Totally clueless about .php and the like

Hello,

I don't know anything about php etc... this question is more from the side of those using the websites/scripts you guys use. I'm hoping to find an answer to my problem.

I am a member of a website, which has some links that is supposed to redirect me to other pages. I've noticed that those pages includes cgi, php, etc in the url. These pages do not show up for me, for some reason.

When I use Explorer as a browser, it just tells me "page can not be displayed" - at the bottom of this page it says something about not reaching the server or no dns...

When I use netscape or Firefox, it tells me that the operation timed out while trying to reach the server.

This problem only showed up a few days ago, prior to that I had no problems viewing the entire website. I'm trying to remember if I changed any settings since, but I don't think so...

If anyone has a suggestion or know which settings I should check out so I can view those pages again, please let me know... I'm at a loss!

cgi's and php are server side languages. What that means is that NOTHING you do on your side affects how they work. Talk to the person wo runs this site - cause it's their server that is the problem.

Thanks for your answer.... but since the other members have no problems seeing the same links that I can't see... seems the problem is on my end.

Which is what confuses me. Is there no settings that my computer/browser might have that is blocking their servers?

more than likely not because php's output is HTML so there should be nothing that could possibly stop you from viewing these types of pages because they are plain HTML. Codewalkers uses php if you can view this site without any problems then it MUST be the sites server...

another possibility - there is a down "link" between you and the site. Here on Guam there are only a few gateways off island - so if one of them goes down you have a MUCH higher chance of having connections and transfer problems. Though this is much less likely.

Ya, I frequent a website hosted in the netherlands, and when one of the local texas routers goes out, I loose my connection capability to that site. Odds are its like a local internet router went out or something, if you wait a while longer it will probably come back. The only issue that would make sense is if it asked you to save the pages , thats the only thing messed up browser settings do for php pages