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ki5ck · 03-23-2009, 10:23 AM

Has anyone had a problem with some links working, when others do not?

My website recently got shifted to a new host. When this happened, some of my links no longer worked. The stanza catalog shows a question mark for the cover, and when I try to download a book, I get a notice that the epub contained no data.

I can browse the catalog using Firefox, and I checked the links.

If I click on Books by Series, then Series: J, then Jane Madison, and then 2: Sorcery And The Single Girl, I get a 404 error. Here is the link that the catalog generates:

Code:

http://mywebsite/my_ebook_directory/Mindy%20Klasky/Sorcery%20And%20The%20Single%20Girl%20%28952%29/Sorcery%20And%20The%20Single%20Girl%20-%20Mindy%20Klasky.epub

However, if I browse the directory by going to

Code:

 http://mywebsite/my_ebook_directory/

and clicking on Mindy Klasky, then Sorcery and the Single Girl (952)/, then Sorcery And The Single Girl - Mindy Klasky.epub, I am able to access the book using my browser. Here is the link:

Code:

http://mywebsite/my_ebook_directory/Mindy%20Klasky/Sorcery%20and%20the%20Single%20Girl%20(952)/Sorcery%20And%20The%20Single%20Girl%20-%20Mindy%20Klasky.epub

The only difference in the links are the parentheses: %28 and %29 for ( and ).

Compare this to one that works: Jim Butcher's Summer Knight.
Here is the catalog link:

Code:

http://mywebsite/my_ebook_directory/Jim%20Butcher/Summer%20Knight%20%28183%29/Summer%20Knight%20-%20Jim%20Butcher.epub

and here is the directory link:

Code:

http://mywebsite/my_ebook_directory/Jim%20Butcher/Summer%20Knight%20(183)/Summer%20Knight%20-%20Jim%20Butcher.epub

Both of these work.

What am I missing here? I've verified the books (and cover images) actually exist using my FTP client. I can see it by browsing the directory. But the catalog entry leads to a 404 page.

I've got a support ticket in with my webhost, but I'm curious if anyone else has seen this problem. They did mention that they generally discourage spaces in file names, since that could create unusual errors, but since it worked on my last host, they're still looking into it.

03-23-2009, 10:23 AM	#62
ki5ck Connoisseur Posts: 72 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2008 Device: iPhone, Note3	Has anyone had a problem with some links working, when others do not? My website recently got shifted to a new host. When this happened, some of my links no longer worked. The stanza catalog shows a question mark for the cover, and when I try to download a book, I get a notice that the epub contained no data. I can browse the catalog using Firefox, and I checked the links. If I click on Books by Series, then Series: J, then Jane Madison, and then 2: Sorcery And The Single Girl, I get a 404 error. Here is the link that the catalog generates: Code: http://mywebsite/my_ebook_directory/Mindy%20Klasky/Sorcery%20And%20The%20Single%20Girl%20%28952%29/Sorcery%20And%20The%20Single%20Girl%20-%20Mindy%20Klasky.epub However, if I browse the directory by going to Code: http://mywebsite/my_ebook_directory/ and clicking on Mindy Klasky, then Sorcery and the Single Girl (952)/, then Sorcery And The Single Girl - Mindy Klasky.epub, I am able to access the book using my browser. Here is the link: Code: http://mywebsite/my_ebook_directory/Mindy%20Klasky/Sorcery%20and%20the%20Single%20Girl%20(952)/Sorcery%20And%20The%20Single%20Girl%20-%20Mindy%20Klasky.epub The only difference in the links are the parentheses: %28 and %29 for ( and ). Compare this to one that works: Jim Butcher's Summer Knight. Here is the catalog link: Code: http://mywebsite/my_ebook_directory/Jim%20Butcher/Summer%20Knight%20%28183%29/Summer%20Knight%20-%20Jim%20Butcher.epub and here is the directory link: Code: http://mywebsite/my_ebook_directory/Jim%20Butcher/Summer%20Knight%20(183)/Summer%20Knight%20-%20Jim%20Butcher.epub Both of these work. What am I missing here? I've verified the books (and cover images) actually exist using my FTP client. I can see it by browsing the directory. But the catalog entry leads to a 404 page. I've got a support ticket in with my webhost, but I'm curious if anyone else has seen this problem. They did mention that they generally discourage spaces in file names, since that could create unusual errors, but since it worked on my last host, they're still looking into it.