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[Khara]

I probably should have posted this earlier, but maybe it's still some good.

Both the domains www.gothaguide.com and www.fallenswordguide.com used to be registered by Crace (at her expense) - the Domain-Registration lapsed after Crace stopped playing the HCS-games. It has nothing to do with the hosting itself, that's still on the Hunted-Cow servers.

(in short, it's a DNS-problem, not a hosting-problem)

As a work-around, it is possible to edit the so-called "hosts"-file, so that your own computer knows where to find the Guide, even if the rest of the internet doesn't know it.

[*:trsnwjik]Under Linux, you need to edit as root the file /etc/hosts
[*:trsnwjik]Under Windows, you need to edit as Administrator the file C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
You need to add to this file the following line

87.106.222.84   www.gothaguide.com

You have to separate the IP-address and the name by at least one space (not tab!)


Once that is done, the Guide should work again (except for updating the completed quests, which I still didn't get around to fixing after they changed the login-method :oops:)

[Khara]

Edited the first post to show a work-around for the GothaGuide until DNS-setup gets sorted again.

[Debrutsid]

thanks got it to work, but is there some reason why it is not working in opera?

[Debrutsid]

for those who do not know how to edit the hosts file, open it with notepad


here is what mine looks like, and opens fine in firefox


# Copyright © 1993-2006 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host

127.0.0.1 localhost
87.106.222.84 www.gothaguide.com
::1 localhost

[Athy]

Thanks for letting us know VV!

[Athy]

If there is anything I can do to help, let me know. My Y!im is Athy666@yahoo.com.

[Athy]

Alright so I use firefox. I opened the file, edited it with notepad to add that line but then it would only let me re-save as a text/notepad file.

Now how do I access the site? What do I type in the bar? Because http://www.gothaguide.com just times out.

[Khara]

Alright so I use firefox. I opened the file, edited it with notepad to add that line but then it would only let me re-save as a text/notepad file.

Now how do I access the site? What do I type in the bar? Because http://www.gothaguide.com just times out.

When you edit the "hosts"-file, you have to save it under its old name or it won't work. - If notepad thinks it needs to add a ".txt" to the end, then put the name in the "Save File" dialog in quotes, then it should work. ALternatively, rename the file later with the Windows Explorer.

Once the new gothador-line is in the "hosts"-file, the guide should work with the usual address. Using the IP-address directly won't work, because GothaGuide is a virtual host that shares the IP-address with the FallenswordGuide and possibly others.

[Loopah]

is this still working?
i just did like what debrutsid instructed and it still doesnt work..


oh it worked.
you have to use http://www.gothaguide.com
and not just http://gothaguide.com (this was my bookmark)

[Mysticalme]

https://s15289400.onlinehome-server.info:8443/sitepreview/http/gothaguide.com/index.php

just ignore the certificate warning
works fine

That one works for me but I can't log in.