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

[Chuck Baslock <cbaslock@swbell.net>]

That is what I thought.
Maybe I don't have the link set up properly. I see it is different then yours.
http://www.d-r-d.com/cgi-bin/ringlink/home.pl?ringid=disabilities
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pamster" <pam@pamster.com>
To: <ringlinklist@gunnar.cc>
Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2000 12:02 AM
Subject: RE: [ringlinklist] Checker investigation [was: Re: Version 1.11]
> 
> 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