BUG? Invalid Link

[adwade]

I noticed i cannot create an entry for http://www.icetrikes.co.uk/home in my Links Directory Product.

For the time being, I submitted http://tinyurl.com/29vtvq8 instead, but of course the thumbnail preview of the website is wrong.

Just curious, why Links Directory sees http://www.icetrikes.co.uk as being an 'invalid link'? :confused:

[CareyCrew]

I just added the link http://www.icetrikes.co.uk/ to the demo Links Directory here and it was accepted without issue.

Take a look here > http://www.vbadvanced.com/forum/showthread.php?t=36920 this may help.

A search of the Links forum will reveal a few posts that are similar.

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[adwade]

hmmmm, any idea(s) as to why I am getting this screen then?(attached) This is the only website I've ever gotten such an error on. :( I just assumed the Links Directory Product was doing some sort of syntax check and didn't like the .uk extension perhaps.

The only MOD I've done having anything to do with the Links Directory Product is Fake vBalinks as forum (http://www.vbadvanced.com/forum/showthread.php?t=29556), but that was all done on the forum side. :confused:

[CareyCrew]

vBa Links > Main Options > Remote Site Function
Here you may choose which function to use to connect to remote sites. These functions are used for things like checking for invalid URL's entered upon submission, and Status Reports. CURL is the recommended function, though not all servers will have this installed.

This can cause issues if you are using fsockopen.

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[Brian]

Also check the setting I mentioned in the thread Carey linked you to.

Under your 'Submit Link Verification Options' settings, it sounds like you have the 'Verify New Links' option set to 'Verify URL Headers'. The PHP functions that do the check are recognizing those sites as invalid since those URL's are returning '403 Forbidden' errors in their headers. If you change that setting to 'Only Verify Domain' then that will only check to see if the domain is valid and should allow the links to go through.

[adwade]

Brilliant! Worked like a charm. Sorry I didn't ferret out the other threads concerning these type of errors for myself :o, I just wasn't using good enough search words I guess.:rolleyes: Sorry. Anyway, THANXX for the help once again.