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Subject: What the H*** is with the Downloads??

beelzebulb opened this issue on Mar 02, 2000 · 18 posts
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beelzebulb ( ) posted Thu, 02 March 2000 at 7:12 AM · edited Fri, 29 November 2024 at 2:17 AM

I do everything it says when I want to download off of the Yahoo/Geocities mess but I haven't been able to download a file from there for a long time. I have tried both IE 5 and NetScape4 and niether works. The Yahoo ones are the only ones I have trouble with. What gives? Any suggestions greatly appreciated.

quesswho ( ) posted Thu, 02 March 2000 at 9:16 AM

I know the directions don't seem to work. geocities has been canceling some people who have heavy download activity( I guess they want people to go there to download and not do the remote download thing) Anyway the last time I downloaded from them when I get to that window that says nodownload(whatever) I highlight the address bar and then press enter( sometimes a couple of times not a quick press a slow deliberate press

JeffH ( ) posted Thu, 02 March 2000 at 10:01 AM

I know my Geocities site was dumped and I only had one file linked to the FS. I'm sure anyone who linked to Geocities has been dropped. -JH.

quesswho ( ) posted Thu, 02 March 2000 at 10:38 AM

I haven't been but I pulled my downloads off( I only had a couple) when I heard about Allie. I now use my @home web page for my downloads and Geocities for my gallery. It was a pain. Marge

Traveler ( ) posted Thu, 02 March 2000 at 4:05 PM

I got dropped and I didn't even have a site there (not one file even) :) -Trav

LoboUK ( ) posted Fri, 03 March 2000 at 5:35 AM

Well, I guess that's solved one problem for me - I ain't going to be using Geocities for my web-site. Anybody got any suggestions where else I might try? Paul

cooler ( ) posted Fri, 03 March 2000 at 11:41 AM

I'd suggest crosswinds.net. They've removed their space limitations & their banner requirements. So basically they offer unlimited space. I've sent a number of people there, as well as helped a few people set up their own sites & haven't had a problem yet.

bonestructure ( ) posted Fri, 03 March 2000 at 11:21 PM

I haven't had any problem with geocities, and I have a very large site there with some material that might or might not be considered objectionable. I don't offer downloads though.

Talent is God's gift to you. Using it is your gift to God.

quesswho ( ) posted Sat, 04 March 2000 at 9:51 AM

The downloads seem to be the key to getting kicked out of Geocities. I also have a couple nudes but they haven't kicked me out yet.(knock on wood) Marge

bonestructure ( ) posted Sat, 04 March 2000 at 10:09 AM

Yeah, I had some trouble on my 50megs site when I loaded an image that I wanted to submit to a magazine. It wasn't linked to anything on any of the pages, so 50megs wouldn't let the editor access the image. When I linked it to a page, there was no problem. Maybe that's what needs to be done at geocities, is to have the downloads link to a page.

Talent is God's gift to you. Using it is your gift to God.

picnic ( ) posted Sat, 04 March 2000 at 10:12 AM

Uh, oh, Bonestructure. I just tried to access your page and Geocities said it wasn't available any longer. I accessed it from the members page with your favorite link--assuming it was your web page. Diane B

bonestructure ( ) posted Sat, 04 March 2000 at 11:04 AM

Nah, it's available. I might have put the wrong addy on the members stuff. the disease I have affects my memory. It's http://www.geocities.com/Soho/Loft/3712

Talent is God's gift to you. Using it is your gift to God.

bonestructure ( ) posted Sat, 04 March 2000 at 11:11 AM

Looks like geo was having some problems this morning. No big surprise, since yahoo took it over. Actually, they wouldn't dare take my site down. I'm one of their best advertisements. Everyone says there are no good sites on geocities, but my little horror magazine is very popular for an online zine, is in the geocities top 100, and was even invited to submit to the Webby Awards, at no charge. I'm rather proud of it actually.

Talent is God's gift to you. Using it is your gift to God.

quesswho ( ) posted Sat, 04 March 2000 at 11:20 AM

You should be that is quite an accomplishment. And a book with Piers Anthony. You should toot your horn. That is all excellent news. Marge

beelzebulb ( ) posted Wed, 08 March 2000 at 7:15 AM

Bonestructure; Whats your addy on 50 megs? Thats my sites host also. I get the no banners setup and I like the way the new owners are setting it up. They are really spending the money and the 18 meg bandwidth is great eh? Check out my site at http://beelzebulb.50megs.com

bonestructure ( ) posted Wed, 08 March 2000 at 9:37 AM

My addy there is http://users2.50megs.com/bone

Talent is God's gift to you. Using it is your gift to God.

bonestructure ( ) posted Wed, 08 March 2000 at 9:43 AM

Nice site by the way

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melanie ( ) posted Sun, 12 March 2000 at 3:36 PM

I tricked the download to get the one I wanted. I followed the instructions for getting the file, and nothing worked. Finally, I copied and pasted the URL into my main address window and hit enter. That did it. I finally downloaded the file. I'm on GeoCities, too, but I've never tried to link anything here. I did a few times back when I was visiting PFO, but never had any problems. Since I've moved over here, I haven't tried linking or uploading anything, so I still have my site. Instead, I put anything I offer (mostly texures) on my GeoCities site, then just reference it in here and give the URL so people can just go there to visit and get it. So far, no problems. GeoCities has gotten really flaky since Yahoo took over. I think that was a bad move on GeoCities. Melanie

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