Kevin's Watch

When I tried to acess KW yesterday and today via the email links that get sent to me when someone posts in a thread I'm involved in, I got an http 404 error message come up and could get no further.

Today I 'googled' "Kevins Watch", and the first result (on the KW web site adress as far as I could tell) is a 'TAKEDOWN NOTICE', that reads as follows (in capitals as shown):-

DATE: 31 MARCH 2014. SUBJECT: NOTICE OF DECISION TO EFFECT SITE CLOSURE PERSUANT TO SECTION 6301 OF TITLE 41 UNITED STATES CODE

Can anyone tell me if i) the 404 problems I have/had [not sure if they're still an issue] are anything to do with this, and ii) wtf that is all about?

kevinswatch.ihugny.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=24172

Ok - thats one little problem solved! Now I still have this 404 error thing to adress [still - at least I seem to be able to acess the site via an ordinary search] which is still preventing me from entry via my adress bar dropdown and emails.

Any ideas?

[By the way Av - you should have been a lawyer (you're not one are you?) - you can talk bullshit and make it sound true; a real talent! ]

Have you tried clearing your cache?

nice guy peter wrote:[By the way Av - you should have been a lawyer (you're not one are you?) - you can talk bullshit and make it sound true; a real talent! ]

Hahaha, no, I'm not a lawyer. Although for a long time that was my intended profession, and while I ended up not studying it, I did plenty of reading on it in my own time before I changed my mind.

It permanently affected the way I write.

The 404's should be sorted now. It's because we changed the forum paths to make the notice work on the current forum. They've been put back now.

--A

As an aside, it never ceases to amaze me how much we get crawled.

Yesterday Google had picked up the takedown notice, today it's replaced with the normal results. Crazy.

--A

once again, like every year - I missed the April's Fool joke.

Avatar wrote:The 404's should be sorted now. It's because we changed the forum paths to make the notice work on the current forum. They've been put back now.

--A

I just assumed you'd stuck an index.html into the top level folder, so it took priority over index.php.

I don't know about 'clearing my cache Murrin' - if it's anything like clearing my bank account I'd better get my wife to do it, she seems to have a particular talent in this direction!

I'm Murrin wrote:I just assumed you'd stuck an index.html into the top level folder, so it took priority over index.php.

I didn't do anything. I just told Vain what I wanted and he made it so. That was his solution.

nice guy peter wrote:I don't know about 'clearing my cache' Murrin...

He just means delete your temporary internet files. Usually an option under the "privacy" options in your browser. (Is it sorted now though?)

--A

Sometimes even as simple as just refreshing while holding Ctrl. Or Shift, depending on browser.

Yes - all good Av. Yes - I did that but I don't think it worked [but it may have done without my realising it.] I think it was what you guys did at your end that sorted it.