986
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	5321
Total number of notes:	139771

5265.0. "NT homepage not working" by MKTCRV::MANNERINGS () Tue Apr 29 1997 07:51

    Following down from the DIGITAL homepage I get to this
    
    >The page that you requested was not found on this server. 
    
    >We have recently migrated to Microsoft IIS3.0 server and have changed
    >our file naming convention. If the page you are
    >requesting has a .HTP extension, try changing it to .ASP instead. 
    
    >If that doesn't work for you, you can always start at the top level.
    
     
    When I click on "start at the top level" it just returns the same
    notfound page.
    
    http://www.windowsnt.digital.com/notfound.htm. 
    
    Funny thing is, it worked fine about an hour before.
    
    Is it me or has someone slipped up ?
    
    What is a Microsoft IIS3.0 server ?
    
    ..Kevin..

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5265.1	Nice, not a slipup	STAR::COPE		`Tue Apr 29 1997 10:47`	16
	>We have recently migrated to Microsoft IIS3.0 server and have changed >our file naming convention. If the page you are >requesting has a .HTP extension, try changing it to .ASP instead. I saw one of these yesterday too. It looks like they're doing a good job of getting all the links updated, though - nice job of avoiding downtime when switching servers. I'm impressed. It would be nice if they could replace their "notfound" page with some CGI that does the htp->asp replacement for the user and puts it in a link, though. ("You may want to try <a href="blah.blah.asp">replacing htp with asp</a>, or if that doesn't, work, <a href="/">start at the top page</a>.) I'll bet a lot of people won't be able to follow the instructions (or won't bother), and they'll be getting a lot of "notfounds" from AltaVista, etc, for a while.
5265.2	Not very nice!	SWETSC::WESTERBACK	Panta rei	`Wed Apr 30 1997 09:00`	7
	Still the same... can't say that they're avoiding downtime... And none of the links can save you. Feedback also not working. I tried index.asp, default.asp, home.asp... No luck! I'd say really bad planning! There is a link that's supposed to take you to start page, the HTML is <A HREF="/"> !! Hans
5265.3	try again please .1	MKTCRV::MANNERINGS		`Wed Apr 30 1997 09:16`	10
	re .1 >>I'm impressed. I'm not. It all gets stuck on the same not found page, and it is a very good way of telling our customers we are bodgers. Is it just in Europe like this ? ..Kevin..
5265.4	Ok, how about just confused	STAR::COPE		`Wed Apr 30 1997 11:36`	22
	>>I'm impressed. >I'm not. It all gets stuck on the same not found page, and it is a >very good way of telling our customers we are bodgers. Is it just in >Europe like this ? Now I'm just puzzled. I tried randomly hitting links today, starting at http://www.windowsnt.digital.com/notfound.htm, "Products", "Feedback", "Sales", and "start at the top level" all worked for me. I tried going in at the top level (http://www.windowsnt.digital.com), and that worked correctly, as did a few random links from that top page. I tried starting at the top level and following links as deeply as I could go... still, no problems. Trust me - I certainly don't want Digital portrayed as a bunch of "bodgers." I just couldn't reproduce the problem here, and so I assumed it was a temporary one that had been fixed. Josh