The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #63728 Message #1037578
Posted By: JohnInKansas
17-Oct-03 - 10:11 PM
Thread Name: Tech: ?404 not found /null?
Subject: RE: Tech: ?404 not found /null?
In normal URL format, the "/" is supposed to be "/" and not "\." On most common US QWERTY keyboards, the "\" is directly above the "Enter" key, if you really need it. If you don't find it on your keyboard, turn on NumLock, hold down Alt while you type "092" on the number keypad to insert it in most word processors, and then copy and paste it (or preferrably the whole address) to your addy bar.
Error 404 usually reports an inability to identify the particular target you have clicked to. There are a couple of fairly common "defects" in page identification produced by particular page creation software that are known to cause address faults that produce this message. One particular "page editor" has a tendency to insert extraneous spaces in the address - a.la. long file names on folders on the site. Occasionally an "ending /" can kick up this message, since the terminal "/" makes your viewer think it's looking for a folder instead of a page.
Error 404, like most "standard messages," is a very "generic" thing, so it usually requires specific information about what browser you are using and what specific page address you are trying to access to give more than very generic suggestions that might be helpful.
In general, the "C:\" address implies that you are trying to use an FTP access directly into the server system. This is not generally an acceptable method of "entering" the 'cat resources ...