Bugs and Features
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436 topics in this forum
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posting using xp in this forum
by Guest Nickuk-
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Dear Mod`s / Admin, I tried to post using windows xp pro (I.E 6), but everytime i clicked submit, it said host error. I then went on my other pc using windows NT and my posts get added without any problems. I thought you should be aware just incase. Regards Nick
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broken link in search results?
by Guest ErnestoX-
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Hello Editors, we have submitted my wifes site some months ago. If I search for her name "Ana de Medeiros" with DMOZ search, I find her located at: see search result here Clicking that link gives a 404 error while the direct link to her site works. Problem 2: Google Directory shows a similar link when searching for "Ana de Medeiros" this link also shows the page description of DMOZ for her site, but she is not listed on the page. Obviously the two pages (DMOZ<->Google) for that category differ in about 80% of all entries. What's wrong here, are these problems possibly related to each other?
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Be Stricter to Speed Up Submissions
by Guest swiftrhett-
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I submitted a site to DMOZ over a month ago, and honestly, I just want it to be submitted to help my google ranking. However, I was very careful to make sure I submitted it to the correct directory. I hear of a lot of editors spending hours re-sorting submissions to the correct directory. I would much rather DMOZ simply deny anything submitted to the wrong directory. This would do 2 things: 1. Greatly increase the number of submissions to the correct directory. 2. Save the time of editors, so that correctly submitted URLS get added faster. Just an idea, Rhett
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Problem with all category with strange chars
by Guest cattivik66-
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It is impossible to add a site to a category that contains these chars: àèìòù. Like: 'World/Italiano/Società/Relazioni_Personali/Contatti' 'World/Italiano/Società/Relazioni_Personali' The web says that there is already the site in but if i click to "Edit" i get this error: Bad category No such category 'World/Italiano/Società /Relazioni_Personali' Please fix this. Thanks
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Delivery Status Notification (Delay)
by Guest gambling-
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- 2 replies
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I have applied to become a OPD editor - but apperently I can not confirm my application.... I have recived this email: I was wondering if my application has been delivered at all ? The application confirmation subject is: The catagory I have applied for is: http://dmoz.org/Games/Gambling/Guides/Reviews/ Cheers Jan
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Error 404 in ODP links
by Guest EarWig-
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- 1 reply
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The following page http://dmoz.org/Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/England/Bedfordshire/Business_and_Economy/Internet/ linked from http://dmoz.org/Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/England/Business_and_Economy/Internet/By_County/ and http://dmoz.org/Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/England/Regions/Eastern/Business_and_Economy/Internet/ is showing a 404 error Regards to all EW
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Held for spam checking??
by Guest Sinclair-
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Hi All, I just submitted a couple of sites - on redirection I was given a page stating that they could not resolve some such and that the submission would be held for spam checking. What exactly causes this - I'm sure I never had this problem before when submitting - and will this hold up the possibilty of my sites being accepted. Cheers Sinclair
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Can't submit my site - add2.cgi just hangs
by Guest netrunners- 0 replies
- 2.1k views
status-ML-38937-ML- Moved to appropriate forum.
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Small mistake in Editor's application form.
by Guest ravisimpi- 1 reply
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I have come across a small mistake in the Editor's application form. 'Explain your interest in the subject of the category for which you are applying to edit:' this sentence has got two spaces between the words 'which' and 'you'. I don't know how much this will affect to the ODP. I thought it would be better if I mention it.
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Update URL - Not Working
by Guest RAAFlight- 1 reply
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I tried to use the Update URL button and when I entered the site's URL I was returned a message saying it was not found in that cat. I double checked and the URL was correct. It may just be a temporary problem I'm sure, but perhaps someone could make the change or let me know when I should try to update again. The site is http://www.raajobs.com in the category: http://dmoz.org/Business/Transportation_and_Logistics/Aviation/Education_and_Training/Pilot/Fixed_Wing/ Our company is now called Regional Airline Academy Flight Schools, so the title needs to be changed to that, and the new URL is http://flight-schools.raajobs.com This new URL is the only URL now, www a…
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Past editor showing as active on a category
by Guest Shaun- 2 replies
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I encountered an error when I went to email a follow up message on submission done to the category: http://dmoz.org/Computers/Data_Communications/Ethernet/Optical_Ethernet/ When I clicked on the editor's profile it loaded and showed 4-5 other categories that the editor maintained. When visiting these other categories, however, the respective other categories did not show this editor as responsible for the category at the bottom of the page. When proceeding with emailing the editor using the email form off of the editor profile, I received an error: Error No such editor modemman - Just a weird glitch. Shaun
Last reply by brmehlman, -
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I was trying to submit a website to http://dmoz.org/Regional/North_America/United_States/California/Localities/N/Newport_Beach/Business_and_Economy/Real_Estate/Mortgages/ but every time I clicked add url and I was redirected to http://dmoz.org/add.html , and when I tried to use Update url link I received the following error No such category 'Regional/North_America/United_States/California/Localities/N/Newport_Beach/Business_and_Economy/Real_Estate/Mortgages' Please go back in your browser if you need to resubmit the form. Could someone tell me if it was something I was doing or is it because the public site is out of sync with the editor’s site? Thanks again for y…
Last reply by totalxsive, -
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I feel a good way to improve the current order of the listings in all the DMOZ categories would be to use the same method as Google, i.e Sort by Page Rank. Presently, having all sorted alphabetically would assume the browser knows the name of a site they want. If this were the case then I doubt they would even use the directory. Googles Page Rank order would make the most popular sites float to the top. Dave
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Weirdness when editing
by Guest Megor- 0 replies
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Pagerank woes
by Guest vajrafist- 4 replies
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Hello, I have installed the google toolbar and have been wondering what the pagerank for my site will be. I waited about a month at PR0 and then I ran my site through a server diagnostic tool and found out that my IP was blocklisted, apparently someone at my server had been a spammer/pornographer etc. So I changed to a new server and obtained a dedicated IP address. That was over a month ago. I am waiting for my submission to ODP to be reviewed but googlebot has indexed my site. My pagerank is still 0. Im wondering if there is still a problem I dont know about. Any advice or info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, -Dan www.buddha-dharma.org
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Gobbledigook in listings?
by Guest johanna07- 6 replies
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My apologies if this has been mentioned somewhere already. I see that there is some gobbledigook in listings: http://dmoz.org/Arts/Movies/Screenwriting/Script_Consulting/ (Screenshot on www.attention-to-details.com/temp/dmoz-scriptconsulting000.jpg) What causes this? (Asking mostly out of curiosity while I'm waiting - just like everyone else - for the DMOZ upgrade to finish so I can submit my own site... Thumbs up to everyone ) Thanks! Johanna
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HTTP 500 - Internal server error
by Guest onlinexpert1- 5 replies
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I am trying to log-on to the editor section from past 2 days now but every time I get "HTTP 500 - Internal server error". I am based in India. Let me know if anyone else is experiencing it. Thanks !! onlinexpert
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Very Funny!!!
by Guest ravisimpi- 0 replies
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I found a very funny thing when i checked my profile and cicked on "Show all user's posts" and found a post which i have not posted at all. status: http://www.absolutelygolden.com Site Submission Status ravisimpi 02/06/03 06:35 PM And my profile says that i am registered on 06/07/03 01:34 AM How can i post before i have registered? I think this is a very serious problem. The post is decent, so it wont affect me, If it was a indecent post.. then i dont know what would have happened. One more thing.. I am not too sure wether what i am seeing is right.. (some times my computer acts on its own will) please some one check it and inform me. if it is a prob…
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internally listed....when in public view??
by Guest tellmewhy- 1 reply
- 3.8k views
hi! a couple of weeks earlier i submitted my site to one of the categories and the editor mailed me telling me that my site has been added to the category internally but since odp was backing up data it would take some days...now some weeks have passed...when will my site appear in for public view...i am sorry if this sort of question has already been asked..thx! SK
Last reply by dfy, -
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When trying to access the URI, http://de.dmoz.org/ , I receive a 403 error code. (Posting here as I can not access editor forum due to 504's (gateway timeouts).)
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example: http://search.dmoz.org/cgi-bin/search?search=beatles if the search is a keyphrase of two or more words then there will be an answer example: http://search.dmoz.org/cgi-bin/search?search=beatles+tabs
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Why is ODP search still not working?
by Guest thewebexpress-
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- 8 replies
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<img src="/images/icons/confused.gif" alt="" /> I have had websites listed in your directory for over 6 monthes and they still dont show up as a search result?
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Bad category name???
by Guest robva- 2 replies
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Hi, I was trying to add my site www.goedkopehost.nl to category "World: Nederlands: Computers: Internet: Commerciële Diensten: Webhosting", when 1. the websoftware didn't accept my submission stating "This site already exists in the Open Directory" (while that isn't the case) 2. as it offered me the possibility to edit the URL, I curiously entered that option, after which 3. it told me "No such category 'World/Nederlands/Computers/Internet/Commerci%eble_Diensten/Webhosting' " Do you notice what happened to the word "Commerciële"? On dmoz.org it's translated into "Commerci%eble" - which I think is a bug that causes submitting to that category to fail. Would you…
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post reply not visible ? posted by "senox" <Broken URLs removed> it shows blank reply dated 01/01/70 05:00 AM
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Should we keep trying - error 500
by Guest Sinclair-
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- 7 replies
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I just wondered if we should keep trying when served with a 500 error page - or if we should mail the webmaster - I'm sure he's well aware of the problems. Just want to clarify that it's ok to keep hitting the submit button in the hope that I'll get a success at some point. Cheers Sinclair
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