Could it be something to do with the exclamation mark in the URL for the sub
pages? ! and * are reserved characters, but I'm not sure how they are used
or how browsers/proxies handle them, so I could be barking up the wrong tree
entirely... :-)

Guy


----- Original Message -----
From: "Rowan Crowe" <rowan@....au>
To: <isp-australia@isp-australia.com>
Cc: <isp-australia@isp-australia.com>
Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 12:59 PM
Subject: www.carsales.com.au broken images problem


> Has anyone experienced this problem?
>
> The main page on www.carsales.com.au renders properly, but any sub pages
> have broken images. Here are two screen captures:
>
>   http://www.sensationcontent.com/cs1.jpg
>   -main page renders fine
>
>   http://www.sensationcontent.com/cs2.jpg
>   -'find a new car' is an ugly mess with no images and default fonts
>
> I'm using MSIE5.5 under W98. The strange thing is that the browser doesn't
> even seem attempt to load the broken images - there's no entry in my squid
> logs, and when I tried direct via a 56k modem the page loaded too quickly
> to have tried to load 10-20 images.
>
> I've tried:
> -flushing browser cache (including deltree c:\windows\tempor~1)
> -flushing squid cache (only my home network so the data is expendable)
> -connecting via optus@home
> -connecting via telstra BPD
>
> This problem ONLY happens on carsales.com.au, and it started happening
> only a couple of weeks ago. I'm pretty sure it's something local and not
> network related. Customer service at carsales say they've heard of the
> problem, but their helpful fix is to suggest that I call my ISP and ask
> how to configure my browser to load their site. Ok...
>
> I'm hoping someone on this list has come across this problem specifically
> on carsales, or may have some more generic clues. Anyone? :)
>
> Cheers.
>
>
> --
> Rowan Crowe - Melbourne, Australia
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