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rootedfool July 20 2008, 00:37:53 UTC
Looks real good!

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ypolita July 24 2008, 04:09:35 UTC
OK MR. HTML... I still get error messages just like the old spd site when I try to search for something.

Error Number: 80004005
Error Description: Can't connect to account 'RBOSPD' (192.168.14.1:8413) rc=-1

RedBack service maybe stopped or RBOSPD is not a valid account.

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eyeball_hatred July 24 2008, 04:49:47 UTC
Sadly that's got nothing to do with html-or xhtml or css or xml.

It's the host of the database, which is raw guts, going down, and has nothing to do with the website itself, which is just an interface.

That's why you only get that error could when you search something, i.e., engage that database. (It doesn't happen when you visit the homepage, or click an internal link, like a tab for librarians, or booksellers, or whatever.)

The short fix is to work with the host to make a friendlier error page pop up. Something more intelligible, like "Sorry, our database is momentarily unavailable." Then if that works, add links to that friendlier page-say, to the new blog, where at least you'll be able to read the latest titles, or to other pages on the site, like New LIt Gen, etc.

It further doesn't help that the host is in another time zone. So when it's goes down each night, on the east coast and where the host is it's late, but here on the Pacific it's 8 o'clock.

I hate it too.

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ypolita July 24 2008, 15:39:27 UTC
Ahhh, I knew you would know. Database is not something I would thought of. Glad to know it is not just me!

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