[WEB4LIB] Erratic loading problem

[Vladislav S. Davidzon [http://www.davidzon.com]]

Sounds to me like you're FTP'ing the pages as BINARY not ASCII :)  Just
switch your FTP client to use ASCII for the pages and BINARY for graphics
only :)

Slava Davidzon
Windows NT & Unix Networking Consultant
URL:    http://www.davidzon.com
E-Mail: vladislav at davidzon.com
                                


> -----Original Message-----
> From: web4lib at webjunction.org
> [mailto:web4lib at webjunction.org]On Behalf Of Jane Ratner
> Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 1998 4:06 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: [WEB4LIB] Erratic loading problem
>
>
>
> Dear colleagues, please help!  :-)
>
> We are using Netscape's Fasttrack server software on our SUN Solaris web
> server.  Mostly Fasttrack works very well, but we have had
> sporadic problems
> with individual pages loading at client request -- always the same 3 or 4
> pages, and no discernable pattern to whether they'll load or not.  We
> think we are creating and publishing these pages using the same
> methods that
> we use for other pages that load every time, yet frequently the problem
> pages have to be either opened in UNIX (using the vi editor) and re-saved,
> or re-ftp'd to the directory in order to kick them into responding again
> to client requests for display.
>
> I can't determine any pattern to which pages will behave in that manner.
> All are in the saved in the same directory with working pages,
> created with
> the same program (Netscape Composer 4.0), and don't incorporate
> any special
> bells or whistles.
>
> What am I missing here?  Have any of you had this happen?  I have the
> feeling that I'm overlooking something obvious.
>
> Any help you can offer will be deeply appreciated!
>
> Jane Ratner
> Willard Public Library
> Battle Creek, Michigan