Post #725446 by Greg_D_R on Fri, Aug 15, 2014 7:37 AM

On 2014-08-15 05:47, TikiGoddess wrote:
Thank you to all who work to keep this site running!! I have a question, though. When TC goes off the air so to speak, why does the screen say that access is forbidden? That's so ominous. Couldn't it say something like "aloha, don't panic, this problem will be fixed." I have ZERO computer skills and don't know how any of this works but it appears to me that the forbidden access screen is what is sending people into a meltdown. Just curious, (and I am not trying to make more work for anyone.)Again, thank you to all who keep TC going.

Because that 403 error is created by the basic default server software (Apache/Linux), and there's no good way to give it a friendly face. At that point, the tikicentral software is not running, so you are seeing something that is made by the bare bones of the server.

Disclaimer here, I am not affiliated with the site, I just have a whole lot of experience with running websites on shared Linux servers, which most of the internet is on.