RE: Checker investigation [was: Re: Version 1.11]

["Pamster" <pam@pamster.com>]

I thought it was checking for a link to home for the ring - like this:
<a
href="http://www.futurecomputers.net/ringhost/cgi-bin/ringlink/home.cgi?ring
id=141618;siteid=1" target="_top">Home</a>
Pam
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ringlinklist@1-host.com
> [mailto:owner-ringlinklist@1-host.com]On Behalf Of Chuck Baslock
> Sent: Friday, November 24, 2000 9:40 PM
> To: ringlinklist@gunnar.cc
> Subject: Re: [ringlinklist] Checker investigation [was: Re: Version
> 1.11]
>
>
>
> Receiving "Home" link missing.
> Which "Home" is the checker checking for.
> I have my Ringlink home page linked.
> The Ringlink System is the Home of the System itself but not the
> Home Page of the Ring.
>
> Chuck
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gunnar Hjalmarsson" <mailbox@gunnar.cc>
> To: <ringlinklist@gunnar.cc>
> Sent: Friday, November 24, 2000 3:10 PM
> Subject: Re: [ringlinklist] Checker investigation [was: Re: Version 1.11]
>
>
> >
> > Pamster wrote:
> > >
> > > Why would sites pass for you and fail for me?
> >
> > Jock Dempsey wrote:
> > >
> > > Its probably a timeout problem.
> >
> > Pamster wrote:
> > >
> > > Hmmm - if it was a timeout, wouldn't the Details page have given
> > > me the timeout message, instead of displaying the page with the
> > > fragment?
> >
> > There is one difference between Pam's and my checking: I pick up pages
> > that were prepared in advance, while parts of the sites are generated
> > when using the original URLs. The new checker seems to be able to handle
> > some kind of dialogue with the servers, and one possibility is that the
> > dialogue in connection with a more complicated generated page disturbs
> > the process... But I don't find this explanation very logical, since the
> > checker still grabs the correct info.
> >
> > I agree with Jock that some of the free services are a nuisance on the
> > web. But like Pam I don't believe that timeout is the explanation
> > either. Please note that the checker doesn't load images in a browser or
> > execute JavaScripts etc.; it just reads the code in plain text format.
> > So timeout in this respect is more about connecting to a server than
> > loading a lot of "cool stuff".
> >
> > So, what is it then? One thing I have come to think about is that the
> > problems might be related to Fawnna's server, e.g. an unreliable Perl
> > version or insufficient "power" to execute the demanding checker script
> > accurately.
> >
> > But I don't know.
> >
> > / Gunnar