Welcome
to my 1/6th Scale Military Modelling Hints and Tips Pages.
This hobby is not an obsession... I can give it up at any time!
Welcome
to my Computer Help Page.
I know these links have nothing
to do with 1/6th scale modelling.
But these are some other useful
links that I have sitting around in my Favourites List.
At least it makes it easier for
me to find them.
Visiting my website using AOL may cause a
Red X to appear instead of an image
I have just been contacted by John, asking about why
he cannot see some of the images on my web pages when he uses his AOL
browser. This was news to me because I thought all browsers worked the same,
but with AOL I have learned that this browser does not load the full page.
And as a result some of the images come up with a white box with a red 'X'
in it.
After doing some research with Paul who has helped me
immensely, along with my web site hosting company. We have found out what
looks like a problem with my web site when viewing it with an AOL browser.
Because I have tried my best to help my fellow modellers and I have placed
quite a few images on each page, but it seems that when the AOL browser
loads the page you want to see. Their software sees my web site as a DDOS
(Denial Of Service) attack on their servers, so in turn it stops the images
from loading both on the page and in the background hence the boxes with the
red 'X'.
I have also found out with the help of Paul, that if he uses another browser
to view my web site, he can see all of the images on the page. So it seems
as if the problem is only related to the amount of images I have used, and
trying to view it with an AOL browser.
I apologise to all of the modellers that are using an AOL browser to view my
website, and I am working closely with my web host to see if we can resolve
this problem. As they have tried over 40 concurrent connections per IP
address, and still the problem occurs with the images not loading fully. So
until we can find a suitable solution to this problem, I am afraid that to
view my website, you will have to use another browser.
But the only problem is that if we cannot resolve this, the only option I
have is to re-write the whole website using less pictures.
Note: But with about 68 pages to change
along with possibly about 3000+ images, and the two years it has taken to
compile. I am afraid that unless my web host or AOL come up with a solution
to this, then the AOL browser users will have the same problems and have to
use another browser. Because I am afraid that to change the whole website on
this scale with my current commitments is impossible.
