An Error Thought I'd Let The Admins Know About. Bad link.

[HellaTruvios 0]

Upon my creation with the forums, I noticed that I got a little info box almost at the top, telling me my credit value towards obtaining the free default package hosting.Upon reading this I noticed that the last paragraph with "computer hosting" the link to there site is not working. Clicked it a few times just to make sure it wasn't my connection. Unfortunately it isn't.I just thought I could help out with that, as its not exactly working, and I am some what interested in it. ^.^Thank you and take care.

[Animator 0]

Well, the link from here is fine and all. As you have said it's the destination site which appears to be at fault...Nameserver trace for http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/: * Looking for who is responsible for root zone and followed c.root-servers.net. * Looking for who is responsible for com and followed d.gtld-servers.net. * Looking for who is responsible for computing-web-hosting.com and followed ns2.computing-web-hosting.com.Nameservers for http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/: * ns1.computing-web-hosting.com returned (SERVFAIL) * ns2.computing-web-hosting.com returned (SERVFAIL)

[CyrusX 0]

Upon my creation with the forums, I noticed that I got a little info box almost at the top, telling me my credit value towards obtaining the free default package hosting.
Upon reading this I noticed that the last paragraph with "computer hosting" the link to there site is not working. Clicked it a few times just to make sure it wasn't my connection. Unfortunately it isn't.

I just thought I could help out with that, as its not exactly working, and I am some what interested in it. ^.^

Thank you and take care.

Hi,

You can try the following procedure to see if the target host is down or it is available on the web:

1- If you use Windows XP Professional or Windows NT 4.0 go to Start > Run and then type cmd to open the command prompt.

2- Type

ping [servername]

. Type the command without braces.

3- Firstly if you saw this:

Ping request could not find host http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/. Please check the name and try again.

then try the same command for some known on-line server like for https://www.google.de/?gfe_rd=cr&ei=BwkjVKfAD8uH8QfckIGgCQ&gws_rd=ssl, if you saw a different message containing information about the host then the first server is down:

Example for a running website using the ping command:

C:\Documents and Settings\CyrusX>ping https://www.google.de/?gfe_rd=cr&ei=BwkjVKfAD8uH8QfckIGgCQ&gws_rd=sslPinging https://www.google.de/?gfe_rd=cr&ei=Hx04VLLFBsPB8gfFqoE4&gws_rd=ssl [209.85.135.104] with 32 bytes of data:Reply from 209.85.135.104: bytes=32 time=226ms TTL=238Reply from 209.85.135.104: bytes=32 time=224ms TTL=238Reply from 209.85.135.104: bytes=32 time=224ms TTL=238Reply from 209.85.135.104: bytes=32 time=219ms TTL=238Ping statistics for 209.85.135.104:	Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:	Minimum = 219ms, Maximum = 226ms, Average = 223ms

So there should be nothing wrong with your connection. Secondly, nobody will blame you for a broken link!

You can also try

nslookup [servername]

command to see if the server is up and running.

[jlhaslip 4]

Try Xisto - Web Hosting.com.That is a paid Hosting Service run by the owners of Xisto Forums. Another Xisto Company.

[shadowx 0]

Hes happy with T17, hes saying that the text by the credit read out saying

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the link to Xisto - Web Hosting is wrong, it links to http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ instead of Xisto - Web Hosting.com

If you let opaque know he can correct it. otherwise CH wont get so many clicks! Good find HellaTruvios, and welcome to the forums