I was having this issue and I finally fixed it by editing my html. I changed all instances of rootsweb.com to rootsweb.ancestry.com in the source code. In other words, this -> http://resources.rootsweb.com/~guestbook/cgi-bin/public_guestbook.cgi?gb=935&action=view should be chnaged to this -> http://resources.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~guestbook/cgi-bin/public_guestbook.cgi?gb=935&action=view -- David Thiessen OpenPGP Key Id: 0x3E228D41 Available from: http://pgp.mit.edu phone: 580-429-8109 fax: 925-380-5824 http://www.linkedin.com/in/thssndvd

Good catch! Pat A. At 09:18 AM 1/9/2016, david thiessen via wrote: >I was having this issue and I finally fixed it by editing my html. I >changed all instances of rootsweb.com to rootsweb.ancestry.com in the >source code. > >In other words, this -> >http://resources.rootsweb.com/~guestbook/cgi-bin/public_guestbook.cgi?gb=935&action=view > >should be chnaged to this -> >http://resources.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~guestbook/cgi-bin/public_guestbook.cgi?gb=935&action=view

Pat, A case of someone altering the source code without realizing the consequences, i.e. there will be many guestbooks that are no longer being maintained, and now effectively they have been written off. The intention of the 301 redirect of rootsweb.com to rootsweb.ancestry.com was to provide continuity to the legacy sites. In any case, as you have said, a Good Catch by David Thiessen. Barry ------------------- On 10/01/2016 05:46, Pat Asher via wrote: > Good catch! > > Pat A. > > At 09:18 AM 1/9/2016, david thiessen via wrote: >>I was having this issue and I finally fixed it by editing my html. I >>changed all instances of rootsweb.com to rootsweb.ancestry.com in the >>source code. >> >>In other words, this -> >>http://resources.rootsweb.com/~guestbook/cgi-bin/public_guestbook.cgi?gb=935&action=view >> >>should be chnaged to this -> >>http://resources.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~guestbook/cgi-bin/public_guestbook.cgi?gb=935&action=view > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

At 04:43 PM 1/9/2016, Barry Carlson via wrote: >A case of someone altering the source code without realizing the >consequences, i.e. there will be many guestbooks that are no longer >being maintained, and now effectively they have been written off. The >intention of the 301 redirect of rootsweb.com to rootsweb.ancestry.com >was to provide continuity to the legacy sites. While the redirect from rootsweb.com to rootsweb.ancestry.com is supposed to be permanent, it only stopped working for the guestbook script a few months ago. Personally, I am one of many on this list who created their guestbook long before the URI was changed, still had the original code; and since the redirect had worked for many years, it never occurred to me that it could suddenly stop working for guestbooks only. Should have remembered that some people had trouble with URI/redirect when trying to FTP. Live and learn <g> >In any case, as you have said, a Good Catch by David Thiessen. Pat

Nice one, David! Many thanks! Derek Boddington -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of david thiessen via Sent: 09 January 2016 14:18 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [FreeHelp] Problem with guestbook I was having this issue and I finally fixed it by editing my html. I changed all instances of rootsweb.com to rootsweb.ancestry.com in the source code.