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New Site Not Responding Correctly

Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2012 6:40 pm
by taryfast
I just registered a new domain through Sonic.net and put some text on my new site -- http://www.enhancedelectric.com. It is not loading my images, nor is it responding to some simple codes (like <p> & <center>), but it does respond to some other code like print size (<h3>) or text changes. The thing about this that stumped the Sonic tech support guy, is that I also have another site (http://www.cloudbyteconsulting.com) which uses the same images and codes but loads and runs perfectly. We (Sonic tech support and I) were baffled.

Can someone open both sites, View Source, note that the Header & Footer info are the same and then PLEASE tell me what is going on? One site works perfectly (http://www.cloudbyteconsulting.com) and the other new one (http://www.enhancedelectric.com) doesn't.

Thanks for any and all time and considerations!

Re: New Site Not Responding Correctly

Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2012 11:09 pm
by virtualmike
I wonder if it's due to the way DNS is set up for enhancedelectric.com. Notice the difference in results for nslookup:

[C:\]nslookup www.cloudbyteconsulting.com
Server: ns1.sonic.net
Address: 208.201.224.11

Non-authoritative answer:
Name: parked.sonic.net
Address: 209.204.175.65
Aliases: www.cloudbyteconsulting.com


[C:\]nslookup www.enhancedelectric.com
Server: ns1.sonic.net
Address: 208.201.224.11

Non-authoritative answer:
Name: enhancedelectric.com
Address: 209.204.175.65
Aliases: www.enhancedelectric.com

Re: New Site Not Responding Correctly

Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2012 11:25 pm
by taryfast
I see what you mean! The enhancedelectric site isn't "parked.sonic.net" How did it get that way and, more importantly, how do I correct it?

BTW, thank you, THANK YOU and T H A N K Y O U!!

Re: New Site Not Responding Correctly

Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2012 11:46 pm
by virtualmike
Sonic.net support should be able to address this, if this is really the issue. There are tools for manipulating DNS at members.sonic.net, but I've forgotten more about DNS configuration that most people have learned!

Re: New Site Not Responding Correctly

Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2012 11:53 pm
by taryfast
I am in the middle of emailing them, right now. I hope this works. Even if it doesn't, thanks for the attempt. Would you like me to report back on how this works out?

Re: New Site Not Responding Correctly

Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2012 10:31 am
by thulsa_doom
You might want to check how you're referencing those images. It looks like you're trying to reference a "/~taryfast" subdirectory that probably isn't really there.

Re: New Site Not Responding Correctly

Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2012 10:43 am
by taryfast
I don't understand how the very same code is on both sites, but only working correctly on the old site (cloudbyteconsulting.com) but not working on the new site (enhancedelectric.com). Same references but different results. Can you recommend a better bit of code?

Thanks for your help!

Re: New Site Not Responding Correctly

Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2012 1:42 pm
by williamt
It should work now. Something was setup quite right on our end.
It is recommend however that you have the images in your domain directory instead of referencing your ~user account.

Thanks,
William

Re: New Site Not Responding Correctly

Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2012 1:50 pm
by taryfast
Thank you, William! I have been putting up web sites using the same techniques for many years and this is the first time I have had this problem. I'll have to attempt to "digest" your recommendation before I start changing all my sites.

Really, thanks!

Re: New Site Not Responding Correctly

Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2012 1:54 pm
by taryfast
Oops! I see that the images are working, but why are my <p> codes not? I really need some paragraph formatting!

Anybody?!