I'd like to apply for the ?stooopid question of the day? award...

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tetz

New member
...by asking 'How do I get to the Detailing
discussion forum?'. This one. Where I am right now. I get to www.autopia-carport.com, and then if I click on ?Autopia Forums? I get a Not Found error.
I have to first click on some topic like ?First zaino experience? from the home page, THEN I click on the Detailing ? Car Care or Detailing links at the top of the thread. Surely there is a correct and direct way to get here.

thanks and let me know if I win the award
JonT
 
Sometimes there are server problems which prevent hook up to the site..Be patient.



I have the same problem when traveling on the road and I attribute it to the crappy dial ups I am using from Dumpy hotels!!!!!
 
:D



I also make sure to bookmark not only Autopia, but I have a seperate bookmark just for the forum, so when I need to, I can jump straight to the board.



cheers,
 
>Under Autopia Carport sign....look for Home >button hit that...then hit the first Detailing >button..and your in



there's the problem...I don't get the handy dandy buttons under the Autopia Carport sign. I get an ad for the book. Hmmm.



JonT
 
<blockquote class='ipsBlockquote' >

<em class='bbc'>Originally posted by tetz [/i]
<strong class='bbc'>>Under Autopia Carport sign....look for Home >button hit that...then hit the first Detailing >button..and your in

there's the problem...I don't get the handy dandy buttons under the Autopia Carport sign. I get an ad for the book. Hmmm.

JonT [/b]</blockquote>
I see what you're doing, but I cannot repeat the problem. When I hit the "Forums" button, it links up right away. You may want to post a message in the Autopia suggestion forum... they'll help you out right away!

Good luck! :up
 
Tetz,

Are you using a Mac? On my Mac (*4), I cannot get the main page to operate properly when I run Netscape 4.x -- the links are missing, or I get a "not found" error if they are there and I click on the "forums" link. The forum works fine when using Netscape 6.x though.

Also, if I access the Detailing forum using IE6 (Mac) everything on my computer slows <strong class='bbc'>waaay[/b] down. Has anyone else had this problem? Any other Mac users out there?

:bow :bow <strong class='bbc'><em class='bbc'>Macintosh[/i][/b]
:bow :bow
:bow :bow
 
i use macs to access this site all the time. in fact, i only use macs. ie5 on my machine here at work and omniweb in os x on my powerbook at home. never had a problem with accessing the forums. although, omniweb renders the pages slower but they look so much better with anti-aliased text. i love my macintosh.



:bounce
 
Admac,



Oops, I guess it is IE5 for me on my *4 at home. I don't think there is a IE6 for Mac yet...



What kind of machine are you running IE5 on? I have a *4 350MHz w/384Mb RAM running OS9.0. I can't figure out why this forum slows it down. The slowness only happens once I click into the Detailing forum -- not on any of the previous pages. The computer is still slow, even when using other programs, if I have the Detailing forum open in a background window. As soon as I close the window, the computer resumes normal speed. I've checked everything I know of, including jacking the memory partition up for IE5, but it's still slow.



PS For some odd reason, this program won't let me type the letter "*"!!! GGGGGG is the letter I'm trying to type. If it's in a word such as "going" I'm fine, but if I try to type it by itself: *, I get an asterisk. Oh well, just substitute the letter GGGGG above wherever you see an asterisk. BTW, I'm currently NOT using a Mac.
 
I just checked, and I get the same "not found" error when I try to access the Forums using Netscape 4.79 on a PC running WinXP.



This is at a different location than my Mac at home, so I'm assuming it's a problem this site has with Netscape. I would think that other people would be having this problem as well...
 
I have some slowdown problems with this site as well, but mine only slows down JUST this site.... the rest of my applications are fine. I'm running IE5 at home and at work.



Work:

300Mhz *3

640RAM

T1 line



Home:

7500/100 (now 266 *3, clocked to 280Mhz

itty bitty RAM

Cable modem



:bow Macs rule!
 
<blockquote class='ipsBlockquote' >

<em class='bbc'>Originally posted by Dave N [/i]
<strong class='bbc'>Admac,

Oops, I guess it is IE5 for me on my *4 at home. I don't think there is a IE6 for Mac yet...[/b]</blockquote>nope, not yet. :)

<blockquote class='ipsBlockquote' >

<strong class='bbc'>What kind of machine are you running IE5 on? I have a *4 350MHz w/384Mb RAM running OS9.0. I can't figure out why this forum slows it down. The slowness only happens once I click into the Detailing forum -- not on any of the previous pages. The computer is still slow, even when using other programs, if I have the Detailing forum open in a background window. As soon as I close the window, the computer resumes normal speed. I've checked everything I know of, including jacking the memory partition up for IE5, but it's still slow.[/b]</blockquote>at work i have a *4/500 with 1 gig of ram running os 9.2. and at home i have a titanium powerbook *4/667 with 512 meg of ram running os x.1.2. i think its slowness is due to internet explorer itself. ie seems to run slow when dealing with vulletin boards in general. i run mozilla on my machine at home as well (the os x version) and it's a lot faster on there. you might also try to use icab. it's a very fast browser for both os9 and x. www.icab.de

the other messageboard i use are also generally a bit slower on ie. dunno why, just something about its rendering engine. although they're all completely useable.

aacckkk. i can't type the letter "*" either. weird.
 
But only from work for some reason. At home with my crummy Compaq, IE5.5 and a cable modem I get fast easy access to everything here. But at work with a T1 line and HP Vectra workstation I get the old DNS error, Cannot Find Server. I've tried IE6.0, IE5.5, and IE5.0 at work and nothing doing.



The weirdest part is that I used to get here just fine with WIN NT4.0 and IE5.0 but when I upgraded to WIN2000 I stopped getting access. Even weirder??? Autopia Carport is the only site on the net I cannot access from work. I can access anything else easily, why not here?



I sense a conspiracy...... time to start watching the X Files (is it still on TV?)
 
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Very odd. Maybe there's a price to pay for the new smilies...:sosad



I'll try the icab. I really hate Netscape 6 (this is basically Mozilla, right?) -- it feezes up and crashes too much (on Mac and PC alike!). I used to use Netscape exclusively, but I like IE better since v5 came out.
 
i agree, i like ie better in almost all cases. netscape 6 was poo. terrible terrible browser. the newer builds on mozilla are quite good, but i'm not a convert really. i just used tried it out because my brother raved about it so much. the mozilla project is always in development because it's open source. also, i'm using fizilla, which is the os x version of mozilla.



definitely try icab. i downloaded it here at work again and gave it a shot, rendered the messageboard pages MUCH faster than ie5. it's a very light and really nice little browser. unfortunately, it's a bit ugly, but skins are available. give it a shot, i think you'll be pleased with the speed. it's also available in a os x version if you want to make the switch.
 
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