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fuzzychief



Joined: 10 Aug 2007
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 2:04 am Reply with quote
OK. I finally signed up for a profile here at ANN. The problem I'm having is that I can't get to the forum from an article. For example, when I click on "discuss this in the forum" i get an error message in my browser that says that the website has declined to show the web page. It doesn't matter if I'm signed in or not. Can someone tell me if I'm doing somethig wrong or if I need to fix something or what?
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fighterholic



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 2:06 am Reply with quote
I was having this problem too, the message would say 403 error on it.
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fuzzychief



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 2:12 am Reply with quote
Good to here that I'm not the only one. "Error 403" is one I've never seen before.
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fighterholic



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 2:19 am Reply with quote
fuzzychief wrote:
Good to here that I'm not the only one. "Error 403" is one I've never seen before.

Sorry, you're right. It actually says HTTP 403 Forbidden. But that's what it is doing.
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Zalis116
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 2:19 am Reply with quote
I'm getting the message "You do not have access to the admin area" when clicking the "discuss this in the forum" link for the latest AnswerMan column.
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ManOfRust



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 2:36 am Reply with quote
Zalis116 wrote:
I'm getting the message "You do not have access to the admin area" when clicking the "discuss this in the forum" link for the latest AnswerMan column.

I'm getting that one too, although I can get to the Answerman thread through the forums. I thought maybe the article had somehow got linked to something in the mysterious staff forum by accident, but if Zalis can't see it either then I guess not.
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ikillchicken



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 2:54 am Reply with quote
I got this error a couple times. I just refreshed a few times and eventually it worked. I usually find that to be the case with ANN.
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fuzzychief



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 2:59 am Reply with quote
OK. I'm off to try the refreshing trick.

edit: I tried the refreshing trick. I refreshed a few times and I got an "Error 500: Internal Server Error" and then "you do not have access to the admin area"

/Getting late...
//Need sleep
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Zalis116
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 4:27 am Reply with quote
ManOfRust wrote:
Zalis116 wrote:
I'm getting the message "You do not have access to the admin area" when clicking the "discuss this in the forum" link for the latest AnswerMan column.

I'm getting that one too, although I can get to the Answerman thread through the forums. I thought maybe the article had somehow got linked to something in the mysterious staff forum by accident, but if Zalis can't see it either then I guess not.
Just to point out - there are "admin areas" of the site that forum mods don't have access to, like the administrative control panels for the site layout and Encyclopedia. And I don't have access to the "admin area" of the forums either, which is the control panel that can ban people, set wordfilters, create/remove sections, change permissions, etc.
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Richard J.



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 4:47 am Reply with quote
fighterholic wrote:
Sorry, you're right. It actually says HTTP 403 Forbidden. But that's what it is doing.
I've been getting this one as well, figured it was just a glitch. It seems like it only happens with the "Discuss in forums" links. I can still get into Answerman's talkback for instance.

It seemed to start not too long after the Toei to Launch "All You Can Watch" Anime Service in Japan article went up.
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Clodus



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 7:34 am Reply with quote
yeah im havin the same problem except im getting the admin areas one
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population_tire



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 7:56 am Reply with quote
im having the problem too...
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Jedi General





PostPosted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 8:23 am Reply with quote
Zalis116 wrote:
I'm getting the message "You do not have access to the admin area" when clicking the "discuss this in the forum" link for the latest AnswerMan column.


I'm getting that message also.
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Roy9076



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 9:47 am Reply with quote
Zalis116 wrote:
I'm getting the message "You do not have access to the admin area" when clicking the "discuss this in the forum" link for the latest AnswerMan column.
Ditto.

Furthermore, I have been experiencing forum issues about a few days now. However, the Answerman column is the part where got me thinking it's the site, not my browsers.

Further note: the RSS Feed has stopped working. Something is up around this site.
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Dan42
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 11:21 am Reply with quote
Fixed. Sorry for the inconvenience.
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