July 13, 201016 yr Dear experts, I tried to click on a certain link at a blog...it's actually my competitors' link....but it gives me a message - "FORBIDDEN 404 Document Not Found" If my guess is correct, has my competitor blocked me from viewing her page? Hope someone can advise me on that...hope that I'm wrong....anyway I'm just a small fly...doesn't warrant that kind of thing right ? Do hope to hear more about the 404...I really have no idea ....really don't want to make wild guesses...Thanks alot in advance...
July 13, 201016 yr Dear experts, Now that's an optimistic opening Back on topic, generally a 'Forbidden' message is a 403 error. A 'page not found' is a 404 error. Are you sure you're getting 404 - Forbidden? If so, you don't have permission to read directory the troublesome file is located (e.g. /images/), and your error page file could not be found.
July 14, 201016 yr Author Now that's an optimistic opening Back on topic, generally a 'Forbidden' message is a 403 error. A 'page not found' is a 404 error. Are you sure you're getting 404 - Forbidden? If so, you don't have permission to read directory the troublesome file is located (e.g. /images/), and your error page file could not be found. If the website owner doesn't want anybody to visit that site, then why put that site there and then give out message - 404 error ?
July 14, 201016 yr 404 Errors happen when a link has been incorrectly typed, or the page that was being linked to has moved or been deleted. 403 Errors happen when a certain folder is turned off for public viewing. You can only view what is in that folder if you know the exact link of what is in there. This is used as a security precaution mainly.
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