Hi guys! Okay I know I've sent an e-mail to the admins about this, but I just thought maybe someone out here had a solution as well.
Ever since the site was moved I am unable to see the site from my own computer. I keep getting a "page cannot be displayed" message. Sooooo I had to kidnap (or is it "compnap"?) my huysband's desktop to come here and ask for help. He's got an AOL phone hookup and I'm on cable. His comp bites and mine's cooler... no I'm kidding... ;o)
Anyone have any idea why this is happening? Any help or info would be appreciated. Here's my e-mail (since I can't read the replies directly from here) fannyb@fannyb.com
1. Do you have a Mac or PC 2. Can you see any other sites? Or is it just DPChallenge.com? 3. Are you using Netscape, Internet Explorer, or something else?
Did the dpchallenge.com domain have to be re-pointed at a new server after your outage or are you using the same IP/machines? It would take time for that change to propagate across the Internet, it is possible some systems haven't picked up the update yet.
If you don't want to wait for your ISP to catch up with the rest of the internet, add this line to your system hosts file:
139.142.181.126 www.dpchallenge.com
On Win 95/98/ME, the hosts file is windowshosts.sam, just open it in notepad and add the above line to the end of it. You'll want to remove that line sometime in the future. In XP/2000, the hosts file is probably the same as in NT 4, which I think is winntsystem32driversetchosts .
You and Drew are my FAVORITE people of the week. I was seriously unhappy about not being able to get to the site for 4 days. I called tech support two nights in a row trying to "fix" it. They couldn't and even wrote an email to dpchallenge.com from my email so I could see if there was anything they could so.
Lo and behold - Drew sent me your advice. And it WORKED. This makes me a happy person and makes you (for a while, at least :)) my hero!
Originally posted by Melanie: The file hosts.sam appears to be just a sample file... I can't find the actual "hosts" file. What am I missing?
You may need to go to folder options and selct to show hidden files. There are probably two hosts files there: hosts.sam (a sample) and hosts (with no extension) if the second still is not there, try copying the first into the second, and adding the entry people talk of above.
